Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§2296b–2 Sale of remaining DOE inventories
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIX— - REMEDIAL ACTION AND URANIUM REVITALIZATION › Part Part B— - Uranium Revitalization › § 2296b–2
Summary
Secretary may sell remaining raw/low‑enriched uranium to the Corporation at fair market price after the transfer required by section 2297c–6. Sales are allowed only if the uranium isn't needed for security, won't harm domestic mining, and proceeds go to the U.S. Treasury general fund.
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Title 42, §2296b–2
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The Secretary, after making the transfer required under section 2297c–6 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, may sell, from time to time, portions of the remaining inventories of raw or low-enriched uranium of the Department that are not necessary to national security needs, to the Corporation, at a fair market price. Sales under this section may be made only if such sales will not have a substantial adverse impact on the domestic uranium mining industry. Proceeds from sales under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the United States Treasury.
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section 2297c–6 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 104–134, title III, § 3116(a)(1), Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–349. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.
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42 U.S.C. § 2296b–2
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73