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42 U.S.C. § 2210b — Uranium supply

submitted 80 years ago by Pub. L. 97-415 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 789 words · no verdicts yet

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(a) The Secretary of Energy must monitor the domestic uranium mining and milling industry’s viability and, for 1983 through 1992, report a yearly determination to Congress and the President. Within nine months after January 4, 1983, after public notice and following section 2231, the Secretary must make rules listing the specific criteria assessed in those reports

(a) The Secretary of Energy must monitor the domestic uranium mining and milling industry’s viability and, for 1983 through 1992, report a yearly determination to Congress and the President. Within nine months after January 4, 1983, after public notice and following section 2231, the Secretary must make rules listing the specific criteria assessed in those reports. The Secretary may issue regulations to collect information needed for this monitoring and reporting. (b) If a person satisfactorily shows the Secretary that information obtained under this section, or part of it, would reveal that person’s proprietary information if made public, the Secretary must not disclose it. Disclosure is punishable under section 1905 of title 18. (c) The criteria must include at least: (1) whether contracts or options would cause foreign source or special nuclear material to supply more than 37.5 percent of actual or projected domestic uranium needs in any two consecutive years; (2) domestic utilities’ projected uranium needs and inventories for 10 years; (3) current and likely future foreign-import use of the domestic market; (4) whether domestic economic reserves can meet all needs over a future 10 years; (5) current and projected domestic uranium-exploration spending and plans; (6) current and projected uranium-industry employment and capital investment; (7) domestic production capacity sufficient for projected nuclear-power needs for 10 years; and (8) projected domestic uranium production and prices under various import assumptions. (d) The Secretary of Energy may determine, from the required monitoring and reports, that increased imports of foreign source or special nuclear material substantially cause, or threaten, serious injury to the United States uranium mining and milling industry. Based on that determination, the United States Trade Representative must ask the United States International Trade Commission to investigate under section 2251 of title 19. (e)(1) During 1982–1992, if the Secretary of Energy finds that contracts or options for foreign source or special nuclear material for use in United States utilization facilities supply more than 37.5 percent of actual or projected domestic uranium needs in any two consecutive years, or may threaten national security, the Secretary must ask the Secretary of Commerce to investigate under section 1862 of title 19 how those imports affect national security. The Energy Secretary must fully cooperate and provide the findings and other helpful information. (2) The Commerce Secretary must consider that information, including the effect on national security of projected or executed foreign contracts or options and whether domestic capacity can meet projected national-security needs. (3) At least three years after such an investigation ends, if it made no recommendation for trade adjustments to assist or protect domestic uranium production, the Energy Secretary may request another Commerce investigation.
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(a) Assessment of domestic uranium industry viability; monitoring and reporting requirements; criteria; implementation by rules and regulations

The Secretary of Energy shall monitor and for the years 1983 to 1992 report annually to the Congress and to the President a determination of the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry and shall establish by rule, after public notice and in accordance with the requirements of section 2231 of this title, within 9 months of January 4, 1983, specific criteria which shall be assessed in the annual reports on the domestic uranium industry’s viability. The Secretary of Energy is authorized to issue regulations providing for the collection of such information as the Secretary of Energy deems necessary to carry out the monitoring and reporting requirements of this section.

(b) Disclosure of information

Upon a satisfactory showing to the Secretary of Energy by any person that any information, or portion thereof obtained under this section, would, if made public, divulge proprietary information of such person, the Secretary shall not disclose such information and disclosure thereof shall be punishable under section 1905 of title 18.

(c) Criteria for monitoring and reporting requirements

The criteria referred to in subsection (a) shall also include, but not be limited to—

(1)

an assessment of whether executed contracts or options for source material or special nuclear material will result in greater than 37½ percent of actual or projected domestic uranium requirements for any two-consecutive-year period being supplied by source material or special nuclear material from foreign sources;

(2)

projections of uranium requirements and inventories of domestic utilities for a 10 year period;

(3)

present and probable future use of the domestic market by foreign imports;

(4)

whether domestic economic reserves can supply all future needs for a future 10 year period;

(5)

present and projected domestic uranium exploration expenditures and plans;

(6)

present and projected employment and capital investment in the uranium industry;

(7)

the level of domestic uranium production capacity sufficient to meet projected domestic nuclear power needs for a 10 year period; and

(8)

a projection of domestic uranium production and uranium price levels which will be in effect under various assumptions with respect to imports.

(d) Excessive imports; investigation by United States International Trade Commission

The Secretary or 1 Energy, at any time, may determine on the basis of the monitoring and annual reports required under this section that source material or special nuclear material from foreign sources is being imported in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or threat thereof, to the United States uranium mining and milling industry. Based on that determination, the United States Trade Representative shall request that the United States International Trade Commission initiate an investigation under section 2251 2 of title 19.

(e) Excessive imports for contracts or options as threatening national security; investigation by Secretary of Commerce; recommendation for further investigation
(1)

If, during the period 1982 to 1992, the Secretary of Energy determines that executed contracts or options for source material or special nuclear material from foreign sources for use in utilization facilities within or under the jurisdiction of the United States represent greater than 37½ percent of actual or projected domestic uranium requirements for any two-consecutive-year period, or if the Secretary of Energy determines the level of contracts or options involving source material and special nuclear material from foreign sources may threaten to impair the national security, the Secretary of Energy shall request the Secretary of Commerce to initiate under section 1862 of title 19 an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of source material and special nuclear material. The Secretary of Energy shall cooperate fully with the Secretary of Commerce in carrying out such an investigation and shall make available to the Secretary of Commerce the findings that lead to this request and such other information that will assist the Secretary of Commerce in the conduct of the investigation.

(2)

The Secretary of Commerce shall, in the conduct of any investigation requested by the Secretary of Energy pursuant to this section, take into account any information made available by the Secretary of Energy, including information regarding the impact on national security of projected or executed contracts or options for source material or special nuclear material from foreign sources or whether domestic production capacity is sufficient to supply projected national security requirements.

(3)

No sooner than 3 years following completion of any investigation by the Secretary of Commerce under paragraph (1), if no recommendation has been made pursuant to such study for trade adjustments to assist or protect domestic uranium production, the Secretary of Energy may initiate a request for another such investigation by the Secretary of Commerce.

Source credit: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 170B, as added Pub. L. 97–415, § 23(b)(1), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2081; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

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  • 1946Enacted · Pub. L. 97-415 · 96 Stat. 2081
  • 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-486 · 106 Stat. 2944

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