United States Code

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§ 2296b.
Overfeed program
(a)
Uranium purchases

To the maximum extent permitted by sound business practice, the Corporation shall purchase uranium in accordance with subsection (b) and overfeed it into the enrichment process to reduce the amount of power required to produce the enriched uranium ordered by enrichment services customers, taking into account costs associated with depleted tailings.

(b)
Use of domestic uranium

Uranium purchased by the Corporation for purposes of this section shall be of domestic origin and purchased from domestic uranium producers to the extent permitted under the multilateral trade agreements (as defined in section 3501(4) of title 19) and the USMCA (as defined in section 4502 of title 19).

(Pub. L. 102–486, title X, § 1011, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2948; Pub. L. 106–36, title I, § 1002(g)(1), June 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 133; Pub. L. 116–260, div. O, title VI, § 602(e), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2153.)
cite as: 42 USC 2296b