; and (B) carrying out those response actions. (t) Development, qualification, and licensing of advanced nuclear fuel concepts (1) In General The Commission shall establish an initiative to enhance preparedness and coordination with respect to the qualification and licensing of advanced nuclear fuel. (2) Agency Coordination Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission and the Secretary of Energy shall enter into a memorandum of understanding— (A) to share technical expertise and knowledge through— (i) enabling the testing and demonstration of accident tolerant fuels for existing commercial nuclear reactors and advanced nuclear reactor fuel concepts to be proposed and funded, in whole or in part, by the private sector; (ii) operating a database to store and share data and knowledge relevant to nuclear science and engineering between Federal agencies and the private sector; (iii) leveraging expertise with respect to safety analysis and research relating to advanced nuclear fuel; and (iv) enabling technical staff to actively observe and learn about technologies, with an emphasis on identification of additional information needed with respect to advanced nuclear fuel; and (B) to ensure that— (i) the Department of Energy has sufficient technical expertise to support the timely research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of advanced nuclear fuel; (ii) the Commission has sufficient technical expertise to support the evaluation of applications for licenses, permits, and design certifications and other requests for regulatory approval for advanced nuclear fuel; (iii) (I) the Department of Energy maintains and develops the facilities necessary to enable the timely research, development, demonstration, and commercial application by the civilian nuclear industry of advanced nuclear fuel; and (II) the Commission has access to the facilities described in subclause (I), as needed