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Brand Basic model 

AHT .. PARIS EC 185 (U) NAM1–F. 

AHT .. SYDNEY EC 223 (U) NAM1–F. 

AHT .. SYDNEY XL 210 (U) NAM1–F. 

(2) The alternate test procedure for the 

AHT basic models referenced in 

paragraph (1) of this Order is the test 

procedure for CRE prescribed by DOE at 

10 CFR part 431, subpart C, appendix B, 

except that the test period shall be 

selected as detailed below. All other 

requirements of Appendix B and DOE’s 

regulations remain applicable. 

The test shall begin when steady state 

conditions occur (per ASHRAE 

Standard 72–2005, Section 3, 

definitions, which defines steady state 

as ‘‘the condition where the average 

temperature of all test simulators 

changes less than 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) from 

one 24-hour period or refrigeration cycle 

to the next’’). Additionally, the dooropening requirements shall be as 

defined in ASHRAE 72–2005 Section 

7.2, with the exception that the eighthour period of door openings shall 

begin three hours after the start of the 

test. Ambient temperature, test 

simulator temperatures, and all other 

data shall be recorded at three-minute 

intervals beginning at the start of the 

test and throughout the 24-hour testing 

period. 

(3) Representations. AHT may not 

make representations about the energy 

use of a basic model listed in paragraph 

(1) of this Order for compliance, 

marketing, or other purposes unless that 

basic model has been tested in 

accordance with the provisions of 

paragraph (2) of this Order and such 

representations fairly disclose the 

results of such testing. 

(4) This Extension of Waiver shall 

remain in effect according to the 

provisions of 10 CFR 431.401. 

(5) This Extension of Waiver is issued 

on the condition that the statements, 

representations, and documentation 

provided by AHT are valid. If AHT 

makes any modifications to the controls 

or capabilities (e.g., adding automatic 

defrost to freezer mode) of these basic 

models, the waiver will no longer be 

valid and AHT will either be required 

to use the current Federal test method 

or submit a new application for a test 

procedure waiver. DOE may rescind or 

modify this Extension of Waiver (and/or 

the underlying Order issued in Case 

Number 2017–007) at any time if it 

determines the factual basis underlying 

the petition for extension of waiver 

(and/or the underlying Order issued in 

Case Number 2017–007) is incorrect, or 

the results from the alternate test 

procedure are unrepresentative of a 

basic model’s true energy consumption 

characteristics. 10 CFR 431.401(k)(1). 

Likewise, AHT may request that DOE 

rescind or modify the Extension of 

Waiver (and/or the underlying Order 

issued in Case Number 2017–007) if 

AHT discovers an error in the 

information provided to DOE as part of 

its petition, determines that the waiver 

is no longer needed, or for other 

appropriate reasons. 10 CFR 

431.401(k)(2). 

(6) AHT remains obligated to fulfill all 

applicable requirements set forth at 10 

CFR part 429. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on April 5, 2022, by 

Kelly J. Speakes-Backman, Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on April 6, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration 

Secretarial Determination of No 

Adverse Impact on the Domestic 

Uranium Mining, Conversion, and 

Enrichment Industries To Support Mo99 Production 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On November 24, 2021, the 

Secretary of Energy issued a 

determination (‘‘Secretarial 

Determination’’) covering the sale, lease, 

or transfer of up to 750 kilograms 

uranium (kgU) of high-assay low 

enriched uranium (HALEU) (above 5 but 

less than 20 wt. percent uranium-235) 

per calendar year to support the 

development and establishment of 

molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production 

capabilities. For the reasons set forth in 

the Department’s ‘‘Analysis of Potential 

Impacts of Certain Uranium 

Transactions on the Domestic Uranium 

Mining, Conversion, and Enrichment 

Industries,’’ which is incorporated into 

the Secretarial Determination, the 

Secretary determined that these 

transactions will not have an adverse 

material impact on the domestic 

uranium mining, conversion, or 

enrichment industry. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information may 

be sent to Brett Cox: officeofconversion@

nnsa.doe.gov or (202) 287–5191. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority and Background 

The Department of Energy (‘‘the 

Department’’) holds limited inventories 

of uranium in various forms and 

quantities that have been declared as 

excess and are not dedicated to U.S. 

national security missions. Within DOE, 

the National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA) manages these 

inventories. NNSA down-blends excess 

highly-enriched uranium (HEU) to highassay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)— 

a subset of low enriched uranium (LEU), 

enriched above the commercial level of 

5 wt-% and below 20 wt-% of the 

isotope U–235. Common applications of 

such high-assay materials are as fuels 

for domestic and foreign research 

reactors and as target materials for the 

production of medical isotopes. 

This notice involves the sale, lease, or 

transfer of HALEU to support domestic 

molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) producers. 

These sales, leases, and transfers fulfill 

a directive in the American Medical 

Isotopes Production Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 

112–239, Division C, Title XXXI, 

Subtitle F, 42 U.S.C. 2065) for the 

Department to establish a program to 

make HALEU available, through lease 

contracts, for the production of Mo-99 

for medical uses. These sales, leases, 

and transfers also support U.S. nuclear 

nonproliferation initiatives, by downblending HEU and encouraging the use 

of LEU in civilian applications in lieu 

of HEU. 

These sales, leases or transfers are 

conducted in accordance with the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 

2011 et seq., ‘‘AEA’’), as amended, and 

other applicable law. Specifically, Title 

I, Chapters 6 and 14 of the AEA 

authorize DOE to sell or transfer special 

nuclear material, including HALEU. The 

United States Enrichment Corporation 

(USEC) Privatization Act (Pub. L. 104– 


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1See section 306(a) of Division D, Title III of the 

Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113–235). 2Public Law 112–239, Division C, Title XXXI, 

Subtitle F, 42 U.S.C. 2065. 

134, 42 U.S.C. 2297h et seq.) places 

certain limitations on DOE’s authority to 

sell or transfer uranium from its excess 

uranium inventory. Specifically, under 

section 3112(d) of the USEC 

Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h– 

10(d)), DOE may make certain sales or 

transfers of natural uranium or LEU if 

the Secretary determines that the sales 

or transfers ‘‘will not have an adverse 

material impact on the domestic 

uranium mining, conversion or 

enrichment industry, taking into 

account the sales of uranium under the 

Russian Highly Enriched Uranium 

Agreement and the Suspension 

Agreement.’’ 

On November 23, 2021, the Secretary 

of Energy issued a determination 

covering the sale, lease, or transfer of up 

to 750 kgU of HALEU per calendar year 

to support the development and 

establishment of Mo-99 production 

capabilities. For the reasons set forth in 

the Department’s ‘‘Analysis of Potential 

Impacts of Certain Uranium 

Transactions on the Domestic Uranium 

Mining, Conversion, and Enrichment 

Industries,’’ which is incorporated into 

the Secretarial Determination, the 

Secretary determined that these 

transactions will not have an adverse 

material impact on the domestic 

uranium mining, conversion, or 

enrichment industry. In accordance 

with section 306(a) of Division D, Title 

III of the Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 

(Pub. L. 113–235)), this determination is 

valid for no more than two calendar 

years following the date of the 

Secretarial Determination. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on April 5, 2022, by 

Corey Hinderstein, Deputy 

Administrator for Defense Nuclear 

Nonproliferation, pursuant to delegated 

authority from the Secretary of Energy. 

The document with the original 

signature and date is maintained by 

DOE. For administrative purposes only, 

and in compliance with requirements of 

the Office of the Federal Register, the 

undersigned DOE Federal Register 

Liaison Officer has been authorized to 

sign and submit the document in 

electronic format for publication, as an 

official document of the Department of 

Energy. This administrative process in 

no way alters the legal effect of this 

document upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on April 6, 

2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

Set forth below is the full text of the 

Secretarial Determination. 

Secretarial Determination for the Sale, 

Lease, or Transfer of Certain HighAssay Low Enriched Uranium for the 

Next Two Years 

I determine that the sale, lease, or 

transfer of up to 750 kgU of high-assay 

low enriched uranium (above 5 but less 

than 20 wt. percent uranium-235) per 

calendar year to support the 

development and establishment of 

molybdenum-99 production capabilities 

will not have an adverse material 

impact on the domestic uranium 

mining, conversion, or enrichment 

industry. I base my conclusions on the 

Department’s Analysis of Potential 

Impacts of Uranium Transfers on the 

Domestic Uranium Mining, Conversion, 

and Enrichment Industries, which is 

incorporated herein. As explained in 

that document, I have considered, inter 

alia, the requirements of the USEC 

Privatization Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 

2297h et seq.), the nature of uranium 

markets, and the current status of the 

domestic uranium industries. I have 

also taken into account the sales of 

uranium under the Russian Highly 

Enriched Uranium Agreement and the 

Suspension Agreement. 

Date: November 23, 2021 

Jennifer Granholm, 

Secretary of Energy 

Set forth below is the full text of the 

‘‘Analysis of Potential Impacts of 

Certain Uranium Transactions on the 

Domestic Uranium Mining, Conversion, 

and Enrichment Industries.’’ 

Analysis of Potential Impacts of Certain 

Uranium Transactions on the Domestic 

Uranium Mining, Conversion, and 

Enrichment Industries 

I. Introduction 

A. Legal Authority 

The Department of Energy (DOE) 

manages its excess uranium inventory 

in accordance with the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 

(AEA), as amended, and other 

applicable laws. Specifically, Title I, 

Chapters 6 and 14 of the AEA authorize 

DOE to sell or transfer special nuclear 

material. Low enriched uranium (LEU) 

is a type of special nuclear material. 

The United States Enrichment 

Corporation (USEC) Privatization Act 

(Pub. L. 104–134, 42 U.S.C. 2297h et 

seq.) places certain limitations on DOE’s 

authority to sell or transfer uranium 

from its excess uranium inventory. 

Specifically, under section 3112(d) of 

the USEC Privatization Act, DOE may 

make certain sales or transfers of natural 

uranium or LEU if the Secretary 

determines that the sales or transfers 

‘‘will not have an adverse material 

impact on the domestic uranium 

mining, conversion or enrichment 

industry, taking into account the sales of 

uranium under the Russian Highly 

Enriched Uranium Agreement and the 

Suspension Agreement.’’ (42 U.S.C. 

2297h–10(d)(2)(B)). The validity of any 

determination under this section is 

limited to no more than two calendar 

years subsequent to the determination.1

The USEC Privatization Act also covers 

sales or transfers of enriched uranium 

for governmental purposes under 

section 3112(e), which are not subject to 

the same limitations of section 3112(d). 

B. Transactions Considered in This 

Analysis 

Two types of potential transactions 

are considered in this analysis: (1) The 

lease of certain high-assay low enriched 

uranium (HALEU) (LEU enriched above 

5 weight (wt.) % U–235, but less than 

20 wt. % U–235) for the production of 

molybdenum-99 (Mo-99); and (2) the 

sale or transfer of HALEU to producers 

for use in medical isotope research, 

development, and production. 

The first type of transaction is 

authorized under the American Medical 

Isotopes Production Act of 2012 2

(AMIPA). AMIPA directs the 

Department to establish a Uranium 

Lease and Take Back (ULTB) program to 

lease LEU for irradiation to produce Mo99 in the United States without the use 

of highly enriched uranium (HEU). The 

leased material would be used as either 

driver fuel for reactors employed in 

medical isotope production, as target 

material for irradiation and extraction of 

Mo-99, or both. The exact uses and 

designs vary by producer, but fissionbased production usually involves 

fabrication of uranium targets for 

irradiation in a reactor, followed by 

chemical processing to extract the Mo99 for packaging into a generator and 

delivery to a radiopharmacy. 

The second type of transaction 

considered in this analysis is a sale or 

transfer of HALEU to producers for use 

in medical isotope research and 

production processes that are not under 

the ULTB program and do not meet the 

criteria of section 3112(e)(3) of the 

USEC Privatization Act. Such uranium 


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3The calculation is based on the Y–12 Standard 

Specification for LEU Metal Supply for Mo-99 

Isotope Production, which assumes deliveries of 

quantities of 19.75 wt. % LEU. If any sale, lease, 

or transfer includes material at an assay other than 

19.75 wt. %, the amount will be converted so that 

the total amount in any calendar year is equivalent 

to no more than 750 kgU at 19.75 wt. %. 

4Energy Resources International, Inc. (ERI), 

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Supply and Price Report, ERI– 

2006–2101/June 2021. 5U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Materials 

License. License Number SNM–2010, Amendment 

57, Docket Number 70–3103. 

6The global requirements information comes 

from an analysis prepared by Energy Resources 

International, Inc. (ERI), Nuclear Fuel Cycle Supply 

and Price Report, ERI–2006–2101/June 2021. 

7Conversion Services Market update, Energy 

Resources International, Inc. (ERI), Nuclear Fuel 

Cycle Supply and Price Report, ERI–2006–2101/ 

June 2021. 

sales or transfers would require a 

Secretarial Determination under section 

3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC Privatization 

Act as well as meeting the other criteria 

of section 3112(d)(2). 

The materials considered in this 

analysis would be transferred during 

calendar years 2021 through 2023 and 

consist of no more than 750 kg of 

HALEU in any calendar year. Based on 

semi-annual LEU demand surveys 

conducted to determine domestic 

producers’ material needs, DOE’s 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration (DOE/NNSA) increased 

the amount being assessed in this 

Determination from 500 kg per calendar 

year for the last Determination (2019 to 

2021), to 750 kg of HALEU per calendar 

year during this Determination period. 

Assuming a tails assay of 0.20 wt. % U– 

235, this quantity would be equivalent 

to approximately 28,700 kgU of natural 

uranium hexafluoride and 

approximately 33,850 separative work 

units (‘‘SWU’’) to produce 750 kg of 

HALEU at 19.75 wt. % U–235.3

II. Analytical Approach 

The analytical approach relied on for 

previous Secretarial Determinations 

covering the sale, transfer, or lease of 

excess uranium for Mo-99 research and 

production (80 FR 65728, Oct. 27, 2015), 

the ULTB program (81 FR 1409, Jan. 12, 

2016), and the Secretarial Determination 

for the Sale, Lease or Transfer of 

Uranium (signed and dated November 

26, 2019) is repeated here and updated 

to the extent necessary. 

This analysis evaluates the state of the 

domestic uranium industries and the 

relevant impacts if DOE goes forward 

with these potential transactions. DOE 

has developed a set of factors that this 

analysis considers in assessing whether 

DOE’s uranium sales and transfers will 

have an ‘‘adverse material impact’’ on 

the domestic uranium mining, 

conversion, or enrichment industry: 

1. Prices 

2. Production at existing facilities 

3. Employment levels in the industry 

4. Changes in capital improvement 

plans and development of future 

facilities 

5. Long-term viability and health of the 

industry 

6. Russian HEU Agreement and Russian 

Suspension Agreement 

While no single factor is dispositive of 

the issue, DOE believes that these 

factors are representative of the types of 

impacts that the proposed sale, lease, or 

transfer may have on the domestic 

uranium industries. Not every factor 

will necessarily be relevant on a given 

occasion or to a particular industry; 

DOE intends this list of factors only as 

a guide to its analysis. 

III. Assessment of Potential Impacts 

1. Prices 

There is currently no commercial 

supplier for HALEU. Therefore, there is 

no established market price for HALEU. 

DOE sets a price for HALEU based on 

a combination of commercial market 

price components for LEU, plus a charge 

for the separative work above the 5% 

LEU limit reflecting the historical cost 

to DOE to produce this material. 

The market value of 4.95% enriched 

LEU has risen 64% from its low point 

in October 2017. Industry analysts 

forecast a continued increase in the 

market value of LEU.4 The relatively 

small quantities of HALEU provided by 

DOE have not impacted the price 

increases in this market. 

Further, with no commercial provider 

for HALEU, the DOE sales and leases of 

HALEU would not displace production 

or affect prices among the commercial 

domestic uranium mining, conversion, 

or enrichment industries, and even if it 

did, the amount would be so small that 

the effects would be minimal. 

2. Production at Existing Facilities 

An analysis of the impact of the 

proposed sales and leases based on an 

assessment of production at existing 

facilities is straightforward. There is 

currently no commercial supplier of 

HALEU in the United States. Due to the 

lack of a sufficient near-term market, 

owners and operators of enrichment 

facilities have not developed 

commercial HALEU enrichment 

capability to produce uranium enriched 

to 19.75 wt. % U–235. With the closing 

of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant 

in 2013, the only operational uranium 

enrichment facility in the United States 

is the URENCO USA facility operated by 

Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, in 

Eunice, New Mexico, which is currently 

licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission to possess uranium only up 

to 5.5 wt. % U–235.5

Further, it is not feasible for 

commercial Mo-99 producers to use 

commercially available assays of LEU 

(i.e., LEU enriched to 5 wt. % U–235 or 

less) instead of HALEU. Given the 

specialized uses, designs, and regulatory 

requirements of the fuels and targets 

used for these isotope production 

purposes, use of commercial-assay LEU 

would prevent the reactor or target from 

achieving the same performance or 

efficiency and thus from being used for 

their intended purposes. 

Although the DOE sales and leases of 

HALEU would not displace production 

among the commercial domestic 

uranium mining, conversion, or 

enrichment industries, even if it did, the 

amount would be so small that the 

effects would be minimal. With respect 

to these industries, to produce the 

amount of HALEU in the proposed sales 

and leases from primary production 

would require approximately 75,000 

pounds of uranium concentrates (U3O8), 

28,700 kgU of conversion services, and 

33,850 SWU of enrichment services. By 

comparison, the entire domestic fleet of 

nuclear reactors in 2020 required 

approximately 43 million pounds of 

U3O8, 16.2 million kgU of conversion 

services, and about 14.8 million SWU.6

Therefore, the feed, conversion, and 

SWU content of the DOE material 

represents 0.18%, 0.18%, and 0.23% of 

annual domestic requirements, 

respectively. 

The domestic conversion industry 

consists of only one facility that 

historically produced between 10 

million kgU and 12 million kgU per year 

and reduced its capability to 7 million 

kgU in 2017. Honeywell, the owner of 

the sole domestic conversion facility, 

suspended operation in 2018, but 

recently announced that the plant 

would be restarted and projected that 

production would begin in early 2023.7

Thus, although there is currently no 

conversion occurring in the United 

States, there are signs of the market 

improving given this recent 

announcement. 

As mentioned above, there is only one 

currently operating commercial 

enrichment facility, URENCO USA’s 

subsidiary, Louisiana Energy Services 

(LES), LLC in the United States. The 

total capacity of that facility is 4.9 

million SWU. 


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8American Centrifuge Plant and HALEU, from an 

analysis prepared by Energy Resources 

International, Inc. (ERI), Nuclear Fuel Cycle Supply 

and Price Report, ERI–2006–2101/June 2021. 

9High-Assay LEU, Urenco, from an analysis 

prepared by Energy Resources International, Inc. 

(ERI), Nuclear Fuel Cycle Supply and Price Report, 

ERI–2006–2101/June 2021. 

10 2020 Amendment to the Agreement 

Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on 

Uranium From the Russian Federation, Federal 

Register/Vol. 85, No. 197/Friday, October 9, 2020/ 

Notices https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2020/10/09/2020-22431/2020-amendment-to-theagreement-suspending-the-antidumpinginvestigation-on-uranium-from-the-russian. 

3. Employment Levels in the Industry 

As stated above, DOE sales and leases 

of HALEU would not displace 

production among the commercial 

domestic uranium mining, conversion, 

or enrichment industries, and therefore 

will not affect employment levels in 

these industries. 

4. Changes in Capital Improvement 

Plans and Development of Future 

Facilities 

Although there is currently no 

domestic uranium enrichment 

capability to produce HALEU, there 

have been recent noteworthy 

developments. In 2019, the Department 

entered into a cost-shared contract for a 

HALEU Demonstration Program with 

American Centrifuge Operating, LLC 

(ACO), a subsidiary of the U.S. 

company, Centrus Energy Corp. 

(‘‘Centrus’’). The Program has objectives 

to deploy a 16-machine cascade of AC– 

100 M centrifuges in Piketon, Ohio to 

produce 19.75 wt. % U–235 with USorigin enrichment technology that will 

result in a small quantity of HALEU for 

use in research and development. In 

June 2021, the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) approved ACO’s 

license amendment request to produce 

HALEU with an enrichment assay of up 

to 20 wt. % U–235 at the Piketon 

facility.8

In another recent development, 

URENCO USA provided a notice to the 

NRC in April 2021 of its intent to amend 

the URENCO USA license to increase 

the enrichment level up to 10 wt. % U– 

235. Submittal of the initial license 

amendment request is expected later in 

2021. URENCO USA expects to have 

capability to deliver HALEU up to 10 

wt. % U–235 in 2024. URENCO USA 

also has longer term plans to produce 

up to 19.75 wt. % U–235.9

However, the relatively small 

amounts of material covered by this 

Determination have no impact on 

capital improvement plans and 

development of future facilities 

including mines, conversion facilities, 

and enrichment plants. 

5. Long-Term Viability and Health of the 

Industry 

There is currently no commercial 

supplier of HALEU in the United States. 

Therefore, there is no long-term 

industry impact to assess. As noted 

above, DOE is working with Centrus to 

establish a technology base which could 

provide greater amounts of HALEU if 

commercialized. Long term impacts of 

DOE material provided to the market 

will be assessable when Centrus or 

another HALEU enricher are closer to 

entering the nuclear fuel market. 

6. Russian HEU Agreement and Russian 

Suspension Agreement 

The Russian HEU Agreement ended 

in December 2013. The Russian 

Suspension Agreement (‘‘Suspension 

Agreement’’) was extended on October 

5, 2020 (85 FR 64112) and remains in 

force through 2040 with annual export 

limits on Russian enriched uranium 

product sold to U.S. utilities at 

commercially available assays (e.g., 5 

wt. % U–235) through FY2027 (85 FR 

64112).10 The Suspension Agreement 

allows for the sale of up to the following 

amounts of U–235 per year in 2021, 

2022, and 2023 respectively: 26,254 kg, 

21,543 kg, and 25,471 kg. The relatively 

small amount of material covered by 

this Determination is minimal compared 

to domestic needs for LEU and imports 

from the Russian Federation. 

IV. Conclusion 

With respect to the six factors listed 

above to assess market impacts: 

1. The relatively small amounts of 

material covered by this Determination 

have no impact on the price of HALEU, 

for which there is currently no 

commercial market price. 

2. There are new developments in the 

industry, but licensing and production 

timelines will not be impacted in the 

timeframe for this Determination. 

3. The relatively small amounts of 

material covered by this Determination 

have no impact on employment levels 

in the mining, conversion, or 

enrichment industries. 

4. New market developments will not 

mature during this Determination 

period to a point where the market 

could be impacted by DOE sales or 

leases. 

5. The relatively small amounts of 

material covered by this Determination 

have no impact on the long-term 

viability and health of the mining, 

conversion, and enrichment industries. 

6. The Russian HEU Agreement and 

Russian Suspension Agreement are not 

factors because there is no HALEU 

currently being imported from Russia to 

the United States. 

Thus, DOE concludes that the sale, 

lease, or transfer of up to 750 kg of 

HALEU per calendar year to support the 

research, development, and production 

of Mo-99 and other isotopes will not 

have an adverse material impact on the 

domestic uranium mining, conversion, 

or enrichment industry, taking into 

account the ended Russian HEU 

Agreement and extended Russian 

Suspension Agreement. 

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Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings in Existing Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP22–417–003. 

Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

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Description: Tariff Amendment: TGP 

PCG Pooling Amendment No.3 to be 

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Filed Date: 3/31/22. 

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Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/12/22. 

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Docket Numbers: RP22–763–001. 

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Accession Number: 20220405–5020. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 4/18/22. 

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