Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§2364 Community employment and population
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 24— - DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - FINANCING › § 2364
Summary
An indemnity obligation only applies if, for the six months before it is triggered, two things were true. The number of staff (operating, maintenance, and administrative), as counted by the Commission, was below 14,337 for Oak Ridge, 7,622 for Richland, and 4,620 for Los Alamos; and the community population was below 29,250, 25,200, and 11,769, respectively.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §2364
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The indemnity obligation specified in section 2363 of this title shall arise only if, for the six months just preceding the date on which it is invoked—
(a)the total number of operating, maintenance, and administrative employees in the project area, as determined by the Commission, has been less than fourteen thousand three hundred and thirty-seven in the case of Oak Ridge or seven thousand six hundred and twenty-two in the case of Richland or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos; and
(b)the population in the community has been less than twenty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty in the case of Oak Ridge or twenty-five thousand two hundred in the case of Richland or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1962—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–719, § 18, inserted “or four thousand six hundred and twenty in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–719, § 19, inserted “or eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine in the case of Los Alamos” after “Richland”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by section 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also
Transfer of Functions
notes set out under those sections.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 2364
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73