PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3073 (A) mechanically recuperated gas turbines; (B) intercooled gas turbines with steam iivjection or recuperation; (C) gas turbines utilizing reformed fuels or hydrogen; and (D) high efficiency, simple cycle gas turbines. (b) PROGRAM GOAL.—The goal of the program established under subsection (a) shall be to develop heat engines that can achieve over 50 percent efficiency in the mid-term. (c) PROGRAM PLAN.— Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 5-year program plan, to be included in the plan required under section 2101(c), to guide the activities under this section. In preparing the program plan, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate representatives of industry, institutions of higher education. Federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and national laboratories, and professional and technical societies. (d) PROPOSALS.—Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall solicit proposals for conducting activities under this section. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section such sums as may be necessary to be derived from sums authorized under section 2101(e). SEC. 2113. CIVILIAN NUCLEAR WASTE. 42 USC 13473. (a) STUDY. — The Secretary shall conduct a study of the potential for minimizing the volume and toxic lifetime of nuclear waste, including an analysis of the viability of existing technologies and an assessment of the extent of research and development required for new technologies. (b) PROGRAM.—Based on the results of the study required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress a 5-year program plan for carrying out a program of research and development on new technologies for minimizing the volume and toxic lifetime of, and thereby mitigating hazards associated with, nuclear waste. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $4,700,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1994. SEC. 2114. FUSION ENERGY. 42 USC 13474. (a) PROGRAM. —The Secretary shall conduct a fusion energy 5-year program, in accordance with sections 3001 and 3002 of this Act, that by the year 2010 will result in a technology demonstration which verines the practicability of commercial electric power production. (b) PROGRAM GTOALJS. —The goals of the program established under subsection (a) shall include— (1) a broad based fusion enei^ program; (2) United Statics participation in the Engineering Design Activity of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) pro^n^am and in the related research and technology development efforts; (3) the development of technology for fiision power and industrial participation in the development of such technology;
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