Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§5860 Report on special nuclear materials

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary of State must, with the Defense and Energy Secretaries, send Congress a report on options for handling special nuclear materials from the former Soviet Union. The report must compare keeping the materials there versus U.S. acquisition; cover protecting U.S. uranium producers, proliferation risks, and possible energy savings; and explain how highly enriched uranium could be diluted for reactor fuel.

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Title 22, §5860

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Not later than 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary of State shall prepare, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, and shall transmit to the Congress a report on the possible alternatives for the ultimate disposition of special nuclear materials of the former Soviet Union. This report shall include—

(1)a cost-benefit analysis comparing (A) the relative merits of the indefinite storage and safeguarding of such materials in the independent states of the former Soviet Union and (B) its acquisition by the United States by purchase, barter, or other means;

(2)a discussion of relevant issues such as the protection of United States uranium producers from dumping, the relative vulnerability of these stocks of special nuclear materials to illegal proliferation, and the potential electrical and other savings associated with their being made available in the fuel cycle in the United States; and

(3)a discussion of how highly enriched uranium stocks could be diluted for reactor fuel.

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22 U.S.C. § 5860

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73