Exhibit 31.1

 

**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

**Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002**

 

I, Harry Bagot, certify that:

 

   (1)     I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 10-K of U.S. Fuel Corporation, successor in interest to Nuclear Solutions, Inc., (Registrant).

 

   (2)     Based on myknowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect tothe period covered by this annual report;

 

   (3)     Based on myknowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presentedin this annual report;

 

  (4) The registrant’s other certifyingofficers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)for the registrant and have:

 

(a) designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes inaccordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

 

(d) disclosed in this report any changesin the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscalquarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

(5)       The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of the internal controlover financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)  all significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information ; and

 

(b)  any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.