Sec. 3112. Acceleration of depleted uranium manufacturing processes
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The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall require the nuclear security enterprise to accelerate the modernization of manufacturing processes for depleted uranium so that the nuclear security enterprise— by not later than 2026— demonstrates bulk cold hearth melting of depleted uranium to replace existing technologies; and manufactures, on a repeatable and ongoing basis, war reserve depleted uranium components using net shape casting; and by not later than 2028, produces bulk depleted uranium using cold hearth melting on an operational basis for war reserve components.
By not later than 2026, the Administrator shall demonstrate, if possible through the use of leased real estate options, a production facility for manufacturing depleted uranium components outside the current perimeter security fencing of the Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Administrator shall ensure that, by not later than 2029, the facility acquired under paragraph
(1)conducts routine operations for the manufacture of war reserve components. The Administrator shall ensure that the nuclear security enterprise— by not later than 2026, demonstrates the conversion of depleted uranium hexafluoride to depleted uranium tetrafluoride; by not later than 2028, converts depleted uranium hexaflouride to depleted uranium tetrafluoride on an operational basis; and by not later than 2030, has available high purity depleted uranium for the production of war reserve components. Not later than March 31, 2023, and annually thereafter through 2030, the Administrator shall brief the congressional defense committees on— progress made in carrying out subsections (a), (b), and (c); the cost of activities conducted under such subsections during the preceding fiscal year; and the ability of the nuclear security enterprise to convert depleted uranium fluoride hexafluoride to depleted uranium tetraflouride. In this section, the term nuclear security enterprise has the meaning given that term in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act ( 50 U.S.C. 2501 ).
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Acceleration of depleted uranium manufacturing processes
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