Washington (Platts)--20Jun2008

A legislative provision that would have linked US import limits on
Russian low-enriched uranium to additional downblending of Russian
high-enriched uranium was not included in a funding bill passed by the House
of Representatives late Thursday.

The provision, which was written by Pete Domenici, a Republican
senator from New Mexico, was included in the Senate version of the bill.

Sources in Congress and the nuclear industry said they do not expect
Domenici to press for the amendment when a House-Senate conference committee
meets to work out differences in the two chambers' versions of the bill, which
primarily funds US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The sources said they expect Domenici to look for another legislative
vehicle to which the amendment could be attached.

--Daniel Horner, daniel_horner@platts.com