§2160c — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Allows the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue licenses for exporting certain special nuclear materials, and lets the Secretary of Energy approve transfers of those materials. It covers exports or transfers of more than 2 kilograms of plutonium or more than 5 kilograms of uranium enriched above 20% in isotope 233 or isotope 235.

Title 42, §2160c

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(a)In addition to other applicable requirements—

(1)a license may be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under this chapter for the export of special nuclear material described in subsection (b); and

(2)approval may be granted by the Secretary of Energy under section 2160 of this title for the transfer of special nuclear material described in subsection (b);

(b)Subsection (a) applies to the export or transfer of more than 2 kilograms of plutonium or more than 5 kilograms of uranium enriched to more than 20 percent in the isotope 233 or the isotope 235.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.

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1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–236 substituted “5 kilograms” for “20 kilograms”.

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of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–236 effective 60 days after Apr. 30, 1994, see section 831 of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as an

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note under section 6301 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

§2160c Consultation with Department of Defense concerning certain exports and subsequent arrangements

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Title 42, §2160c

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