Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 23 - Notes
                        DIVISION A - ATOMIC ENERGY                    
                     SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS                 
    Sec.                                                     
    2011.       Congressional declaration of policy.              
    2012.       Congressional findings.                           
    2013.       Purpose of chapter.                               
    2014.       Definitions.                                      
    2015.       Transfer of property.                             
    2015a.      Cold standby.                                     
    2016.       Repealed.                                         
    2017.       Authorization of appropriations.                  
                  (a)   Congressional authorization.                
                  (b)   Accounting.                                 
                  (c)   Restoration or replacement of facilities.   
                  (d)   Substituted construction projects.          
    2017a to 2017b. Omitted.                                          
    2018.       Agency jurisdiction.                              
    2019.       Applicability of Federal Power Act.               
    2020.       Licensing of Government agencies.                 
    2021.       Cooperation with States.                          
                  (a)   Purpose.                                    
                  (b)   Agreements with States.                     
                  (c)   Commission regulation of certain activities.
                  (d)   Conditions.                                 
                  (e)   Publication in Federal Register; comment of
                         interested persons.                        
                  (f)   Exemptions.                                 
                  (g)   Compatible radiation standards.             
                  (h)   Consultative, advisory, and miscellaneous
                         functions of Administrator of Environmental
                         Protection Agency.                         
                  (i)   Inspections and other functions; training
                         and other assistance.                      
                  (j)   Reserve power to terminate or suspend
                         agreements; emergency situations; State
                         nonaction on causes of danger; authority
                         exercisable only during emergency and
                         commensurate with danger.                  
                  (k)   State regulation of activities for certain
                         purposes.                                  
                  (l)   Commission regulated activities; notice of
                         filing; hearing.                           
                  (m)   Limitation of agreements and exemptions.    
                  (n)   "State" and "agreement" defined.            
                  (o)   State compliance requirements: compliance
                         with section 2113(b) of this title and
                         health and environmental protection
                         standards; procedures for licenses,
                         rulemaking, and license impact analysis;
                         amendment of agreements for transfer of
                         State collected funds; proceedings
                         duplication restriction; alternative
                         requirements.                              
    2021a.      Storage or disposal facility planning.            
    2021b.      Definitions.                                      
    2021c.      Responsibilities for disposal of low-level
                     radioactive waste.                               
    2021d.      Regional compacts for disposal of low-level
                     radioactive waste.                               
                  (a)   In general.                                 
                  (b)   Applicability to Federal activities.        
                  (c)   Restricted use of regional disposal
                         facilities.                                
                  (d)   Congressional review.                       
    2021e.      Limited availability of certain regional disposal
                     facilities during transition and licensing
                     periods.                                         
                  (a)   Availability of disposal capacity.          
                  (b)   Limitations.                                
                  (c)   Commercial nuclear power reactor
                         allocations.                               
                  (d)   Use of surcharge funds for milestone
                         incentives; consequences of failure to meet
                         disposal deadline.                         
                  (e)   Requirements for access to regional disposal
                         facilities.                                
                  (f)   Monitoring of compliance and denial of
                         access to non-Federal facilities for
                         noncompliance; information requirements of
                         certain States; proprietary information.   
                  (g)   Nondiscrimination.                          
    2021f.      Emergency access.                                 
                  (a)   In general.                                 
                  (b)   Request for emergency access.               
                  (c)   Determination of Nuclear Regulatory
                         Commission.                                
                  (d)   Temporary emergency access.                 
                  (e)   Extension of emergency access.              
                  (f)   Reciprocal access.                          
                  (g)   Approval by compact commission.             
                  (h)   Limitations.                                
                  (i)   Volume reduction and surcharges.            
                  (j)   Deduction from allocation.                  
                  (k)   Agreement States.                           
    2021g.      Responsibilities of Department of Energy.         
                  (a)   Financial and technical assistance.         
                  (b)   Omitted.                                    
    2021h.      Alternative disposal methods.                     
    2021i.      Licensing review and approval.                    
    2021j.      Radioactive waste below regulatory concern.       
    2022.       Health and environmental standards for uranium
                     mill tailings.                                   
                  (a)   Promulgation and revision of rules for
                         protection from hazards at inactive or
                         depository sites.                          
                  (b)   Promulgation and revision of rules for
                         protection from hazards at processing or
                         disposal sites.                            
                  (c)   Publication in Federal Register; notice and
                         hearing; consultations; judicial review;
                         time for petition; venue; copy to
                         Administrator; record; administrative
                         jurisdiction; review by Supreme Court;
                         effective date of rule.                    
                  (d)   Federal and State implementation and
                         enforcement.                               
                  (e)   Other authorities of Administrator
                         unaffected.                                
                  (f)   Implementation or enforcement of Uranium
                         Mill Licensing Requirements.               
    2023.       State authority to regulate radiation below level
                     of regulatory concern of Nuclear Regulatory
                     Commission.                                      
                  (a)   In general.                                 
                  (b)   Relation to other State authority.          
                  (c)   Definitions.                                
                       SUBCHAPTER II - ORGANIZATION                   
    2031, 2032. Repealed.                                         
    2033.       Principal office.                                 
    2034.       General Manager, Deputy and Assistant General
                     Managers.                                        
                  (a)   General Manager; chief executive officer;
                         duties; appointment; removal.              
                  (b)   Deputy General Manager; duties; appointment;
                         removal.                                   
                  (c)   Assistant General Managers; duties;
                         appointment; removal.                      
    2035.       Divisions, offices, and positions.                
                  (a)   Program divisions; appointment and powers of
                         Assistant General Manager and Division
                         Directors.                                 
                  (b)   General Counsel.                            
                  (c)   Inspection Division; duties.                
                  (d)   Executive management positions; appointment;
                         removal.                                   
    2036, 2037. Repealed.                                         
    2038.       Appointment of Army, Navy, or Air Force officer as
                     Assistant General Manager for Military
                     Application; Chairman of Military Liaison
                     Committee; compensation.                         
    2039.       Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards;
                     composition; tenure; duties; compensation.       
    2040.       Fellowship program of Advisory Committee on
                     Reactor Safeguards; selection of fellowships.    
                         SUBCHAPTER III - RESEARCH                     
    2051.       Research and development assistance.              
                  (a)   Contracts and loans for research activities.
                  (b)   Grants and contributions for facilities in
                         educational and training institutions.     
                  (c)   Purchase of supplies without advertising.   
                  (d)   Prevention of dissemination of information
                         prohibited; other conditions of agreements.
    2052.       Research by Commission.                           
    2053.       Research for others; charges.                     
          SUBCHAPTER IV - PRODUCTION OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL      
    2061.       Production facilities.                            
                  (a)   Ownership.                                  
                  (b)   Operation of Commission's facilities.       
                  (c)   Operation of other facilities.              
    2062.       Irradiation of materials.                         
    2063.       Acquisition of production facilities.             
    2064.       Disposition of energy; regulation on sale.        
                  SUBCHAPTER V - SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL              
    2071.       Determination of other material as special nuclear
                     material; Presidential assent; effective date.   
    2072.       Repealed.                                         
    2073.       Domestic distribution of special nuclear material.
                  (a)   Licenses.                                   
                  (b)   Minimum criteria for licenses.              
                  (c)   Manner of distribution; charges for material
                         sold; agreements; charges for material
                         leased.                                    
                  (d)   Determination of charges.                   
                  (e)   License conditions.                         
                  (f)   Distribution for independent research and
                         development activities.                    
    2074.       Foreign distribution of special nuclear material. 
                  (a)   Compensation; distribution to International
                         Atomic Energy Agency; procedure for
                         distribution; repurchase of unconsumed
                         materials; price; purchase of materials
                         produced outside United States; price.     
                  (b)   Distribution to persons outside United
                         States of plutonium and other special
                         nuclear material exempted under section
                         2077(d) of this title; compensation;
                         reports.                                   
                  (c)   Licensing or granting permission to others
                         to distribute special nuclear material;
                         conditions.                                
                  (d)   Laboratory samples; medical devices;
                         monitoring or other instruments;
                         emergencies.                               
                  (e)   Arrangements for storage or disposition of
                         irradiated fuel elements.                  
    2075.       Acquisition of special nuclear material; payments;
                     just compensation.                               
    2076.       Guaranteed purchase prices.                       
    2077.       Unauthorized dealings in special nuclear material.
                  (a)   Handling by persons.                        
                  (b)   Production; subsequent arrangements;
                         authorization; determination by Secretary
                         of Energy that activity will not be
                         inimical to interests of United States;
                         procedures.                                
                  (c)   Distribution by Commission.                 
                  (d)   Establishment of classes of special nuclear
                         material; exemption of materials, kinds of
                         uses and users from requirement of license.
                  (e)   Transfer, etc., of special nuclear material.
    2078.       Congressional review of guaranteed purchase price,
                     guaranteed purchase price period, and criteria
                     for waiver of charges.                           
                      SUBCHAPTER VI - SOURCE MATERIAL                  
    2091.       Determination of source material.                 
    2092.       License requirements for transfers.               
    2093.       Domestic distribution of source material.         
                  (a)   License.                                    
                  (b)   Minimum criteria for licenses.              
                  (c)   Determination of charges.                   
    2094.       Foreign distribution of source material.          
    2095.       Reports.                                          
    2096.       Acquisition of source material; payments.         
    2097.       Operations on lands belonging to United States.   
    2098.       Public and acquired lands.                        
                  (a)   Conditions on location, entry, and
                         settlement.                                
                  (b)   Reservation of mineral rights; release.     
                  (c)   Prior locations.                            
    2099.       Prohibitions against issuance of license.         
                   SUBCHAPTER VII - BYPRODUCT MATERIALS               
    2111.       Domestic distribution; license; price limitations.
    2112.       Foreign distribution of byproduct material.       
                  (a)   Cooperation with other Nations.             
                  (b)   Distribution to individuals.                
                  (c)   Distributor's license.                      
    2113.       Ownership and custody of certain byproduct
                     material and disposal sites.                     
                  (a)   Specific assurances in license for
                         pretermination actions.                    
                  (b)   Transfer of title; health and environmental
                         protection through maintenance of property
                         and materials; use of surface or subsurface
                         estates: first refusal rights of
                         transferor; maintenance, monitoring, and
                         emergency measures and other authorized
                         action; licensee-transferor liability for
                         fraud or negligence; administrative and
                         legal costs limitation; government
                         retransfers under section 7914(h) of this
                         title.                                     
                  (c)   Compliance with applicable standards and
                         license requirements; determination upon
                         termination of license.                    
    2114.       Authorities of Commission respecting certain
                     byproduct material.                              
                  (a)   Management function.                        
                  (b)   Rules, regulations, or orders for certain
                         activities; civil penalty.                 
                  (c)   Alternative requirements or proposals.      
          SUBCHAPTER VIII - MILITARY APPLICATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY      
    2121.       Authority of Commission.                          
                  (a)   Research and development; weapons
                         production; hazardous wastes; transfers of
                         technologies.                              
                  (b)   Material for Department of Defense use.     
                  (c)   Sale, lease, or loan to other Nations of
                         materials for military applications.       
    2122.       Prohibitions governing atomic weapons.            
    2122a.      Repealed.                                         
    2123.       Transferred.                                      
                  SUBCHAPTER IX - ATOMIC ENERGY LICENSES              
    2131.       License required.                                 
    2132.       Utilization and production facilities for
                     industrial or commercial purposes.               
                  (a)   Issuance of licenses.                       
                  (b)   Facilities constructed or operated under
                         section 2134(b).                           
                  (c)   Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration
                         facilities.                                
    2133.       Commercial licenses.                              
                  (a)   Conditions.                                 
                  (b)   Nonexclusive basis.                         
                  (c)   License period.                             
                  (d)   Limitations.                                
                  (f)   Accident notification condition; license
                         revocation; license amendment to include
                         condition.                                 
    2134.       Medical, industrial, and commercial licenses.     
                  (a)   Medical therapy.                            
                  (b)   Industrial and commercial purposes.         
                  (c)   Research and development activities.        
                  (d)   Limitations.                                
    2135.       Antitrust provisions governing licenses.          
                  (a)   Violations of antitrust laws.               
                  (b)   Reports to Attorney General.                
                  (c)   Transmissions to Attorney General of copies
                         of license applications; publication of
                         advice; factors considered; exceptions.    
    2136.       Classes of facilities.                            
    2137.       Operators' licenses.                              
    2138.       Suspension of licenses during war or national
                     emergency.                                       
    2139.       Component and other parts of facilities.          
                  (a)   Licenses for domestic activities.           
                  (b)   Export licenses.                            
                  (c)   Exports inimical to common defense and
                         security of United States.                 
    2139a.      Regulations implementing requirements relating to
                     licensing for components and other parts of
                     facilities.                                      
    2140.       Exclusions from license requirement.              
    2141.       Licensing by Nuclear Regulatory Commission of
                     distribution of special nuclear material, source
                     material, and byproduct material by Department of
                     Energy.                                          
                  SUBCHAPTER X - INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES              
    2151.       Effect of international arrangements.             
    2152.       Policies contained in international arrangements. 
    2153.       Cooperation with other nations.                   
                  (a)   Terms, conditions, duration, nature, scope,
                         and other requirements of proposed
                         agreements for cooperation; Presidential
                         exemptions; negotiations; Nuclear
                         Proliferation Assessment Statement.        
                  (b)   Presidential approval and authorization for
                         execution of proposed agreements for
                         cooperation.                               
                  (c)   Submittal of proposed agreements for
                         cooperation to Congressional committees.   
                  (d)   Congressional action.                       
    2153a.      Approval for enrichment after export of source or
                     special nuclear material; export of major
                     critical components of enrichment facilities.    
    2153b.      Export policies relating to peaceful nuclear
                     activities and international nuclear trade.      
                  (a)   Undertakings by transferee nations receiving
                         nuclear material and equipment or sensitive
                         nuclear technology.                        
                  (b)   Enrichment of source or special nuclear
                         material only under effective international
                         auspices and inspection.                   
                  (c)   Establishment of physical security measures.
                  (d)   United States military activities.          
    2153c.      Renegotiation of agreements for cooperation.      
                  (a)   Application to existing agreements of
                         undertakings required of new agreements
                         after March 10, 1978.                      
                  (b)   Presidential review of export agreement
                         conditions and policy goals.               
                  (c)   Presidential proposals for additional export
                         criteria.                                  
                  (d)   Congressional action.                       
    2153d.      Authority to continue agreements for cooperation
                     entered into prior to March 10, 1978.            
    2153e.      Protection of environment.                        
    2153e-1.    Effectiveness of rule, regulation, or procedure
                     with regard to exports subject to Nuclear
                     Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.                   
    2153f.      Savings clause; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of
                     1978.                                            
    2154.       International atomic pool.                        
    2155.       Export licensing procedures.                      
                  (a)   Executive branch judgment on export
                         applications; criteria governing United
                         States nuclear exports.                    
                  (b)   Requests to be given timely consideration;
                         Presidential review if Commission is unable
                         to make required statutory determinations;
                         Commission review.                         
                  (c)   Additional export criteria.                 
    2155a.      Regulations establishing Commission procedures
                     covering grant, suspension, revocation, or
                     amendment of nuclear export licenses or
                     exemptions.                                      
    2156.       Criteria governing United States nuclear exports. 
    2156a.      Regulations establishing levels of physical
                     security to protect facilities and material.     
    2157.       Additional export criterion and procedures.       
    2158.       Conduct resulting in termination of nuclear
                     exports.                                         
    2159.       Congressional review procedures.                  
                  (a)   Committee consideration of Presidential
                         submissions; reports.                      
                  (b)   Consideration of resolution by respective
                         Houses of Congress.                        
                  (c)   Debate.                                     
                  (d)   Vote on final approval.                     
                  (e)   Appeals from decisions of Chair.            
                  (f)   Resolution.                                 
                  (g)   Continuity of Congressional sessions;
                         computation of time.                       
                  (h)   Supersedure or change in rules.             
                  (i)   Joint resolutions.                          
    2160.       Subsequent arrangements.                          
                  (a)   Consultation and concurrence; negotiations
                         of a policy nature; notice of proposed
                         subsequent arrangements; Nuclear
                         Proliferation Assessment Statement;
                         reprocessing of material.                  
                  (b)   Reports to Congressional committees;
                         increase in risk of proliferation.         
                  (c)   Procedures for consideration of requests for
                         subsequent arrangements.                   
                  (d)   Activities not prohibited, precluded, or
                         limited.                                   
                  (e)   Jurisdiction of Secretary of Energy.        
                  (f)   Subsequent arrangements involving direct or
                         indirect commitment of United States for
                         storage or other disposition of foreign
                         spent nuclear fuel in United States.       
    2160a.      Review of Nuclear Proliferation Assessment
                     Statements.                                      
    2160b.      Authority to suspend nuclear cooperation with
                     nations which have not ratified the Convention on
                     the Physical Security of Nuclear Materials.      
    2160c.      Consultation with Department of Defense concerning
                     certain exports and subsequent arrangements.     
    2160d.      Further restrictions on exports.                  
                  SUBCHAPTER XI - CONTROL OF INFORMATION              
    2161.       Policy of Commission.                             
    2162.       Classification and declassification of Restricted
                     Data.                                            
                  (a)   Periodic determination.                     
                  (b)   Continuous review.                          
                  (c)   Joint determination on atomic weapons;
                         Presidential determination on disagreement.
                  (d)   Removal from Restricted Data category.      
                  (e)   Joint determination on atomic energy
                         programs.                                  
    2163.       Access to Restricted Data.                        
    2164.       International cooperation.                        
                  (a)   By Commission.                              
                  (b)   By Department of Defense.                   
                  (c)   Exchange of information concerning atomic
                         weapons; research, development, or design,
                         of military reactors.                      
                  (d)   By Department of Energy.                    
                  (e)   Communication of data by other Government
                         agencies.                                  
    2165.       Security restrictions.                            
                  (a)   On contractors and licensees.               
                  (b)   Employment of personnel; access to
                         Restricted Data.                           
                  (c)   Acceptance of investigation and clearance
                         granted by other Government agencies.      
                  (d)   Investigations by FBI.                      
                  (e)   Presidential investigation.                 
                  (f)   Performance of personnel security
                         investigations by FBI.                     
                  (g)   Investigation standards.                    
                  (h)   War time clearance.                         
    2166.       Applicability of other laws.                      
    2167.       Safeguards information.                           
                  (a)   Confidentiality of certain types of
                         information; issuance of regulations and
                         orders; considerations for exercise of
                         Commission's authority; disclosure of
                         routes and quantities of shipment; civil
                         penalties; withholding of information from
                         Congressional committees.                  
                  (b)   Regulations or orders issued under this
                         section and section 2201(b) of this title
                         for purposes of section 2273 of this title.
                  (c)   Judicial review.                            
                  (d)   Reports to Congress; contents.              
    2168.       Dissemination of unclassified information.        
                  (a)   Dissemination prohibited; rules and
                         regulations; determinations of Secretary
                         prerequisite to issuance of prohibiting
                         regulations or orders; criteria.           
                  (b)   Civil penalties.                            
                  (c)   Criminal penalties.                         
                  (d)   Judicial review.                            
                  (e)   Quarterly reports for interested persons;
                         contents.                                  
    2169.       Fingerprinting for criminal history record checks.
                  (a)   Persons subject to fingerprinting;
                         submission of fingerprints to Attorney
                         General; costs; results of check.          
                  (b)   Waiver.                                     
                  (c)   Regulations.                                
                  (d)   Processing fees; use of amounts collected.  
                  SUBCHAPTER XII - PATENTS AND INVENTIONS              
    2181.       Inventions relating to atomic weapons, and filing
                     of reports.                                      
                  (a)   Denial of patent; revocation of prior
                         patents.                                   
                  (b)   Denial of rights; revocation of prior
                         rights.                                    
                  (c)   Report of invention to Under Secretary of
                         Commerce for Intellectual Property and
                         Director of the United States Patent and
                         Trademark Office.                          
                  (d)   Report to Commission by Under Secretary of
                         Commerce for Intellectual Property and
                         Director of the United States Patent and
                         Trademark Office.                          
                  (e)   Confidential information; circumstances
                         permitting disclosure.                     
    2182.       Inventions conceived during Commission contracts;
                     ownership; waiver; hearings.                     
    2183.       Nonmilitary utilization.                          
                  (a)   Declaration of public interest.             
                  (b)   Action by Commission.                       
                  (c)   Application for patent.                     
                  (d)   Hearings.                                   
                  (e)   Commission's findings.                      
                  (f)   Limitations on issuance of patent.          
                  (g)   Royalty fees.                               
                  (h)   Effective period.                           
    2184.       Injunctions; measure of damages.                  
    2185.       Prior art.                                        
    2186.       Commission patent licenses.                       
    2187.       Compensation, awards, and royalties.              
                  (a)   Patent Compensation Board.                  
                  (b)   Eligibility.                                
                  (c)   Standards.                                  
                  (d)   Limitations.                                
    2188.       Monopolistic use of patents.                      
    2189.       Federally financed research.                      
    2190.       Saving clause for prior patent applications.      
             SUBCHAPTER XIII - GENERAL AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION         
    2201.       General duties of Commission.                     
                  (a)   Establishment of advisory boards.           
                  (b)   Standards governing use and possession of
                         material.                                  
                  (c)   Studies and investigations.                 
                  (d)   Employment of personnel.                    
                  (e)   Acquisition of material, property, etc.;
                         negotiation of commercial leases.          
                  (f)   Utilization of other Federal agencies.      
                  (g)   Acquisition of real and personal property.  
                  (h)   Consideration of license applications.      
                  (i)   Regulations governing Restricted Data.      
                  (j)   Disposition of surplus materials.           
                  (k)   Carrying of firearms; authority to make
                         arrests without warrant.                   
                  (l)   Repealed.                                   
                  (m)   Agreements regarding production.            
                  (n)   Delegation of functions.                    
                  (o)   Reports.                                    
                  (p)   Rules and regulations.                      
                  (q)   Easements for rights-of-way.                
                  (r)   Sale of utilities and related services.     
                  (s)   Succession of authority.                    
                  (t)   Contracts.                                  
                  (u)   Additional contracts; guiding principles;
                         appropriations.                            
                  (v)   Support of United States Enrichment
                         Corporation.                               
                  (w)   License fees for nuclear power reactors.    
                  (x)   Standards and instructions for bonding,
                         surety, or other financial arrangements,
                         including performance bonds.               
    2202.       Contracts.                                        
    2203.       Advisory committees.                              
    2204.       Electric utility contracts; authority to enter
                     into; cancellation; submission to Energy
                     Committees.                                      
    2204a.      Fission product contracts.                        
                  (a)   Authority to enter into contracts.          
                  (b)   Cancellation.                               
                  (c)   Submission to Energy Committees.            
    2205.       Contract practices.                               
    2205a.      Repealed.                                         
    2206.       Comptroller General audit.                        
    2207.       Claim settlements; reports to Congress.           
    2208.       Payments in lieu of taxes.                        
    2209.       Subsidies.                                        
    2210.       Indemnification and limitation of liability.      
                  (a)   Requirement of financial protection for
                         licensees.                                 
                  (b)   Amount and type of financial protection for
                         licensees.                                 
                  (c)   Indemnification of licenses by Nuclear
                         Regulatory Commission.                     
                  (d)   Indemnification of contractors by Department
                         of Energy.                                 
                  (e)   Limitation on aggregate public liability.   
                  (f)   Collection of fees by Nuclear Regulatory
                         Commission.                                
                  (g)   Use of services of private insurers.        
                  (h)   Conditions of agreements of indemnification.
                  (i)   Compensation plans.                         
                  (j)   Contracts in advance of appropriations.     
                  (k)   Exemption from financial protection
                         requirement for nonprofit educational
                         institutions.                              
                  (l)   Presidential commission on catastrophic
                         nuclear accidents.                         
                  (m)   Coordinated procedures for prompt settlement
                         of claims and emergency assistance.        
                  (n)   Waiver of defenses and judicial procedures. 
                  (o)   Plan for distribution of funds.             
                  (p)   Reports to Congress.                        
                  (q)   Limitation on awarding of precautionary
                         evacuation costs.                          
                  (r)   Limitation on liability of lessors.         
                  (s)   Limitation on punitive damages.             
                  (t)   Inflation adjustment.                       
    2210a.      Conflicts of interest relating to contracts and
                     other arrangements.                              
                  (a)   Disclosure requirements.                    
                  (b)   Preliminary contract findings.              
                  (c)   Promulgation and publication of rules.      
    2210b.      Uranium supply.                                   
                  (a)   Assessment of domestic uranium industry
                         viability; monitoring and reporting
                         requirements; criteria; implementation by
                         rules and regulations.                     
                  (b)   Disclosure of information.                  
                  (c)   Criteria for monitoring and reporting
                         requirements.                              
                  (d)   Excessive imports; investigation by United
                         States International Trade Commission.     
                  (e)   Excessive imports for contracts or options
                         as threatening national security;
                         investigation by Secretary of Commerce;
                         recommendation for further investigation.  
    2211.       Payment of claims or judgments for damage
                     resulting from nuclear incident involving nuclear
                     reactor of United States warship; exception;
                     terms and conditions.                            
    2212.       Transferred.                                      
    2213.       Nuclear Regulatory Commission annual charges.     
                  (1)   In general.                                 
                  (2)   Establishment of amount by rule.            
    2214.       NRC user fees and annual charges.                 
                  (a)   Annual assessment.                          
                  (b)   Fees for service or thing of value.         
                  (c)   Annual charges.                             
                  (d)   "Nuclear Waste Fund" defined.               
        SUBCHAPTER XIV - COMPENSATION FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY ACQUIRED    
    2221.       Just compensation for requisitioned property.     
    2222.       Condemnation of real property.                    
    2223.       Patent application disclosures.                   
    2224.       Attorney General approval of title.               
       SUBCHAPTER XV - JUDICIAL REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE   
    2231.       Applicability of administrative procedure
                     provisions; definitions.                         
    2232.       License applications.                             
                  (a)   Contents and form.                          
                  (b)   Review of applications by Advisory Committee
                         on Reactor Safeguards; report.             
                  (c)   Commercial power; publication.              
                  (d)   Preferred consideration.                    
    2233.       Terms of licenses.                                
    2234.       Inalienability of licenses.                       
    2235.       Construction permits and operating licenses.      
    2236.       Revocation of licenses.                           
                  (a)   False applications; failure of performance. 
                  (b)   Procedure.                                  
                  (c)   Repossession of material.                   
    2237.       Modification of license.                          
    2238.       Continued operation of facilities.                
    2239.       Hearings and judicial review.                     
    2240.       Licensee incident reports as evidence.            
    2241.       Atomic safety and licensing boards; establishment;
                     membership; functions; compensation.             
    2242.       Temporary operating license.                      
                  (a)   Fuel loading, testing, and operation at
                         specific power level; petition, affidavit,
                         etc.                                       
                  (b)   Operation at greater power level; criteria,
                         effect, terms and conditions, etc.;
                         procedures applicable.                     
                  (c)   Hearing for final operating license;
                         suspension, issuance, compliance, etc.,
                         with temporary operating license.          
                  (d)   Administrative remedies for minimization of
                         need for license.                          
                  (e)   Expiration of issuing authority.            
    2243.       Licensing of uranium enrichment facilities.       
                  (a)   Environmental impact statement.             
                  (b)   Adjudicatory hearing.                       
                  (c)   Inspection and operation.                   
                  (d)   Insurance and decommissioning.              
                  (e)   No Price-Anderson coverage.                 
                  (f)   Limitation.                                 
             SUBCHAPTER XVI - JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY         
    2251 to
     2257.      Repealed.                                         
    2258.       Joint Committee on Atomic Energy abolished.       
                  (a)   Abolition.                                  
                  (b)   References in rules, etc., on and after
                         September 20, 1977.                        
                  (c)   Transfer of records, data, etc.; copies.    
    2259.       Information and assistance to Congressional
                     committees.                                      
                  (a)   Secretary of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory
                         Commission.                                
                  (b)   Department of Defense and Department of
                         State.                                     
                  (c)   Government agencies.                        
                  (d)   Utilization of services, facilities, and
                         personnel of Government agencies;
                         reimbursement; prior written consent.      
                 SUBCHAPTER XVII - ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER             
    2271.       General provisions.                               
                  (a)   Authority of President to utilize Government
                         agencies.                                  
                  (b)   Criminal violations.                        
                  (c)   Violations of this chapter.                 
    2272.       Violation of specific sections.                   
    2273.       Violation of sections.                            
                  (a)   Generally.                                  
                  (b)   Construction or supply of components for
                         utilization facilities; impairment of basic
                         components; "basic component" defined;
                         posting at construction sites of
                         utilization facilities and on premises of
                         component fabrication plants.              
                  (c)   Criminal penalties.                         
    2274.       Communication of Restricted Data.                 
    2275.       Receipt of Restricted Data.                       
    2276.       Tampering with Restricted Data.                   
    2277.       Disclosure of Restricted Data.                    
    2278.       Statute of limitations.                           
    2278a.      Trespass upon Commission installations.           
                  (a)   Issuance and posting of regulations.        
                  (b)   Penalty for violation of regulations.       
                  (c)   Penalty for violation of regulations
                         regarding enclosed property.               
    2278b.      Photographing, etc., of Commission installations;
                     penalty.                                         
    2279.       Applicability of other laws.                      
    2280.       Injunction proceedings.                           
    2281.       Contempt proceedings.                             
    2282.       Civil penalties.                                  
                  (a)   Violations of licensing requirements.       
                  (b)   Notice.                                     
                  (c)   Collection of penalties.                    
    2282a.      Civil monetary penalties for violation of
                     Department of Energy safety regulations.         
                  (a)   Persons subject to penalty.                 
                  (b)   Determination of amount.                    
                  (c)   Assessment and payment.                     
                  (d)   Excepted institutions.                      
    2282b.      Civil monetary penalties for violations of
                     Department of Energy regulations regarding
                     security of classified or sensitive information
                     or data.                                         
                  (a)   Persons subject to penalty.                 
                  (b)   Fee or payment reductions for violations.   
                  (c)   Powers and limitations.                     
                  (d)   Application to certain entities.            
    2282c.      Worker health and safety rules for Department of
                     Energy nuclear facilities.                       
                  (a)   Regulations required.                       
                  (b)   Civil penalties.                            
                  (c)   Contract penalties.                         
                  (d)   Coordination of penalties.                  
    2283.       Protection of nuclear inspectors.                 
                  (a)   Homicide.                                   
                  (b)   Assault.                                    
    2284.       Sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel.           
                  (a)   Physical damage to facilities, etc.         
                  (b)   Unauthorized use or tampering with
                         facilities, etc.                           
        SUBCHAPTER XVII-A - DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD    
    2286.       Establishment.                                    
                  (a)   Establishment.                              
                  (b)   Membership.                                 
                  (c)   Chairman and Vice Chairman.                 
                  (d)   Terms.                                      
                  (e)   Quorum.                                     
    2286a.      Functions of Board.                               
                  (a)   In general.                                 
                  (b)   Excluded functions.                         
    2286b.      Powers of Board.                                  
                  (a)   Hearings.                                   
                  (b)   Staff.                                      
                  (c)   Regulations.                                
                  (d)   Reporting requirements.                     
                  (e)   Use of Government facilities, etc.          
                  (f)   Assistance from certain agencies of Federal
                         Government.                                
                  (g)   Assistance from organizations outside
                         Federal Government.                        
                  (h)   Resident inspectors.                        
                  (i)   Special studies.                            
                  (j)   Evaluation of information.                  
    2286c.      Responsibilities of Secretary of Energy.          
                  (a)   Cooperation.                                
                  (b)   Access to information.                      
    2286d.      Board recommendations.                            
                  (a)   Public availability and comment.            
                  (b)   Response by Secretary.                      
                  (c)   Provision of information to Secretary.      
                  (d)   Final decision.                             
                  (e)   Implementation plan.                        
                  (f)   Implementation.                             
                  (g)   Imminent or severe threat.                  
                  (h)   Limitation.                                 
    2286e.      Reports.                                          
                  (a)   Board report.                               
                  (b)   DOE report.                                 
    2286f.      Judicial review.                                  
    2286g.      "Department of Energy defense nuclear facility"
                     defined.                                         
    2286h.      Contract authority subject to appropriations.     
    2286h-1.    Transmittal of certain information to Congress.   
    2286i.      Annual authorization of appropriations.           
                  SUBCHAPTER XVIII - EURATOM COOPERATION              
    2291.       Definitions.                                      
    2292.       Authorization of appropriations for research and
                     development program; authority to enter into
                     contracts; period of contracts; equivalent
                     amounts for research and development program.    
    2293.       Omitted.                                          
    2294.       Authorization for sale or lease of uranium and
                     plutonium; amounts; lien for nonpayment; uranium
                     enrichment services.                             
    2295.       Acquisition of nuclear materials.                 
                  (a)   Authorization; restriction of amounts of
                         plutonium or uranium; amount and use of
                         plutonium authorized to be acquired.       
                  (b)   Terms and periods of contracts to acquire
                         plutonium.                                 
                  (c)   Terms and periods of contracts to acquire
                         uranium.                                   
                  (d)   Contracts for purchase of special nuclear
                         materials.                                 
                  (e)   Certification by Commission.                
    2296.       Nonliability of United States; indemnification.   
        SUBCHAPTER XIX - REMEDIAL ACTION AND URANIUM REVITALIZATION    
            PART A - REMEDIAL ACTION AT ACTIVE PROCESSING SITES        
    2296a.      Remedial action program.                          
                  (a)   In general.                                 
                  (b)   Reimbursement.                              
    2296a-1.    Regulations.                                      
    2296a-2.    Authorization of appropriations.                  
                  (a)   In general.                                 
                  (b)   Source.                                     
    2296a-3.    Definitions.                                      
                      PART B - URANIUM REVITALIZATION                  
    2296b.      Overfeed program.                                 
                  (a)   Uranium purchases.                          
                  (b)   Use of domestic uranium.                    
    2296b-1.    National Strategic Uranium Reserve.               
    2296b-2.    Sale of remaining DOE inventories.                
    2296b-3.    Responsibility for the industry.                  
                  (a)   Continuing Secretarial responsibility.      
                  (b)   Encourage export.                           
    2296b-4.    Annual uranium purchase reports.                  
                  (a)   In general.                                 
                  (b)   Congressional access.                       
    2296b-5.    Uranium inventory study.                          
    2296b-6.    Regulatory treatment of uranium purchases.        
                  (a)   Encouragement.                              
                  (b)   Report.                                     
                  (c)   Savings provision.                          
    2296b-7.    Definitions.                                      
             DIVISION B - UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION         
                     SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS                 
    2297, 2297a.Repealed.                                         
        SUBCHAPTER II - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, AND ORGANIZATION OF
                                CORPORATION
    2297b to 2297b-15. Repealed.                                      
      SUBCHAPTER III - RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND ASSETS OF CORPORATION  
    2297c to 2297c-7. Repealed.                                       
               SUBCHAPTER IV - PRIVATIZATION OF CORPORATION           
    2297d,
     2297d-1.   Repealed.                                         
       SUBCHAPTER V - AVLIS AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR URANIUM
                                ENRICHMENT
    2297e to 2297e-7. Repealed.                                       
      SUBCHAPTER VI - LICENSING AND REGULATION OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT
                                FACILITIES
    2297f.      Gaseous diffusion facilities.                     
                  (a)   Issuance of standards.                      
                  (b)   Annual report.                              
                  (c)   Certification process.                      
                  (d)   Requirement for operation.                  
    2297f-1.    Licensing of other technologies.                  
                  (a)   In general.                                 
                  (b)   Costs for decontamination and
                         decommissioning.                           
    2297f-2.    Regulation of Restricted Data.                    
           SUBCHAPTER VII - DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING       
    2297g.      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
                     Decommissioning Fund.                            
                  (a)   Establishment.                              
                  (b)   Administration.                             
    2297g-1.    Deposits.                                         
                  (a)   Amount.                                     
                  (b)   Source.                                     
                  (c)   Special assessment.                         
                  (d)   Authorization of appropriations.            
                  (e)   Termination of assessments.                 
                  (f)   Continuation of deposits.                   
                  (g)   Treatment of assessment.                    
    2297g-2.    Department facilities.                            
                  (a)   Study by National Academy of Sciences.      
                  (b)   Payment of decontamination and
                         decommissioning costs.                     
                  (c)   Payment of remedial action costs.           
    2297g-3.    Employee provisions.                              
    2297g-4.    Reports to Congress.                              
          SUBCHAPTER VIII - UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION
                               PRIVATIZATION
    2297h.      Definitions.                                      
    2297h-1.    Sale of Corporation.                              
                  (a)   Authorization.                              
                  (b)   Proceeds.                                   
    2297h-2.    Method of sale.                                   
                  (a)   Authorization.                              
                  (b)   Board determination.                        
                  (c)   Adequate proceeds.                          
                  (d)   Application of securities laws.             
                  (e)   Expenses.                                   
    2297h-3.    Establishment of private corporation.             
                  (a)   Incorporation.                              
                  (b)   Status of private corporation.              
                  (c)   Application of post-Government employment
                         restrictions.                              
                  (d)   Dissolution.                                
    2297h-4.    Transfers to private corporation.                 
    2297h-5.    Leasing of gaseous diffusion facilities.          
                  (a)   Transfer of lease.                          
                  (b)   Renewal.                                    
                  (c)   Exclusion of facilities for production of
                         highly enriched uranium.                   
                  (d)   DOE responsibility for preexisting
                         conditions.                                
                  (e)   Environmental audit.                        
                  (f)   Treatment under Price-Anderson provisions.  
                  (g)   Waiver of EIS requirement.                  
                  (h)   Maintenance of security.                    
    2297h-6.    Transfer of contracts.                            
                  (a)   Transfer of contracts.                      
                  (b)   Nontransferable power contracts.            
                  (c)   Effect of transfer.                         
                  (d)   Pricing.                                    
    2297h-7.    Liabilities.                                      
                  (a)   Liability of United States.                 
                  (b)   Liability of Corporation.                   
                  (c)   Liability of private corporation.           
                  (d)   Liability of officers and directors.        
    2297h-8.    Employee protections.                             
                  (a)   Contractor employees.                       
                  (b)   Former Federal employees.                   
    2297h-9.    Ownership limitations.                            
                  (a)   Securities limitations.                     
                  (b)   Ownership limitation.                       
    2297h-10.   Uranium transfers and sales.                      
                  (a)   Transfers and sales by Secretary.           
                  (b)   Russian HEU.                                
                  (c)   Transfers to Corporation.                   
                  (d)   Inventory sales.                            
                  (e)   Government transfers.                       
                  (f)   Savings provision.                          
    2297h-11.   Low-level waste.                                  
                  (a)   Responsibility of DOE.                      
                  (b)   Agreements with other persons.              
                  (c)   State or interstate compacts.               
    2297h-12.   AVLIS.                                            
                  (a)   Exclusive right to commercialize.           
                  (b)   Transfer of related property to Corporation.
                  (c)   Liability for patent and related claims.    
    2297h-13.   Application of certain laws.                      
                  (a)   OSHA.                                       
                  (b)   Antitrust laws.                             
                  (c)   Energy Reorganization Act requirements.     
-SECREF-
                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in sections 1437f, 1874, 2291,
    2296a-3, 2297h-5, 2297-h12, 2301, 2305, 5196e, 5197f, 5812, 5817,
    5841, 5842, 5843, 5844, 5846, 5848, 5851, 5876, 5902, 5908, 6903,
    6905, 7135a, 7259a, 7412, 7911, 7918, 7920, 7925, 7941, 9601, 9620,
    10134, 10141, 10154, 10155, 10197, 10243, 13541 of this title;
    title 5 sections 7533, 8312; title 6 section 511; title 10 section
    2344; title 15 sections 2080, 2602; title 18 section 2516; title 21
    section 360jj; title 22 sections 2022, 2024, 2403, 2778a, 2793,
    2794, 3203, 3303, 6445; title 30 sections 541b, 541c, 541d; title
    50 sections 47f, 438.
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