§6132 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6132 Long-term Plan for Meeting National Security Requirements for Unencumbered Uranium

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Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must send the congressional defense committees, by December 31 of every odd-numbered year through 2031, a plan for how to meet national security needs for unencumbered uranium through 2070. The plan must list what unencumbered uranium (not depleted) is already set aside and what could be set aside, say where uranium will be needed through 2070, assess current and future U.S. private production, describe any shortfall and whether higher‑enriched uranium can be blended down to help, inventory unencumbered depleted uranium and whether it could be re‑enriched with cost estimates, summarize existing swap/barter deals, and describe when extra enrichment will be needed plus options to meet needs with costs, timelines, and any legal or policy changes required. The plan should also say how those options might help build lasting U.S. enrichment and reduce reliance on imports from adversary countries. The plan must be unclassified but can have a classified annex. Within 180 days after Congress gets the plan, the Comptroller General must brief the House and Senate Armed Services Committees with an assessment. Definitions: "depleted" = uranium with less U‑235 than natural uranium; "unencumbered" = no foreign-government restriction to use the uranium only for peaceful purposes.

Title 10, §6132

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(a)Not later than December 31 of each odd-numbered year through 2031, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for meeting national security requirements for unencumbered uranium through 2070.

(b)The plan required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1)An inventory of unencumbered uranium (other than depleted uranium), by program source and enrichment level, that, as of the date of the plan, is allocated to national security requirements.

(2)An inventory of unencumbered uranium (other than depleted uranium), by program source and enrichment level, that, as of the date of the plan, is not allocated to national security requirements but could be allocated to such requirements.

(3)An identification of national security requirements for unencumbered uranium through 2070, by program source and enrichment level.

(4)An assessment of current and projected unencumbered uranium production by private industry in the United States that could support future defense requirements.

(5)A description of any shortfall in obtaining unencumbered uranium to meet national security requirements and an assessment of whether that shortfall could be mitigated through the blending down of uranium that is of a higher enrichment level.

(6)An inventory of unencumbered depleted uranium, an assessment of the portion of that uranium that could be allocated to national security requirements through re-enrichment, and an estimate of the costs of re-enriching that uranium.

(7)A description of the swap and barter agreements involving unencumbered uranium needed to meet national security requirements that are in effect on the date of the plan.

(8)An assessment of—

(A)when additional enrichment of uranium will be required to meet national security requirements; and

(B)the options the Secretary is considering to meet such requirements, including an estimated cost and timeline for each option and a description of any changes to policy or law that the Secretary determines would be required for each option.

(9)An assessment of how options to provide additional enriched uranium to meet national security requirements could, as an additional benefit, contribute to the establishment of a sustained domestic enrichment capacity and allow the commercial sector of the United States to reduce reliance on importing uranium from adversary countries.

(c)The plan required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

(d)Not later than 180 days after the date on which the congressional defense committees receive each plan under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing that includes an assessment of the plan.

(e)In this section:

(1)The term “depleted”, with respect to uranium, means that the uranium is depleted in uranium-235 compared with natural uranium.

(2)The term “unencumbered”, with respect to uranium, means that the United States has no obligation to foreign governments to use the uranium for only peaceful purposes.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2538c of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

§6132 Long-term Plan for Meeting National Security Requirements for Unencumbered Uranium

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Title 10, §6132

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