§2343 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Energy may set up a program inside the Department of Energy’s International Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting program to protect, control, and track materials that could be used in radiological dispersal devices (sometimes called "dirty bombs"). If the Secretary starts the program, they must choose which sites and materials it will cover, do a risk study of those materials, and set the program’s costs and schedules. The Secretary must work with the Russian Federation to build, as soon as possible but no later than January 1, 2018, a lasting system that Russia will fully fund to protect and account for its nuclear materials. The Secretary must also work with Russia to find ways for the United States to have enough visibility to confirm the system is meeting protection goals. Up to $5,000,000 from the funds authorized in section 3101(a)(2) for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration for defense nuclear nonproliferation may be used for this work.

Title 50, §2343

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(a)The Secretary of Energy may establish within the International Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting program of the Department of Energy a program on the protection, control, and accounting of materials usable in radiological dispersal devices. In establishing such program, the Secretary shall—

(1)identify the sites and radiological materials to be covered by such program;

(2)carry out a risk assessment of such radiological materials; and

(3)identify and establish the costs of and schedules for such program.

(b)(1)The Secretary of Energy shall work cooperatively with the Russian Federation to develop, as soon as practicable but not later than January 1, 2018, a sustainable nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting system for the nuclear materials of the Russian Federation that is supported solely by the Russian Federation.

(2)The Secretary shall work with the Russian Federation to identify various alternatives to provide the United States adequate transparency in the nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting program of the Russian Federation to assure that such program is meeting applicable goals for nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting.

(c)Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. for the Department of Energy for the National Nuclear Security Administration for defense nuclear nonproliferation, up to $5,000,000 may be available for carrying out this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 3101(a)(2), referred to in subsec. (c), is section 3101(a)(2) of Pub. L. 107–314, div. C, title XXXI, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2729, which is not classified to the Code. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, and not as part of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2011—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–383 substituted “

January 1, 2018” for “

January 1, 2013”.

§2343 Matters Relating to the International Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting Program of the Department of Energy