Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§2092 License Requirements for Transfers
Title 42 › CHAPTER 23 — DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER VI — SOURCE MATERIAL › § 2092
Summary
You must have a license from the Commission to send, receive, import, export, give, take, or become the owner of source material once it has been removed from where it was found. Small amounts the Commission considers unimportant do not need a license.
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Title 42, §2092
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Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by the Commission which the Commission is authorized to issue, no person may transfer or receive in interstate commerce, transfer, deliver, receive possession of or title to, or import into or export from the United States any source material after removal from its place of deposit in nature, except that licenses shall not be required for quantities of source material which, in the opinion of the Commission, are unimportant.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1805(b)(2) of this title, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954.
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42 U.S.C. § 2092
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102