§6305 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in this part of the law. Foreign person means someone who is not a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident, or a company or other non-government group set up under foreign law or based outside the United States. Goods or technology means nuclear materials, equipment, and sensitive nuclear technology (see section 3203 of this title), items the President lists under section 2139a(c) of title 42, technical help needing permission under section 2077(b) of title 42, and, for exports from another country, anything that would meet those rules if exported from the United States. IAEA safeguards means the protections in an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency authorized by Article III(A)(5) of the IAEA Statute. Nuclear explosive device means any device made or unmade to release nuclear energy instantly and more than the energy from the detonation of one pound of trinitrotoluene (TNT). Non-nuclear-weapon state means any country that is not a nuclear-weapon state as defined by Article IX(3) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons signed July 1, 1968, at Washington, London, and Moscow. Special nuclear material has the meaning in section 2014(aa) of title 42. United States person means a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or a company or other non-government entity that is not a foreign person. Unsafeguarded special nuclear material means special nuclear material that is held in violation of, or not covered by, IAEA safeguards, except material that could be exported from the United States under a general license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.