Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§2092 License requirements for transfers
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - SOURCE MATERIAL › § 2092
Summary
You must have a general or specific license from the Commission to move, sell, receive, possess, import, or export any source material across state lines once it has been taken from where it was found in nature. Small amounts that the Commission considers unimportant do not need a license.
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Title 42, §2092
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Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by the Commission which the Commission is authorized to issue, no person may transfer or receive in interstate commerce, transfer, deliver, receive possession of or title to, or import into or export from the United States any source material after removal from its place of deposit in nature, except that licenses shall not be required for quantities of source material which, in the opinion of the Commission, are unimportant.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1805(b)(2) of this title, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954.
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42 U.S.C. § 2092
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73