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§2233 Terms of licenses

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XV— - JUDICIAL REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE › § 2233

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Summary

Every license must use the form and include the terms the Commission sets by rule to carry out this chapter. Paragraph (a) was repealed by Pub. L. 88–489, §18, Aug. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 607. A license only gives the rights it says, cannot be transferred in violation of this chapter, and is subject to the right of recapture or control in section 2138 and to all other chapter provisions and valid Commission rules.

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Title 42, §2233

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Each license shall be in such form and contain such terms and conditions as the Commission may, by rule or regulation, prescribe to effectuate the provisions of this chapter, including the following provisions:
(a)Repealed. Pub. L. 88–489, § 18, Aug. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 607.
(b)No right to the special nuclear material shall be conferred by the license except as defined by the license.
(c)Neither the license nor any right under the license shall be assigned or otherwise transferred in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(d)Every license issued under this chapter shall be subject to the right of recapture or control reserved by section 2138 of this title, and to all of the other provisions of this chapter, now or hereafter in effect and to all valid rules and regulations of the Commission.

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References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, 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

Short Title

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

Amendments

1964—Par. (a). Pub. L. 88–489 struck out par. (a) which placed title to all special nuclear material utilized or produced by facilities pursuant to license in the United States at all times.

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42 U.S.C. § 2233

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 6, 2026

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