Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§6324 Definitions

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 72— - NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION PREVENTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY › § 6324

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key terms used here. Highly enriched uranium — uranium enriched to 20 percent or more U-235. IAEA — the International Atomic Energy Agency. Near real time material accountancy — a way to keep continuous track of where special fissionable material is, how much there is, and how it’s handled, using frequent checks and instruments to confirm peaceful use. Special fissionable material — defined in Article XX(1) of the IAEA Statute (Oct. 26, 1956). The Treaty — the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed July 1, 1968, in Washington, London, and Moscow. IAEA safeguards, non-nuclear-weapon state, nuclear explosive device, and special nuclear material — as defined in section 6305.

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Title 22, §6324

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As used in this subchapter—

(1)the term “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the isotope U–235;

(2)the term “IAEA” means the International Atomic Energy Agency;

(3)the term “near real time material accountancy” means a method of accounting for the location, quantity, and disposition of special fissionable material at facilities that store or process such material, in which verification of peaceful use is continuously achieved by means of frequent physical inventories and the use of in-process instrumentation;

(4)the term “special fissionable material” has the meaning given that term by Article XX(1) of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, done at the Headquarters of the United Nations on October 26, 1956;

(5)the term “the Treaty” means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968; and

(6)the terms “IAEA safeguards”, “non-nuclear-weapon state”, “nuclear explosive device”, and “special nuclear material” have the meanings given those terms in section 6305 of this title.

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22 U.S.C. § 6324

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73