§6305 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in this part of the law. Foreign person — someone who is not a U.S. citizen or not a lawful permanent resident, or a company or group formed under foreign law or mainly based outside the United States. United States person — a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, or an organization that is not a foreign person. Goods or technology — nuclear materials, equipment, and sensitive nuclear technology (see section 3203), plus export items the President lists under 42 U.S.C. 2139a(c) and technical assistance that needs authorization under 42 U.S.C. 2077(b); it also covers items exported from other countries that would be covered if sent from the U.S. IAEA safeguards — the protections in an agreement between a country and the International Atomic Energy Agency authorized by Article III(A)(5) of the IAEA Statute. Nuclear explosive device — any device meant to release nuclear energy instantly and that would release more energy than detonating one pound of trinitrotoluene (TNT). Non-nuclear-weapon state — any country not a nuclear-weapon state as defined by Article IX(3) of the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968. Special nuclear material — as defined in 42 U.S.C. 2014(aa). Unsafeguarded special nuclear material — special nuclear material held in violation of IAEA safeguards or not under IAEA safeguards, except amounts that could be exported from the U.S. under a Nuclear Regulatory Commission general license.