12 2 STA T .3648PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 32 9— S E PT. 30 , 2008 urani u mco n t ain sle sst h an 20p ercent uranium - 2 35, inclu d in g natural uranium, w ithout regard to whether the uranium is incorporated into f uel rods or complete fuel assem b lies .‘ ‘ (6)RUS S IANHE UA GR EE M EN T . —T he term ‘Russian HEUA greement ’ has the meaning gi v en that term in section 3 1 02(11). ‘‘( 7 ) URANIUM- 235 .—The term ‘uranium-235’ means the iso- tope 235 U. ‘‘(b) S TATEMENT OFP O L I CY .— I t is the polic y of the United States to support the continued downblending of highly enriched uranium of weapons origin in the Russian F ederation in order to protect the essential security interests of the United States with respect to the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. ‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF D O W N B LEN D ING OF RUSSIAN HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM.— ‘‘(1) C OM P LETION OF THE RUSSIAN HEU AGREEMENT.—Prior to the completion of the Russian HEU Agreement, the importa- tion into the United States of low-enriched uranium, including low-enriched uranium obtained under contracts for separative wor k units, that is produced in the Russian Federation and is not imported pursuant to the Russian HEU Agreement, may not e x ceed the following amounts
‘‘(A) In the 4 -year period beginning with calendar year 200 8 , 16,55 9 kilograms. ‘‘( B ) In calendar year 2012, 24,839 kilograms. ‘‘(C) In calendar year 2013 and each calendar year thereafter through the calendar year of the completion of the Russian HEU Agreement, 41,398 kilograms. ‘‘(2) INCENTI V ES TO CONTINUE DOWNBLENDING RUSSIAN HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE RUSSIAN HEU AGREEMENT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After the completion of the Russian HEU Agreement, the importation into the United States of low-enriched uranium, including low-enriched uranium obtained under contracts for separative work units, that is produced in the Russian Federation, whether or not such low-enriched uranium is derived from highly enriched uranium of weapons origin, may not exceed— ‘‘(i) in calendar year 2014, 485,279 kilograms
‘‘(ii) in calendar year 2015, 455,142 kilograms; ‘‘(iii) in calendar year 2016, 480,146 kilograms; ‘‘(iv) in calendar year 2017, 490,710 kilograms; ‘‘(v) in calendar year 2018, 492,731 kilograms; ‘‘(vi) in calendar year 2019, 509,058 kilograms; and ‘‘(vii) in calendar year 2020, 514,754 kilograms. ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL IMPORTS IN E X CHANGE FOR A COMMIT- MENT TO DOWNBLEND AN ADDITIONAL 3 0 0 METRIC TONS OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the amount authori z ed to be imported under subparagraph (A) and except as provided in clause (ii), if the Russian Federa- tion enters into a bilateral agreement with the United States under which the Russian Federation agrees to downblend an additional 300 metric tons of highly enriched uranium after the completion of the Russian HEU Agreement, 4 kilograms of low-enriched uranium,
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