Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§2160b Authority to Suspend Nuclear Cooperation with Nations Which Have Not Ratified the Convention on the Physical Security of Nuclear Material
Title 42 › CHAPTER 23 — DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER X — INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES › § 2160b
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The President can choose to stop cooperating with any country or group of countries on nuclear matters if they have not ratified the Convention on the Physical Security of Nuclear Material.
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Title 42, §2160b
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The President may suspend nuclear cooperation under this chapter with any nation or group of nations which has not ratified the Convention on the Physical Security of Nuclear Material.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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42 U.S.C. § 2160b
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102