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22 U.S.C. § 3203 — Definitions

submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-242 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 241 words · no verdicts yet

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This section defines key terms used in the chapter, including the Commission, IAEA, nuclear materials and equipment, physical-security measures, sensitive nuclear technology, the 1954 Act, and the Treaty. Other undefined terms take their meanings from the listed laws and treaty.

(a) In this chapter: (1) “Commission” means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (2) “IAEA” means the International Atomic Energy Agency. (3) “Nuclear materials and equipment” means source material, special nuclear material, production facilities, utilization facilities, and components, items, or substances identified under subsection 109b of the 1954 Act as significant for nuclear-explosive purposes. (4) “Physical security measures” means measures reasonably designed to ensure that source or special nuclear material is used only for authorized purposes and to prevent theft and sabotage. (5) “Sensitive nuclear technology” means nonpublic information important to designing, building, making, operating, or maintaining a uranium-enrichment facility, nuclear-fuel-reprocessing facility, or heavy-water production facility. It includes information incorporated in such a facility or an important component. It does not include Restricted Data controlled under chapter 12 of the 1954 Act. (6) “1954 Act” means the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. (7) “The Treaty” means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

(b) This section does not define other terms used in the chapter. Those terms have the meanings given by the 1954 Act, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and the Treaty.

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(a)

As used in this chapter, the term—

(1)

“Commission” means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;

(2)

“IAEA” means International Atomic Energy Agency;

(3)

“nuclear materials and equipment” means source material, special nuclear material, production facilities, utilization facilities, and components, items or substances determined to have significance for nuclear explosive purposes pursuant to subsection 109b 1 of the 1954 Act [42 U.S.C. 2139(b)];

(4)

“physical security measures” means measures to reasonably ensure that source or special nuclear material will only be used for authorized purposes and to prevent theft and sabotage;

(5)

“sensitive nuclear technology” means any information (including information incorporated in a production or utilization facility or important component part thereof) which is not available to the public and which is important to the design, construction, fabrication, operation or maintenance of a uranium enrichment or nuclear fuel reprocessing facility or a facility for the production of heavy water, but shall not include Restricted Data controlled pursuant to chapter 12 of the 1954 Act [42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.];

(6)

“1954 Act” means the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.]; and

(7)

“the Treaty” means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

(b)

All other terms used in this chapter not defined in this section shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the 1954 Act, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 [42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.], and the Treaty.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–242, § 4, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 121; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1225(e)(1), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–775.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-242 · 92 Stat. 121
  • 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681

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