DOD, DOE should buy U3O8 under long-term contracts to support sector: NEI

摘要

The Nuclear Energy Institute has advised anexecutive branch working group that federalgovernment uranium purchases throughlong-term contracts under DefenseProduction Act authority are “the mosteffective means” for revitalizing a USdomestic nuclear fuel industry besieged byyears of low prices.That proposal is one of 13recommendations NEI sent in an August 18letter to National Security Advisor John Boltonand National Economic Council DirectorLawrence Kudlow, the co-chairs of theNuclear Fuel Working Group created byPresident Donald Trump in July to developrecommendations for reviving and expandingthe US nuclear fuel production sector.