# § 6123. Acceleration of depleted uranium manufacturing processes
**(a)** **Acceleration of Manufacturing.—** The Administrator shall require the nuclear security enterprise to accelerate the modernization of manufacturing processes for depleted uranium by 2030 so that the nuclear security enterprise—
**(1)** demonstrates bulk cold hearth melting of depleted uranium alloys to augment existing capabilities on an operational basis for war reserve components;
**(2)** manufactures, on a repeatable and ongoing basis, war reserve depleted uranium alloy components using net shape casting;
**(3)** demonstrates, if possible, a production facility to conduct routine operations for manufacturing depleted uranium alloy components outside of the current perimeter security fencing of the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and
**(4)** has available high purity depleted uranium for the production of war reserve components.
**(b)** **Annual Briefing.—** Not later than March 31, 2023, and annually thereafter through 2030, the Administrator shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on—
**(1)** progress made in carrying out subsection (a);
**(2)** the cost of activities conducted under such subsection during the preceding fiscal year; and
**(3)** the ability of the nuclear security enterprise to convert depleted uranium fluoride hexafluoride to depleted uranium tetrafluoride.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1359.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , which was set out as a note under , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .