Limitations on enrichment or imports: status and implications for long-term contracts with US producers

The history of US legislation aimed at maintaining the domestic uranium production industry's viability, and the litigation arising out of it, is outlined. The central issues are the enrichment in the USA of imported raw material and import protection for US producers. The impact on the market produced by the uncertainty created by litigation and legislation, and the effect on, and future implications for, contracts from US utilities with US producers, is discussed. (U.K.)