§2296b–7 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Gives plain meanings for key words used in this part. Corporation means the United States Enrichment Corporation or its successor. Country of origin means where uranium was mined; for enriched uranium it means where it was mined and enriched; for enrichment services it means where the services took place. Domestic origin means uranium mined in the United States, including various mining and recovery methods and uranium recovered from U.S. phosphoric acid. Domestic uranium producer means a person or company that produces domestic uranium and holds required state and federal permits for operation and cleanup. Non‑affiliated means a seller not controlled by the buyer. Overfeed means using more uranium than needed for the agreed tails assay. Utility regulatory authority means the state or federal agency that sets rates for electric utilities or independent power producers; related terms are defined elsewhere in law.

Title 42, §2296b–7

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For purposes of this part:

(1)The term “Corporation” means the United States Enrichment Corporation established under section 2297b 11 See References in Text note below. of this title or its successor.

(2)The term “country of origin” means—

(A)with respect to uranium, that country where the uranium was mined;

(B)with respect to enriched uranium, that country where the uranium was mined and enriched; or

(C)with respect to enrichment services, that country where the enrichment services were performed.

(3)The term “domestic origin” refers to any uranium that has been mined in the United States including uranium recovered from uranium deposits in the United States by underground mining, open-pit mining, strip mining, in situ recovery, leaching, and ion recovery, or recovered from phosphoric acid manufactured in the United States.

(4)The term “domestic uranium producer” means a person or entity who produces domestic uranium and who has, to the extent required by State and Federal agencies having jurisdiction, licenses and permits for the operation, decontamination, decommissioning, and reclamation of sites, structures and equipment.

(5)The term “non-affiliated” refers to a seller who does not control, and is not controlled by or under common control with, the buyer.

(6)The term “overfeed” means to use uranium in the enrichment process in excess of the amount required at the transactional tails assay.

(7)The term “utility regulatory authority” means any State agency or Federal agency that has ratemaking authority with respect to the sale of electric energy by any electric utility or independent power producer. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms “electric utility”, “State agency”, “Federal agency”, and “ratemaking authority” have the respective meanings given such terms in section 2602 of title 16.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 2297b of this title, referred to in par. (1), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–134, title III, § 3116(a)(1), Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–349. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1996—Par. (1). Pub. L. 104–134 inserted “or its successor” before period at end.

§2296b–7 Definitions