Sec. 3132. Plan for domestic enrichment capability to satisfy Department of Defense uranium requirements
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains a plan to establish a domestic enrichment capability dedicated to solely satisfying the requirements of the Department of Defense for highly enriched uranium, high-assay low enriched uranium, low enriched uranium, and depleted uranium. Such plan shall include— a description of mixes and amounts of enriched uranium expected to be necessary between the date of the enactment of this Act and 2060 to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense; key milestones, steps, and policy decisions required to achieve the domestic defense enrichment capability; the dates by which such key milestones need to be achieved; a funding profile, broken down by project and sub-project, for obtaining such capability; a cost profile to establish such capability by the date that is two years before the date on which such capacity is needed; a plan for any changes to the workforce of the Administration that are necessary to establish such capability; a description of any changes in the requirement of the Department of Defense for highly enriched uranium due to AUKUS; and any other elements or information the Administrator determines appropriate.
Not later than February 1 of each year after the year during which the report required by subsection
(a)is submitted until the date specified in paragraph (2), the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that— the Administration is in compliance with the plan and milestones contained in the report; or the Administration is not in compliance with such plan or milestones, together with— a description of the nature of the non-compliance; the reasons for the non-compliance; and a plan to achieve compliance. No report shall be required under paragraph
(1)after the date on which the Administrator certifies to the congressional defense committees that the final key milestone under the plan has been met. The report under subsection
(a)and each annual certification under subsection
(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.