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Appendix A: Section 630 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
Pages 169-172

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From page 169...
... contains byproduct material combined with chemical or biological material; and ‘‘(ii) is designed to accumulate temporarily in a part of 169
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... a recipient country that supplies an assurance letter to the United States Government in connection with the consideration by the Commission of the export license application has informed the United States Government that any intermediate consignees and the ultimate consignee specified in the application are required to use the highly enriched uranium solely to produce medical isotopes; and ‘‘(B) the highly enriched uranium for medical isotope production will be irradiated only in a reactor in a recipient country that -- ‘‘(i)
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From page 171...
... low enriched uranium targets have been developed and demonstrated for use in the reactors and target processing facilities that produce significant quantities of medical isotopes to serve United States needs for such isotopes; ‘‘(ii) sufficient quantities of medical isotopes are available from low enriched uranium targets and fuel to meet United States domestic needs; and ‘‘(iii)
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... (ii) , not later than the date that is 6 years after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes options for developing domestic supplies of medical isotopes in quantities that are adequate to meet domestic demand without the use of highly enriched uranium consistent with the cost increase described in paragraph (4)
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