110 HR 4189 IH: To direct the Secretary of Energy to provide for the U.S. House of Representatives 2007-11-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4189 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2007 Mr. Whitfield (for himself and Mrs. Schmidt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Secretary of Energy to provide for the re-enrichment of certain uranium tailings, and the sale of the product of such re-enrichment, and for other purposes.

1.

Re-enrichment requirement

(a)

Contract

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall enter into a contract with the operator of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Facility for the transfer from the Department of Energy’s enrichment facility at Piketon, Ohio, to the Paducah facility of cylinders of uranium tailings with an assay of such value as the Secretary finds economically suitable for re-enrichment. (b)

Re-enrichment

The contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide for the re-enrichment at the Paducah facility of the materials in the cylinders described in subsection (a) and in similar cylinders of comparable value at the Paducah facility site. (c)

Schedule

Re-enrichment under subsection (b) shall begin not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Not more than 25 percent of the total cylinders described in subsections (a) and (b) shall be re-enriched before June 30, 2012. Re-enrichment of the remaining cylinders shall continue thereafter as the Secretary considers economically viable.

2.

Sale of product

(a)

In general

The Secretary shall sell or contract for the sale of the product of re-enrichment carried out under this Act, on a schedule to be determined by the Secretary. (b)

Proceeds

Net proceeds from sales under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund and disbursed by appropriation for environmental remediation at the Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, uranium enrichment facilities.

3.

Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

Section 1802(d) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–1(d)) is amended by striking 15 and inserting 18.