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§2291 Definitions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 23 — DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER XVIII — EURATOM COOPERATION › § 2291

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this part of the law. The Community means the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM). The Commission means the Atomic Energy Commission created by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. The Joint program means the U.S.–EURATOM cooperation to build nuclear powerplants targeting a total of 1,000,000 kilowatts by December 31, 1963, with two reactors allowed to be in operation by December 31, 1965. Other terms use the meanings given in section 2014 of this title.

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Title 42, §2291

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As used in this subchapter—
(a)“The Community” means the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM).
(b)The “Commission” means the Atomic Energy Commission, as established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.].
(c)“Joint program” means the cooperative program established by the Community and the United States and carried out in accordance with the provisions of an agreement for cooperation entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 2153 of this title, to bring into operation in the territory of the members of the Community powerplants using nuclear reactors of types selected by the Commission and the Community, having as a goal a total installed capacity of approximately one million kilowatts of electricity by December 31, 1963, except that two reactors may be selected to be in operation by December 31, 1965.
(d)All other terms used in this subchapter shall have the same meaning as terms described in section 2014 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to this chapter (§ 2011 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958 which comprises this subchapter, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by section 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also

Transfer of Functions

notes set out under those sections.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2291

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102