# 2026-16225: Nuclear Fuel Utilization Committee Gets Official DOE Action Plan

2026-16225, Plan of Action Under the Defense Production Act (Market-Integrated Fuel Utilization Committee), is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department published 2026-08-10, effective 2026-08-10; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16225
- As of: 2026-08-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16225
- Title: Plan of Action Under the Defense Production Act (Market-Integrated Fuel Utilization Committee)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department
- Citation: 91 FR 51474
- Published: 2026-08-10
- Effective: 2026-08-10
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-17

## In one line

Nuclear Fuel Utilization Committee Gets Official DOE Action Plan

## Summary

On October 23, 2025, the Department of Energy held a public meeting to discuss the development of voluntary agreements and plans of action under the Defense Production Act. As part of that meeting, a draft voluntary agreement was released to the accompanying docket and published in the Federal Register for comment. This notice publishes the plan of action for the Market-Integrated Fuel Utilization Committee under the "Nuclear Fuel Cycle Consortium" Voluntary Agreement, approved by the Secretary of Energy, after consultation by the Attorney General and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.

## Effects PRIA read

- Antitrust Defense for Plan Participants: benefit, high. If your company joins this Plan, you may use the antitrust defense in Defense Production Act (DPA) subsection 708(j) for actions taken in the course of developing or carrying out this Plan, provided you fully comply with DPA section 708 and act under DOE direction and active supervision. That defen…
- 60-Day Reports on Funding and AFAP: benefit, medium. Within 60 days, the Committee must submit a report to DOE that includes a quantitative roadmap for a federal value-based compensation model and may outline an "Advanced Fuel Availability Program" (AFAP). The report will evaluate funding approaches, including possible use of Nuclear Waste Fund accru…
- Membership Participation Rules and Penalties: cost, low. Committee members must meet participation requirements defined as attendance at no less than 75% of scheduled meetings and timely submission of accepted deliverables. Failure to meet these requirements may lead to suspension of membership privileges, loss of voting rights, and removal from the Comm…
- Protection and Limits for Competitively Sensitive Info: benefit, medium. Information you provide that is labeled Competitively Sensitive Information (CSI) is treated as CSI under the Voluntary Agreement, with exceptions for information that is publicly available, already in DOE's lawful possession from another source, or independently developed without using the CSI. If…

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## Sources
- [2026-16225 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/10/2026-16225/plan-of-action-under-the-defense-production-act-market-integrated-fuel-utilization-committee)
- [2026-16225 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-10/pdf/2026-16225.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16225 (as of 2026-08-17).