; or (B) a nuclear fusion reactor. (2) Department The term Department means the Department of Energy. (3) Licensing The term licensing means NRC activities related to reviewing applications for licenses, permits, and design certifications, and requests for any other regulatory approval for nuclear reactors within the responsibilities of the NRC under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. (4) National laboratory The term National Laboratory has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 ). (5) NRC The term NRC means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (6) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. 4. Agency coordination The NRC and the Department shall enter into the a memorandum of understanding regarding the following topics: (1) Technical expertise Ensuring that the Department has sufficient technical expertise to support the civilian nuclear industry’s timely research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of safe, innovative advanced reactor technology and the NRC has sufficient technical expertise to support the evaluation of applications for licenses, permits, and design certifications, and other requests for regulatory approval for advanced reactors. (2) Modeling and simulation The use of computers and software codes to calculate the behavior and performance of advanced reactors based on mathematical models of their physical behavior. (3) Facilities Ensuring that the Department maintains and develops the facilities to enable the civilian nuclear industry’s timely research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of safe, innovative reactor technology and ensuring that the NRC has access to such facilities, as needed. 5. Advanced reactor regulatory framework (a) Plan required Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the NRC shall transmit to Congress a plan for developing an efficient, risk-informed, technology-neutral framework for advanced reactor licensing. The plan shall evaluate the following