---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16318"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "16318"
heading: "Fission and fusion energy materials research program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/16318"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter IX — Research and Development"
  - "Part G — Science"
---

# §16318. Fission and fusion energy materials research program

- (a) **In general—** Along with the budget request of the President submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2007, the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall establish a research and development program on material science issues presented by advanced fission reactors and the fusion energy program of the [Department](/usc/42/15801.md?p=1).
- (b) **Administration—** In carrying out the program, the [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) shall develop—
  - (1) a catalog of material properties required for applications described in [subsection (a)](#a);
  - (2) theoretical models for materials possessing the required properties;
  - (3) benchmark models against existing data; and
  - (4) a roadmap to guide further research and development in the area covered by the program.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 978, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 904.)