§8689 Requirements for Availability of Funds Relating to Advanced Naval Nuclear Fuel Systems Based on Low-enriched Uranium

Summary

Only money from the Department of Energy’s defense nuclear nonproliferation budget may be used for low-enriched uranium work. Money from Navy shipbuilding accounts or from any other DOE atomic energy defense accounts cannot be spent on these activities. That ban can only be changed by a new law that clearly says it replaces this rule; a regular funding line or table does not count unless the law specifically cites and overrides it. Low-enriched uranium activities mean: (1) planning or research and development of advanced naval nuclear fuel systems using low-enriched uranium, and (2) buying ships that would use low-enriched uranium in their reactors.