Quiero saber acerca de...

41609

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 145 / Monday, August 2, 2021 / Notices
Figure 79. U.S. Utility Average Revenue and Operating Costs Per MWh, 2014-2018 and Projections to 2024

2014

2016

2015

2017

2018

-Average Revenue paMWh lllillllllllAvemge Net Revenue
2020
5%U.S.
eontent
2021
10%U.S.
Content
2022
15%U.S.

20%U.S.

2023

Content
Content
I

2024
25%U.S.
content
-Total Operating Costs per MWh ""Excludes TEXT REDACTED
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bure.au of Industry .and Security, Nuclear Power Gener.ator Survey, Q6C

21 respondents
The Secretary finds that the effect of imported uranium on the national security can only be addressed through targeted Section 232 remedies. The Secretary has noted that the U.S.
uranium industry and nuclear power generators face other non-trade challenges that hinder their ability to remain financially solvent and economically competitive.
These challenges, as discussed in Chapters VI and VII, include the premature shutdown of U.S. reactors, competition from natural gas-fired generators, and subsidized renewable energy sources. In addition, the nuclear power industry is hindered by electricity market rules that do not consider nuclear energys unique operational attributes. To address these issues, the Secretary advances the following public policy proposals for discussion which complement the Section 232 remedies identified in this investigation.155
155 Section V of the January 1989 Section 232
investigation into crude oil and refined petroleum imports contained several non-trade policy recommendations to be executed by Congress or other Federal departments. These recommendations included implementation of an oil and gas leasing
VerDate Sep<11>2014

19:47 Jul 30, 2021

Jkt 253001

1 Expansion of the American Assured Fuel Supply AFS
The Department of Energy maintains a reserve of enriched uranium for nuclear power generators known as the American Assured Fuel Supply AFS, which is an emergency source of fuel for both U.S. and foreign nuclear power plants.156 The AFS currently includes 230 metric tons of LEU, only enough material to reload six average nuclear reactors once the U.S. has 98
reactors.157 DOE should increase the AFSs inventory to 500 metric tons of LEU, enough to fuel 13 reactors in the U.S. and allied countries. This could supplement the TEXT REDACTED
plan, opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, oil and gas licensing reform, and technical tax changes. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration; The Effect of Crude Oil and Refined Petroleum Product Imports On The National Security; January 1989.
156 In 2005, the Department of Energy DOE
announced that it would set aside 17.4 metric tons of highly-enriched uranium HEU for conversion to low-enriched uranium LEU that could be released to nuclear power generators in times of national emergency.
157 Notice of Availability: American Assured Fuel Supply. The Federal Register/FIND. Vol. 76.
Washington: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc., 2011. http search.proquest.com/docview/
884208970/.

PO 00000

Frm 00071

Fmt 4701

Sfmt 4703

average inventory U.S. nuclear power utilities already maintain see Figure 66. The LEU procured for the AFS
should come from newly mined, converted, and enriched U.S.-origin uranium.
2 Adoption of a Domestic Uranium Purchase Tax Credit Congress should institute a tax credit for domestic uranium purchases for a five-year period. Under this proposal, U.S. nuclear power generators would receive a fixed dollar amount-per pound tax credit for purchasing uranium mined in the United States. The credit would be claimable in the tax year in which the nuclear power generator takes delivery of the material.
3 Continue the Moratorium on DOE
Stockpile Sales Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the DOE possesses authority to sell or transfer its stockpiles to other parties.158
DOE has used this authority to pay for cleanup efforts at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Facility. While DOEs 158 U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Highlights of GAO17472T, a testimony before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S.
Senate, 5. Washington, DC: Mar. 8, 2017. https
www.gao.gov/assets/690/683764.pdf.

E:FRFM02AUN2.SGM

02AUN2

EN02AU21.062

khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES2

C. Public Policy Proposals