[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 950-951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28543]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Request for Information (RFI) Regarding Planning for 
Establishment of a Program To Support the Availability of High-Assay 
Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) for Civilian Domestic Research, 
Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Use

AGENCY: Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 14, 2021, the U.S Department of Energy (DOE or the 
Department) issued a RFI inviting input on the planning for 
establishment of a DOE HALEU Availability Program and to gather 
information to consider in preparing the required report to Congress 
describing actions proposed to be carried out by DOE under the program. 
The Energy Act of 2020 authorized the Department to establish and carry 
out, through the Office of Nuclear Energy, a program to support the 
availability of HALEU for civilian domestic research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial use. The RFI established a January 13, 
2022, deadline for the submission of written comments. DOE is extending 
the comment period to February 14, 2022.

DATES: The comment period for the RFI published on December 14, 2021 
(86 FR 71055) is extended. DOE will accept comments, data, and 
information responding to this RFI submitted on or before February 14, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments by any of the 
following methods:
    1. Email: [email protected]. Submit electronic comments in 
Microsoft Word or PDF file format and avoid the use of special 
characters or any form of encryption. Please include ``Response to 
RFI'' in the subject line.
    2. Postal Mail: This option is not available.
    3. Hand Delivery/Courier: This option is not available during the 
COVID-19 pandemic.
    4. Online: Responses will be accepted online at 
www.regulations.gov.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
for this RFI. No facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. Any information 
that may be business proprietary and exempt by law from public 
disclosure should be submitted as described in Section IV of this 
document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be sent to: [email protected] or Dr. Daniel Vega, 
[email protected], (202) 586-0235, or Michael Reim, 
[email protected], (202) 586-0509.
    Please include ``Question on HALEU RFI'' in the subject line.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) published a request for information (RFI) in the Federal 
Register (86 FR 71055). DOE issued this RFI to invite input on the 
planning for establishment of a DOE HALEU Availability Program and to 
gather information to consider in preparing the required report to 
Congress describing actions proposed to be carried out by DOE under the 
program. The Energy Act of 2020 authorized the Department to establish 
and carry out, through the Office of Nuclear Energy, a program to 
support the availability of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for 
civilian domestic research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
use. A HALEU Availability Program, leading to the deployment and 
commercialization of clean energy technologies and infrastructure, 
could secure a critical domestic supply chain for meeting the 
Administration's climate, economic, and energy security goals. The RFI 
established a January 13, 2022, deadline for the submission of written 
comments. DOE has received requests from the public for extension of 
the public comment period. In response to those requests, DOE is 
extending the

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comment period to February 14, 2022, to provide the public additional 
time for comment.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December 
28, 2021, by Andrew Griffith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear 
Fuel Cycle and Supply Chain, Office of Nuclear Energy, pursuant to 
delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with 
the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For 
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of 
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the 
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document 
of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way 
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on December 30, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-28543 Filed 1-6-22; 8:45 am]
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