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§7383i Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XV— - MATTERS RELATING TO SAFEGUARDS, SECURITY, AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE › § 7383i

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Names which specific sites count as national laboratories and which count as nuclear weapons production facilities for this part of the law. National laboratories are Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, California), Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, New Mexico), and Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California). Nuclear weapons production facilities are the Kansas City Plant (Kansas City, Missouri), the Pantex Plant (Amarillo, Texas), the Y–12 Plant (Oak Ridge, Tennessee), the tritium operations at the Savannah River Site (Aiken, South Carolina), and the Nevada Test Site (Nevada).

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Title 42, §7383i

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For purposes of this subchapter:
(1)The term “national laboratory” means any of the following:
(A)The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
(B)The Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(C)The Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Livermore, California.
(2)The term “nuclear weapons production facility” means any of the following:
(A)The Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri.
(B)The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.
(C)The Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
(D)The tritium operations at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.
(E)The Nevada Test Site, Nevada.

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This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle D of title XXXI of div. C of Pub. L. 106–65, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 931, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see

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note set out under section 7383 of this title and Tables.

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42 U.S.C. § 7383i

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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