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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 5718 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security |
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| 6 | 6 | | Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | SEPTEMBER26, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | ATTA(for himself, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. BALDERSON, and Ms. KUSTER) |
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| 12 | 12 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, |
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| 14 | 14 | | and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 16 | 16 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear |
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| 19 | 19 | | Fuel Security Program, expand the American Assured |
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| 20 | 20 | | Fuel Supply Program, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Security 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. U.S. NUCLEAR FUEL SECURITY INITIATIVE. 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) S |
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| 31 | 31 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | gress that— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) the Department should— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) support increased domestic production 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of low-enriched uranium; and 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) accelerate efforts to establish a domes-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | tic high-assay, low-enriched uranium enrich-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ment capability; and 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) if domestic enrichment of high-assay, low- 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | enriched uranium will not be commercially available 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | at the scale needed in time to meet the needs of the 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | advanced nuclear reactor demonstration projects of 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the Department, the Secretary shall consider and 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | implement, as necessary— 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (A) all viable options to make high-assay, 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | low-enriched uranium produced from inven-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tories owned by the Department available in a 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | manner that is sufficient to maximize the po-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tential for the Department to meet the needs 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | and schedules of advanced nuclear reactor de-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | velopers, without impacting existing Depart-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ment missions, until such time that commercial 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | enrichment and deconversion capability for 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | high-assay, low-enriched uranium exists at a 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | scale sufficient to meet future needs; and 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (B) all viable options for partnering with 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | countries that are allies or partners of the 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | United States to meet those needs and sched-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ules until that time. 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) O |
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| 64 | 64 | | BJECTIVES.—The objectives of this section 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | are— 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (1) to support domestic production of low-en-7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | riched uranium; 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) to expeditiously increase domestic produc-9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | tion of high-assay, low-enriched uranium by an an-10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | nual quantity, and in such form, determined by the 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Secretary to be sufficient to meet the needs of— 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (A) advanced nuclear reactor developers; 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | and 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (B) the consortium; 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (3) to ensure the availability of domestically 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | produced, converted, enriched, deconverted, and re-17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | duced uranium in a quantity determined by the Sec-18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | retary, in consultation with U.S. nuclear energy 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | companies, to be sufficient to address a reasonably 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | anticipated supply disruption; 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (4) to address gaps and deficiencies in the do-22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | mestic production, conversion, enrichment, 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | deconversion, and reduction of uranium by 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | partnering with countries that are allies or partners 25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | of the United States if domestic options are not 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | practicable; 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (5) to ensure that, in the event of a supply dis-3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ruption in the nuclear fuel market, a reserve of nu-4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | clear fuels is available to serve as a backup supply 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | to support the nuclear nonproliferation and civil nu-6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | clear energy objectives of the Department; 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (6) to support enrichment, deconversion, and 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | reduction technology deployed in the United States; 9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | and 10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (7) to ensure that, until such time that domes-11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | tic enrichment and deconversion of high-assay, low- 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | enriched uranium is commercially available at the 13 |
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| 101 | 101 | | scale needed to meet the needs of advanced nuclear 14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | reactor developers, the Secretary considers and im-15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | plements, as necessary— 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (A) all viable options to make high-assay, 17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | low-enriched uranium produced from inven-18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | tories owned by the Department available in a 19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | manner that is sufficient to maximize the po-20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | tential for the Department to meet the needs 21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | and schedules of advanced nuclear reactor de-22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | velopers; and 23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (B) all viable options for partnering with 24 |
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| 112 | 112 | | countries that are allies or partners of the 25 |
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| 116 | 116 | | United States to meet those needs and sched-1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ules. 2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (c) D |
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| 119 | 119 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (1) A |
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| 121 | 121 | | DVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR .—The term 4 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘advanced nuclear reactor’’ has the meaning given 5 |
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| 123 | 123 | | the term in section 951(b) of the Energy Policy Act 6 |
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| 124 | 124 | | of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(b)). 7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (2) A |
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| 126 | 126 | | SSOCIATED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘associ-8 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ated entity’’ means an entity that— 9 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (A) is owned, controlled, or dominated 10 |
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| 129 | 129 | | by— 11 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (i) the government of a country that 12 |
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| 131 | 131 | | is an ally or partner of the United States; 13 |
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| 132 | 132 | | or 14 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (ii) an associated individual; or 15 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (B) is organized under the laws of, or oth-16 |
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| 135 | 135 | | erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country 17 |
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| 136 | 136 | | that is an ally or partner of the United States, 18 |
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| 137 | 137 | | including a corporation that is incorporated in 19 |
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| 138 | 138 | | such a country. 20 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (3) A |
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| 140 | 140 | | SSOCIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘asso-21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ciated individual’’ means an alien who is a national 22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | of a country that is an ally or partner of the United 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | States. 24 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (4) CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘consortium’’ 1 |
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| 148 | 148 | | means the consortium established under section 2 |
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| 149 | 149 | | 2001(a)(2)(F) of the Energy Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 150 | 150 | | 16281(a)(2)(F)). 4 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (5) D |
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| 152 | 152 | | EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | means the Department of Energy. 6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (6) H |
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| 155 | 155 | | IGH-ASSAY, LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM ; 7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | HALEU.—The term ‘‘high-assay, low-enriched ura-8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | nium’’ or ‘‘HALEU’’ means high-assay low-enriched 9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | uranium (as defined in section 2001(d) of the En-10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ergy Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 16281(d))). 11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (7) L |
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| 161 | 161 | | OW-ENRICHED URANIUM ; LEU.—The term 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘low-enriched uranium’’ or ‘‘LEU’’ means each of— 13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (A) low-enriched uranium (as defined in 14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | section 3102 of the USEC Privatization Act 15 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (42 U.S.C. 2297h)); and 16 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (B) low-enriched uranium (as defined in 17 |
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| 167 | 167 | | section 3112A(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | 2297h–10a(a))). 19 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (8) P |
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| 170 | 170 | | ROGRAMS.—The term ‘‘Programs’’ 20 |
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| 171 | 171 | | means— 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (A) the Nuclear Fuel Security Program es-22 |
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| 173 | 173 | | tablished under subsection (d)(1); 23 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (B) the American Assured Fuel Supply 24 |
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| 175 | 175 | | Program of the Department; and 25 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (C) the HALEU for Advanced Nuclear Re-1 |
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| 180 | 180 | | actor Demonstration Projects Program estab-2 |
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| 181 | 181 | | lished under subsection (d)(3). 3 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (9) S |
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| 183 | 183 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4 |
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| 184 | 184 | | the Secretary of Energy. 5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (10) U.S. |
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| 186 | 186 | | NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY .—The 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | term ‘‘U.S. nuclear energy company’’ means a com-7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | pany that— 8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (A) is organized under the laws of, or oth-9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the United 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | States; and 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (B) is involved in the nuclear energy indus-12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | try. 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (d) E |
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| 195 | 195 | | STABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF PRO-14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | GRAMS.—The Secretary, consistent with the objectives de-15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | scribed in subsection (b), shall— 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (1) establish a program, to be known as the 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘Nuclear Fuel Security Program’’, to increase the 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | quantity of HALEU and, if determined to be nec-19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | essary after completion of a market evaluation, LEU 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | produced by U.S. nuclear energy companies; 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (2) expand the American Assured Fuel Supply 22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | Program of the Department to ensure the avail-23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ability of domestically produced, converted, enriched, 24 |
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| 209 | 209 | | deconverted, and reduced uranium in the event of a 1 |
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| 210 | 210 | | supply disruption; and 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (3) establish a program, to be known as the 3 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ‘‘HALEU for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Dem-4 |
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| 213 | 213 | | onstration Projects Program’’— 5 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (A) to maximize the potential for the De-6 |
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| 215 | 215 | | partment to meet the needs and schedules of 7 |
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| 216 | 216 | | advanced nuclear reactor developers until such 8 |
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| 217 | 217 | | time that commercial enrichment and 9 |
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| 218 | 218 | | deconversion capability for HALEU exists in 10 |
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| 219 | 219 | | the United States at a scale sufficient to meet 11 |
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| 220 | 220 | | future needs; and 12 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (B) where practicable, to partner with 13 |
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| 222 | 222 | | countries that are allies or partners of the 14 |
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| 223 | 223 | | United States to meet those needs and sched-15 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ules until that time. 16 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (e) N |
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| 226 | 226 | | UCLEARFUELSECURITYPROGRAM.— 17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (1) I |
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| 228 | 228 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying out the Nuclear 18 |
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| 229 | 229 | | Fuel Security Program, the Secretary— 19 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (A) shall— 20 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (i) if determined to be necessary or 21 |
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| 232 | 232 | | appropriate based on the completion of a 22 |
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| 233 | 233 | | market evaluation, not later than 90 days 23 |
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| 234 | 234 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, 24 |
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| 235 | 235 | | take actions, including cost-shared finan-25 |
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| 239 | 239 | | cial agreements, milestone-based payments, 1 |
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| 240 | 240 | | or other mechanisms, to support commer-2 |
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| 241 | 241 | | cial availability of LEU and to promote di-3 |
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| 242 | 242 | | versity of supply in domestic uranium min-4 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ing, conversion, enrichment, and 5 |
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| 244 | 244 | | deconversion capacity and technologies, in-6 |
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| 245 | 245 | | cluding new capacity, among U.S. nuclear 7 |
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| 246 | 246 | | energy companies; 8 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (ii) not later than 180 days after the 9 |
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| 248 | 248 | | date of enactment of this Act, enter into 2 10 |
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| 249 | 249 | | or more contracts with members of the 11 |
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| 250 | 250 | | consortium to begin acquiring not less than 12 |
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| 251 | 251 | | 20 metric tons per year of HALEU by De-13 |
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| 252 | 252 | | cember 31, 2027 (or the earliest operation-14 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ally feasible date thereafter), from U.S. 15 |
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| 254 | 254 | | nuclear energy companies; 16 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (iii) utilize only uranium produced, 17 |
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| 256 | 256 | | converted, enriched, deconverted, and re-18 |
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| 257 | 257 | | duced in— 19 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (I) the United States; or 20 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (II) if domestic options are not 21 |
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| 260 | 260 | | practicable, a country that is an ally 22 |
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| 261 | 261 | | or partner of the United States; and 23 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (iv) to the maximum extent prac-24 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ticable, ensure that the use of domestic 25 |
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| 267 | 267 | | uranium utilized as a result of that pro-1 |
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| 268 | 268 | | gram does not negatively affect the eco-2 |
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| 269 | 269 | | nomic operation of nuclear reactors in the 3 |
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| 270 | 270 | | United States; and 4 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (B)(i) may not make commitments under 5 |
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| 272 | 272 | | this subsection (including cooperative agree-6 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ments (used in accordance with section 6305 of 7 |
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| 274 | 274 | | title 31, United States Code), purchase agree-8 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ments, guarantees, leases, service contracts, or 9 |
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| 276 | 276 | | any other type of commitment) for the purchase 10 |
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| 277 | 277 | | or other acquisition of HALEU or LEU un-11 |
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| 278 | 278 | | less— 12 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (I) funds are specifically provided for 13 |
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| 280 | 280 | | those purposes in advance in appropria-14 |
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| 281 | 281 | | tions Acts enacted after the date of enact-15 |
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| 282 | 282 | | ment of this Act; or 16 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (II) the commitment is funded en-17 |
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| 284 | 284 | | tirely by funds made available to the Sec-18 |
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| 285 | 285 | | retary from the account described in sub-19 |
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| 286 | 286 | | section (i)(2)(B); and 20 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (ii) may make a commitment described in 21 |
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| 288 | 288 | | clause (i) only— 22 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (I) if the full extent of the anticipated 23 |
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| 290 | 290 | | costs stemming from the commitment is 24 |
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| 295 | 295 | | the commitment is made; and 2 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (II) to the extent of that up-front ob-3 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ligation recorded in full at that time. 4 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (2) C |
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| 299 | 299 | | ONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out para-5 |
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| 300 | 300 | | graph (1)(A)(ii), the Secretary shall consider and, if 6 |
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| 301 | 301 | | appropriate, implement— 7 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (A) options to ensure the quickest avail-8 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ability of commercially enriched HALEU, in-9 |
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| 304 | 304 | | cluding— 10 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (i) partnerships between 2 or more 11 |
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| 306 | 306 | | commercial enrichers; and 12 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (ii) utilization of up to 10-percent en-13 |
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| 308 | 308 | | riched uranium as feedstock in demonstra-14 |
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| 309 | 309 | | tion-scale or commercial HALEU enrich-15 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ment facilities; 16 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (B) options to partner with countries that 17 |
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| 312 | 312 | | are allies or partners of the United States to 18 |
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| 313 | 313 | | provide LEU and HALEU for commercial pur-19 |
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| 314 | 314 | | poses; 20 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (C) options that provide for an array of 21 |
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| 316 | 316 | | HALEU— 22 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (i) enrichment levels; 23 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (ii) output levels to meet demand; and 24 |
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| 323 | 323 | | metal and oxide; and 2 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (D) options— 3 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (i) to replenish, as necessary, Depart-4 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ment stockpiles of uranium that were in-5 |
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| 327 | 327 | | tended to be downblended for other pur-6 |
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| 328 | 328 | | poses, but were instead used in carrying 7 |
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| 329 | 329 | | out activities under the HALEU for Ad-8 |
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| 330 | 330 | | vanced Nuclear Reactor Demonstration 9 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Projects Program; 10 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (ii) to continue supplying HALEU to 11 |
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| 333 | 333 | | meet the needs of the recipients of an 12 |
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| 334 | 334 | | award made pursuant to the funding op-13 |
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| 335 | 335 | | portunity announcement of the Depart-14 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ment numbered DE–FOA–0002271 for 15 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (iii) to make HALEU available to 18 |
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| 340 | 340 | | other advanced nuclear reactor developers 19 |
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| 341 | 341 | | and other end-users. 20 |
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| 343 | 343 | | VOIDANCE OF MARKET DISRUPTIONS .—In 21 |
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| 344 | 344 | | carrying out the Nuclear Fuel Security Program, the 22 |
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| 345 | 345 | | Secretary, to the extent practicable and consistent 23 |
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| 346 | 346 | | with the purposes of that program, shall not disrupt 24 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (1) expand the American Assured Fuel Supply 6 |
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| 358 | 358 | | Program of the Department by merging the oper-7 |
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| 360 | 360 | | partment with the American Assured Fuel Supply 9 |
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| 361 | 361 | | Program; and 10 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (2) in carrying out the American Assured Fuel 11 |
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| 363 | 363 | | Supply Program of the Department, as expanded 12 |
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| 364 | 364 | | under paragraph (1)— 13 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (A) maintain, replenish, diversify, or in-14 |
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| 366 | 366 | | crease the quantity of uranium made available 15 |
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| 367 | 367 | | by that program in a manner determined by the 16 |
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| 368 | 368 | | Secretary to be consistent with the purposes of 17 |
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| 369 | 369 | | that program and the objectives described in 18 |
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| 370 | 370 | | subsection (b); 19 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (B) utilize only uranium produced, con-20 |
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| 372 | 372 | | verted, enriched, deconverted, and reduced in— 21 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (i) the United States; or 22 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (ii) if domestic options are not prac-23 |
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| 375 | 375 | | ticable, a country that is an ally or partner 24 |
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| 376 | 376 | | of the United States; 25 |
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| 382 | 382 | | terms and conditions determined by the Sec-3 |
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| 383 | 383 | | retary to be reasonable and appropriate; 4 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (D) refill and expand the supply of ura-5 |
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| 385 | 385 | | nium in the American Assured Fuel Supply, in-6 |
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| 386 | 386 | | cluding by maintaining a limited reserve of ura-7 |
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| 387 | 387 | | nium to address a potential event in which a 8 |
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| 388 | 388 | | domestic or foreign recipient of uranium experi-9 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ences a supply disruption for which uranium 10 |
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| 390 | 390 | | cannot be obtained through normal market 11 |
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| 391 | 391 | | mechanisms or under normal market conditions; 12 |
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| 392 | 392 | | and 13 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (E) take other actions that the Secretary 14 |
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| 394 | 394 | | determines to be necessary or appropriate to 15 |
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| 395 | 395 | | address the purposes of that program and the 16 |
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| 396 | 396 | | objectives described in subsection (b). 17 |
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| 400 | 400 | | EMONSTRATIONPROJECTSPROGRAM.— 19 |
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| 402 | 402 | | CTIVITIES.—On enactment of this Act, the 20 |
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| 403 | 403 | | Secretary shall immediately accelerate and, as nec-21 |
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| 404 | 404 | | essary, initiate activities to make available from in-22 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ventories or stockpiles owned by the Department and 23 |
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| 406 | 406 | | made available to the consortium, HALEU for use 24 |
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| 407 | 407 | | in advanced nuclear reactors that cannot operate on 25 |
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| 413 | 413 | | ant to the funding opportunity announcement of the 3 |
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| 414 | 414 | | Department numbered DE–FOA–0002271 for Path-4 |
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| 415 | 415 | | way 1, Advanced Reactor Demonstrations, with ad-5 |
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| 416 | 416 | | ditional HALEU to be made available to other ad-6 |
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| 417 | 417 | | vanced nuclear reactor developers, as the Secretary 7 |
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| 418 | 418 | | determines to be appropriate. 8 |
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| 420 | 420 | | UANTITY.—In carrying out activities 9 |
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| 421 | 421 | | under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider 10 |
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| 422 | 422 | | and implement, as necessary, all viable options to 11 |
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| 423 | 423 | | make HALEU available in quantities and forms suf-12 |
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| 424 | 424 | | ficient to maximize the potential for the Department 13 |
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| 425 | 425 | | to meet the needs and schedules of advanced nuclear 14 |
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| 426 | 426 | | reactor developers, including by seeking to make 15 |
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| 427 | 427 | | available— 16 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (A) by September 30, 2024, not less than 17 |
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| 429 | 429 | | 3 metric tons of HALEU; 18 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (B) by December 31, 2025, not less than 19 |
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| 431 | 431 | | an additional 8 metric tons of HALEU; and 20 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (C) by June 30, 2026, not less than an ad-21 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ditional 10 metric tons of HALEU. 22 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (3) F |
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| 435 | 435 | | ACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION .—In car-23 |
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| 436 | 436 | | rying out activities under this subsection, the Sec-24 |
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| 437 | 437 | | retary shall take into consideration— 25 |
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| 442 | 442 | | stockpile of uranium owned by the Department, 2 |
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| 443 | 443 | | including— 3 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (i) uranium that has been declared ex-4 |
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| 445 | 445 | | cess to national security needs during or 5 |
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| 446 | 446 | | prior to fiscal year 2023; 6 |
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| 447 | 447 | | (ii) uranium that— 7 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (I) directly meets the needs of 8 |
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| 449 | 449 | | advanced nuclear reactor developers; 9 |
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| 450 | 450 | | but 10 |
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| 451 | 451 | | (II) has been previously used or 11 |
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| 452 | 452 | | fabricated for another purpose; 12 |
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| 453 | 453 | | (iii) uranium that can meet the needs 13 |
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| 454 | 454 | | of advanced nuclear reactor developers 14 |
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| 455 | 455 | | after removing radioactive or other con-15 |
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| 456 | 456 | | taminants that resulted from previous use 16 |
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| 457 | 457 | | or fabrication of the fuel for research, de-17 |
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| 458 | 458 | | velopment, demonstration, or deployment 18 |
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| 459 | 459 | | activities of the Department, including ac-19 |
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| 460 | 460 | | tivities that reduce the environmental li-20 |
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| 461 | 461 | | ability of the Department by accelerating 21 |
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| 462 | 462 | | the processing of uranium from stockpiles 22 |
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| 463 | 463 | | designated as waste; 23 |
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| 464 | 464 | | (iv) uranium from a high-enriched 24 |
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| 465 | 465 | | uranium stockpile, which can be blended 25 |
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| 471 | 471 | | nuclear reactor developers; and 3 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (v) uranium from stockpiles intended 4 |
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| 473 | 473 | | for other purposes (excluding stockpiles in-5 |
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| 474 | 474 | | tended for national security needs), but for 6 |
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| 475 | 475 | | which uranium could be swapped or re-7 |
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| 476 | 476 | | placed in time in such a manner that 8 |
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| 477 | 477 | | would not negatively impact the missions 9 |
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| 478 | 478 | | of the Department; 10 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (B) options for expanding, or establishing 11 |
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| 480 | 480 | | new, capabilities or infrastructure to support 12 |
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| 481 | 481 | | the processing of uranium from Department in-13 |
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| 482 | 482 | | ventories; 14 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (C) options for accelerating the availability 15 |
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| 484 | 484 | | of HALEU from HALEU enrichment dem-16 |
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| 485 | 485 | | onstration projects of the Department; 17 |
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| 486 | 486 | | (D) options for providing HALEU from 18 |
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| 487 | 487 | | domestically enriched HALEU procured by the 19 |
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| 488 | 488 | | Department through a competitive process pur-20 |
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| 489 | 489 | | suant to the Nuclear Fuel Security Program es-21 |
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| 490 | 490 | | tablished under subsection (d)(1); 22 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (E) options to replenish, as needed, De-23 |
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| 492 | 492 | | partment stockpiles of uranium made available 24 |
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| 493 | 493 | | pursuant to subparagraph (A) with domestically 25 |
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| 498 | 498 | | through a competitive process pursuant to the 2 |
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| 499 | 499 | | Nuclear Fuel Security Program established 3 |
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| 500 | 500 | | under subsection (d)(1); and 4 |
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| 501 | 501 | | (F) options that combine 1 or more of the 5 |
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| 502 | 502 | | approaches described in subparagraphs (A) 6 |
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| 503 | 503 | | through (E) to meet the deadlines described in 7 |
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| 504 | 504 | | paragraph (2). 8 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (4) L |
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| 506 | 506 | | IMITATIONS.— 9 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (A) C |
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| 508 | 508 | | ERTAIN SERVICES.—The Secretary 10 |
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| 509 | 509 | | shall not barter or otherwise sell or transfer 11 |
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| 510 | 510 | | uranium in any form in exchange for services 12 |
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| 511 | 511 | | relating to— 13 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (i) the final disposition of radioactive 14 |
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| 513 | 513 | | waste from uranium that is the subject of 15 |
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| 514 | 514 | | a contract for sale, resale, transfer, or 16 |
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| 515 | 515 | | lease under this subsection; or 17 |
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| 516 | 516 | | (ii) environmental cleanup activities. 18 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (B) C |
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| 518 | 518 | | ERTAIN COMMITMENTS .—In carrying 19 |
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| 519 | 519 | | out activities under this subsection, the Sec-20 |
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| 520 | 520 | | retary— 21 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (i) may not make commitments under 22 |
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| 522 | 522 | | this subsection (including cooperative 23 |
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| 523 | 523 | | agreements (used in accordance with sec-24 |
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| 524 | 524 | | tion 6305 of title 31, United States Code), 25 |
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| 529 | 529 | | service contracts, or any other type of com-2 |
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| 530 | 530 | | mitment) for the purchase or other acquisi-3 |
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| 531 | 531 | | tion of HALEU or LEU unless— 4 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (I) funds are specifically provided 5 |
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| 533 | 533 | | for those purposes in advance in ap-6 |
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| 534 | 534 | | propriations Acts enacted after the 7 |
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| 535 | 535 | | date of enactment of this Act; or 8 |
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| 536 | 536 | | (II) the commitment is funded 9 |
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| 537 | 537 | | entirely by funds made available to 10 |
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| 538 | 538 | | the Secretary from the account de-11 |
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| 539 | 539 | | scribed in subsection (i)(2)(B); and 12 |
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| 540 | 540 | | (ii) may make a commitment de-13 |
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| 541 | 541 | | scribed in clause (i) only— 14 |
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| 542 | 542 | | (I) if the full extent of the antici-15 |
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| 543 | 543 | | pated costs stemming from the com-16 |
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| 544 | 544 | | mitment is recorded as an obligation 17 |
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| 545 | 545 | | at the time that the commitment is 18 |
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| 546 | 546 | | made; and 19 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (II) to the extent of that up-front 20 |
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| 548 | 548 | | obligation recorded in full at that 21 |
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| 549 | 549 | | time. 22 |
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| 550 | 550 | | (5) S |
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| 551 | 551 | | UNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to 23 |
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| 552 | 552 | | carry out activities under this subsection shall termi-24 |
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| 553 | 553 | | nate on the earlier of— 25 |
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| 558 | 558 | | fies Congress that the HALEU needs of ad-2 |
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| 559 | 559 | | vanced nuclear reactor developers can be fully 3 |
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| 560 | 560 | | met by commercial HALEU suppliers in the 4 |
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| 561 | 561 | | United States, as determined by the Secretary, 5 |
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| 562 | 562 | | in consultation with U.S. nuclear energy compa-6 |
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| 563 | 563 | | nies; and 7 |
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| 564 | 564 | | (B) September 30, 2034. 8 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (h) D |
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| 566 | 566 | | OMESTICSOURCINGCONSIDERATIONS.— 9 |
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| 567 | 567 | | (1) I |
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| 568 | 568 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-10 |
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| 569 | 569 | | graph (2), the Secretary may only carry out an ac-11 |
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| 570 | 570 | | tivity in connection with 1 or more of the Programs 12 |
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| 571 | 571 | | if— 13 |
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| 572 | 572 | | (A) the activity promotes manufacturing in 14 |
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| 573 | 573 | | the United States associated with uranium sup-15 |
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| 574 | 574 | | ply chains; or 16 |
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| 575 | 575 | | (B) the activity relies on resources, mate-17 |
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| 576 | 576 | | rials, or equipment developed or produced— 18 |
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| 577 | 577 | | (i) in the United States; or 19 |
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| 578 | 578 | | (ii) in a country that is an ally or 20 |
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| 579 | 579 | | partner of the United States by— 21 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (I) the government of that coun-22 |
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| 581 | 581 | | try; 23 |
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| 582 | 582 | | (II) an associated entity; or 24 |
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| 587 | 587 | | pany. 2 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (2) W |
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| 589 | 589 | | AIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re-3 |
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| 590 | 590 | | quirements of paragraph (1) with respect to an ac-4 |
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| 591 | 591 | | tivity if the Secretary determines a waiver to be nec-5 |
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| 592 | 592 | | essary to achieve 1 or more of the objectives de-6 |
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| 593 | 593 | | scribed in subsection (b). 7 |
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| 594 | 594 | | (i) R |
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| 595 | 595 | | EASONABLECOMPENSATION.— 8 |
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| 596 | 596 | | (1) I |
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| 597 | 597 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying out activities 9 |
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| 598 | 598 | | under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that 10 |
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| 599 | 599 | | any LEU and HALEU made available by the Sec-11 |
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| 600 | 600 | | retary under 1 or more of the Programs is subject 12 |
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| 601 | 601 | | to reasonable compensation, taking into account the 13 |
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| 602 | 602 | | fair market value of the LEU or HALEU and the 14 |
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| 603 | 603 | | purposes of this section. 15 |
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| 604 | 604 | | (2) A |
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| 605 | 605 | | VAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS .— 16 |
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| 606 | 606 | | (A) I |
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| 607 | 607 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-17 |
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| 608 | 608 | | tion 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, 18 |
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| 609 | 609 | | revenues received by the Secretary from the 19 |
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| 610 | 610 | | sale or transfer of fuel feed material acquired 20 |
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| 611 | 611 | | by the Secretary pursuant to a contract entered 21 |
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| 612 | 612 | | into under clause (i) or (ii) of subsection 22 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (e)(1)(A) shall— 23 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (i) be deposited in the account de-24 |
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| 620 | 620 | | carrying out the purposes of this section, 2 |
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| 621 | 621 | | to reduce the need for further appropria-3 |
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| 622 | 622 | | tions for those purposes; and 4 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (iii) remain available until expended. 5 |
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| 624 | 624 | | (B) R |
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| 626 | 626 | | lished in the Treasury an account into which 7 |
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| 627 | 627 | | the revenues described in subparagraph (A) 8 |
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| 628 | 628 | | shall be— 9 |
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| 629 | 629 | | (i) deposited in accordance with clause 10 |
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| 630 | 630 | | (i) of that subparagraph; and 11 |
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| 631 | 631 | | (ii) made available in accordance with 12 |
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| 632 | 632 | | clauses (ii) and (iii) of that subparagraph. 13 |
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| 634 | 634 | | UCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSION.—The Nu-14 |
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| 635 | 635 | | clear Regulatory Commission shall prioritize and expedite 15 |
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| 636 | 636 | | consideration of any action related to the Programs to the 16 |
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| 637 | 637 | | extent permitted under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 17 |
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| 638 | 638 | | (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and related statutes. 18 |
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| 639 | 639 | | (k) USEC P |
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| 640 | 640 | | RIVATIZATIONACT.—The requirements 19 |
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| 641 | 641 | | of section 3112(d)(2) of the USEC Privatization Act (42 20 |
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| 642 | 642 | | U.S.C. 2297h–10(d)(2)) shall not apply to activities re-21 |
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| 643 | 643 | | lated to the Programs. 22 |
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| 644 | 644 | | (l) N |
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| 645 | 645 | | ATIONALSECURITYNEEDS.—The Secretary 23 |
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| 646 | 646 | | shall only make available to a member of the consortium 24 |
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| 647 | 647 | | under this section for commercial use or use in a dem-25 |
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| 652 | 652 | | mined is not necessary for national security needs, subject 2 |
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| 653 | 653 | | to the condition that the material made available shall not 3 |
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| 654 | 654 | | include any material that the Secretary determines to be 4 |
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| 655 | 655 | | necessary for the National Nuclear Security Administra-5 |
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| 656 | 656 | | tion or any critical mission of the Department. 6 |
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| 657 | 657 | | (m) I |
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| 658 | 658 | | NTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This section 7 |
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| 659 | 659 | | shall be applied in a manner consistent with the obliga-8 |
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