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handle is hein.crs/govbamk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional SResearch Service Section 232 Investigation: Uranium Imports July 15, 2019 On July, 12, 2019, President Trump declined to impose quotas or other trade measures on imports of uranium materials under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. § 1862). The President did not concur with the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce's) findings that uranium imports threaten to impair the national security of the United States as defined under section 232. As part of his decision, the President established a Nuclear Fuel Working Group to examine the current state of domestic nuclear fuel production to reinvigorate the entire nuclear fuel supply chain, and report to the President within 90 days. The Commerce report has not been published. Uranium Section 232 Investigation On January 16, 2018, two U.S. domestic uranium mining and milling companies petitioned Commerce to investigate whether uranium imports from foreign state-owned enterprises pose a threat to national security. Section 232 provides the President with the ability to impose restrictions on certain imports based on an affirmative determination by Commerce that the product under investigation is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security. (For more information, see CRS Report R45249, Section 232 Investigations: Overview and Issues for Congress.) The investigation into uranium imports sparked a debate between uranium producers, uranium mine and mill operators, and electric power utilities, nuclear reactor operators, and other suppliers. Uranium producers asserted that a heavy reliance on foreign uranium constitutes a national security risk and threatens the viability of domestic uranium production. Conversely, nuclear utilities and reactor operators asserted that increased fuel costs from trade restrictions would impose additional financial burdens, potentially causing the premature shutdown of economically marginal nuclear power plants. Stakeholders on both sides of the debate generally agreed that the proposed quotas would increase fuel costs for nuclear reactor operators and increase revenues for domestic uranium mining. Background Nuclear power contributes roughly 20% of the electrical generation in the United States. Uranium is the fundamental element in fuel used for nuclear power production. The front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle considers the portion of the nuclear fuel cycle leading up to electrical power production in a nuclear Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11145 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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