; (ii) advanced nuclear; (iii) renewable energy; (iv) carbon capture, use, and storage; and (v) the energy storage resources of the United States; (B) ensuring the competitiveness of the United States in best value, emissions-reducing energy development; (C) modernizing energy infrastructure with emissions-reducing technology to promote— (i) grid stability; (ii) ramping load following; (iii) rapid start; (iv) intermittency; and (v) resiliency; (D) establishing a domestic supply chain of— (i) nuclear reactor and appurtenant equipment; and (ii) advanced coolants; (E) enhancing and accelerating domestic manufacturing and desalinization technologies and processes by optimally using clean energy sources; and (F) mitigating vulnerability to— (i) transmission congestion on the power grid; (ii) cyberattack; (iii) physical attack; and (iv) natural phenomena. (c) Research goals Research goals under the program shall include— (1) technology innovation to further the expansion of emissions-reducing energy technologies to accommodate a modern, resilient grid system by— (A) effectively leveraging multiple energy sources; (B) enhancing and streamlining engineering design; (C) carrying out process demonstrations to optimize performance; (D) addressing safety by design; and (E) streamlining regulatory review; (2) the most efficient use of emissions-reducing energy technologies for hydrogen production to support transportation and industrial needs; (3) water processing and purification to support industrial and municipal potable and cooling water needs; (4) conversion of carbon feedstock (such as coal, biomass, natural gas, and refuse waste) to higher value nonelectric commodities; (5) the use of carbon dioxide in nonelectric commodities; (6) advanced power cycles, extraction, and processing of complex hydrocarbons to produce high-value chemicals; (7) more effective thermal energy use, transport, and storage; (8) the demonstration of nuclear energy delivery for— (A) the production of chemicals, metals, and fuels