Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§2132 Utilization and Production Facilities for Industrial or Commercial Purposes

Title 42 › CHAPTER 23 — DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER IX — ATOMIC ENERGY LICENSES › § 2132

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Licenses for utilization or production facilities used for industrial or commercial purposes must be issued under section 2133 of this title, unless a different rule or another law says otherwise. If a facility was licensed for construction or operation under section 2134(b) before this subsection became law, its license must follow section 2134(b). Also, any facility built or run under an agreement with the Commission through the Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program must be licensed under section 2134(b), unless another law requires a different rule.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2132

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(a)Issuance of licenses
Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), or otherwise specifically authorized by law, any license hereafter issued for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes shall be issued pursuant to section 2133 of this title.
(b)Facilities constructed or operated under section 2134(b)
Any license hereafter issued for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes, the construction or operation of which was licensed pursuant to section 2134(b) of this title prior to enactment into law of this subsection, shall be issued under section 2134(b) of this title.
(c)Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration facilities
Any license for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes constructed or operated under an arrangement with the Commission entered into under the Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program shall, except as otherwise specifically required by applicable law, be issued under section 2134(b) of this title.

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1970—Pub. L. 91–560 substituted provisions authorizing Commission to issue licenses for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes under section 2133, except that license may be issued under section 2134(b), for such utilization or production facility,

Construction

or operation of which was licensed under section 2134(b) before December 19, 1970 or constructed or operated under an arrangement with Commission entered into under Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program, for provisions authorizing Commission to issue licenses pursuant to section 2133 of this title on a determination that such utilization or production facility has been sufficiently developed to be of practical value for industrial or commercial purposes.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2132

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110