Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§3224 Reevaluation of nuclear fuel cycle
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 47— - NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - UNITED STATES INITIATIVES TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY › § 3224
Summary
President must immediately invite all nuclear supplier and recipient nations to reevaluate fuel cycle alternatives to separation of pure plutonium or high‑enriched uranium, spent fuel storage, and safeguards, and report progress in first report required by section 3281.
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Title 22, §3224
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The President shall take immediate initiatives to invite all nuclear supplier and recipient nations to reevaluate all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, with emphasis on alternatives to an economy based on the separation of pure plutonium or the presence of high enriched uranium, methods to deal with spent fuel storage, and methods to improve the safeguards for existing nuclear technology. The President shall, in the first report required by section 3281 of this title, detail the progress of such international reevaluation.
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Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 10, 1978, except as otherwise provided and regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing
Regulations
, see section 603(c) of Pub. L. 95–242, set out as a note under section 3201 of this title.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions Secretary of State responsible for performing functions vested in President under this section, see section 2(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12058, May 11, 1978, 43 F.R. 20947, set out as a note under section 3201 of this title.
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22 U.S.C. § 3224
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73