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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy

§ 2232. License applications

Statutory text

(a)

Contents and form

Each application for a license hereunder shall be in writing and shall specifically state such information as the Commission, by rule or regulation, may determine to be necessary to decide such of the technical and financial qualifications of the applicant, the character of the applicant, the citizenship of the applicant, or any other qualifications of the applicant as the Commission may deem appropriate for the license. In connection with applications for licenses to operate production or utilization facilities, the applicant shall state such technical specifications, including information of the amount, kind, and source of special nuclear material required, the place of the use, the specific characteristics of the facility, and such other information as the Commission may, by rule or regulation, deem necessary in order to enable it to find that the utilization or production of special nuclear material will be in accord with the common defense and security and will provide adequate protection to the health and safety of the public. Such technical specifications shall be a part of any license issued. The Commission may at any time after the filing of the original application, and before the expiration of the license, require further written statements in order to enable the Commission to determine whether the application should be granted or denied or whether a license should be modified or revoked. All applications and statements shall be signed by the applicant or licensee. Applications for, and statements made in connection with, licenses under sections 2133 and 2134 of this title shall be made under oath or affirmation. The Commission may require any other applications or statements to be made under oath or affirmation.

(b)

Review of applications by Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; report

The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards shall review each application under section 2133 or section 2134(b) of this title for a construction permit or an operating license for a facility, any application under section 2134(c) of this title for a construction permit or an operating license for a testing facility, any application under subsection (a) or (c) of section 2134 of this title specifically referred to it by the Commission, and any application for an amendment to a construction permit or an amendment to an operating license under section 2133 or 2134(a), (b), or (c) of this title specifically referred to it by the Commission, and shall submit a report thereon which shall be made part of the record of the application and available to the public except to the extent that security classification prevents disclosure.

(c)

Commercial power; publication

The Commission shall not issue any license under section 2133 of this title for a utilization or production facility for the generation of commercial power until it has given notice in writing to such regulatory agency as may have jurisdiction over the rates and services incident to the proposed activity; until it has published notice of the application in such trade or news publications as the Commission deems appropriate to give reasonable notice to municipalities, private utilities, public bodies, and cooperatives which might have a potential interest in such utilization or production facility; and until it has published notice of such application once each week for four consecutive weeks in the Federal Register, and until four weeks after the last notice.

(d)

Preferred consideration

The Commission, in issuing any license for a utilization or production facility for the generation of commercial power under section 2133 of this title, shall give preferred consideration to applications for such facilities which will be located in high cost power areas in the United States if there are conflicting applications for a limited opportunity for such license. Where such conflicting applications resulting from limited opportunity for such license include those submitted by public or cooperative bodies such applications shall be given preferred consideration.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 83–724 · 68 Stat. 998

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2232

    Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 182, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 953

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 182, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 953

  2. Public Law not identified

    1. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 2232(a)

      Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 6, 1956, struck out “under oath or affirmation” from last sentence

    2. Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2232(a)

      Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 6, 1956, inserted two sentences at end requiring applications and statements in connection with sections 2133 and 2134 to be made under oath or affirmation and authorizing Commission to require any other applications or statements to be made under oath or affirmation

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 6, 1956, struck out “under oath or affirmation” from last sentence, and inserted two sentences at end requiring applications and statements in connection with sections 2133 and 2134 to be made under oath or affirmation and authorizing Commission to require any other applications or statements to be made under oath or affirmation.

  3. Pub. L. 85–256 § 6 · 71 Stat. 576

    1. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 2232(b)(d)

      Pub. L. 85–256 added subsec. (b)

    2. Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 2232(b)(d)

      Pub. L. 85–256 redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 85–256 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended License applications. 68 Stat. 953; 70 Stat. 1069. 42 USC 2232. by redesignating subsection b. as subsection c. and subsection c. as subsection d., and by inserting the following subsection as a new subsection b. immediately after subsection a.: “b. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards shall review each application under section 103 or 104 b. for a license for a facility, Report. 42 USC 2133, 2134. any application under section 104 c. for a testing facility, and any application under section 104 a. or c. specifically referred to it by the Commission, and shall submit a report thereon, which shall be made part of the record of the application and available to the public, except to the extent that security classification prevents disclosure.”

  4. Pub. L. 87–615 § 3 · 76 Stat. 409

    1. Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2232(b)

      Pub. L. 87–615 substituted provisions requiring review of applications under section 2133 or 2134(b) of this title for a construction permit or an operating license for a facility, or under section 2134(c) of this title for a testing facility, for provisions which required review of license applications for such facilities

    2. Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2232(b)

      Pub. L. 87–615 inserted provisions requiring review of any application for an amendment to a construction permit or operating license under section 2133 or 2134(a), (b), or (c) of this title specifically referred to it by the Commission

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–615 substituted provisions requiring review of applications under section 2133 or 2134(b) of this title for a construction permit or an operating license for a facility, or under section 2134(c) of this title for a testing facility, for provisions which required review of license applications for such facilities, and inserted provisions requiring review of any application for an amendment to a construction permit or operating license under section 2133 or 2134(a), (b), or (c) of this title specifically referred to it by the Commission.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. Subsection 182b. or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is 71 Stat. 579. 42 USC 2232. amended to read as follows: “b. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards shall review each application under section 103 or section 104b. for a construction permit or an operating license for a facility, any application under section 104c. for a construction permit or an operating license for a testing facility, any application under section 104 a. or c. specifically referred to it by the Commission, and any application for an amendment to a construction permit or an amendment to an operating license under section 103 or 104 a., b., or c. specifically referred to it Report. by the Commission, and shall submit a report thereon which shall be made part of the record of the application and available to the public except to the extent that security classification prevents disclosure.”

  5. Pub. L. 91–560 § 9 · 84 Stat. 1472

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2232(c)

    Pub. L. 91–560 substituted provisions requiring notification by publication giving reasonable notice to municipalities, private utilities, public bodies, and cooperatives which might have a potential interest in such utilization or production facility, for provisions requiring notice in writing to municipalities, private utilities, public bodies and cooperatives within transmission distance authorized to engage in the distribution of electric energy

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91–560 substituted provisions requiring notification by publication giving reasonable notice to municipalities, private utilities, public bodies, and cooperatives which might have a potential interest in such utilization or production facility, for provisions requiring notice in writing to municipalities, private utilities, public bodies and cooperatives within transmission distance authorized to engage in the distribution of electric energy.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 9. Subsection 182 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: “c. The Commission shall not issue any license under section 103 for a utilization or production facility for the generation of commercial power until it has given notice in writing to such regulatory agency as may have jurisdiction over the rates and services incident Notice. to the proposed activity; until it has published notice of the application in such trade or news publications as the Commission deems appropriate to give reasonable notice to municipalities, private utilities, public bodies, and cooperatives which might have a potential Publication in Federal Register. interest in such utilization or production facility; and until it has published notice of such application once each week for four consecutive weeks in the Federal Register, and until four weeks after the last notice.”

5 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 2 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1956–1970 · 4 rounds

1970

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91–560 substituted provisions requiring notification by publication giving reasonable notice to municipalities, private utilities, public bodies, and cooperatives which might have a potential interest in such utilization or production facility, for provisions requiring notice in writing to municipalities, private utilities, public bodies and cooperatives within transmission distance authorized to engage in the distribution of electric energy.

1962

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–615 substituted provisions requiring review of applications under section 2133 or 2134(b) of this title for a construction permit or an operating license for a facility, or under section 2134(c) of this title for a testing facility, for provisions which required review of license applications for such facilities, and inserted provisions requiring review of any application for an amendment to a construction permit or operating license under section 2133 or 2134(a), (b), or (c) of this title specifically referred to it by the Commission.

1957

Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 85–256 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.

1956

Subsec. (a). Act , struck out “under oath or affirmation” from last sentence, and inserted two sentences at end requiring applications and statements in connection with sections 2133 and 2134 to be made under oath or affirmation and authorizing Commission to require any other applications or statements to be made under oath or affirmation.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Advisory Committees

Advisory committees in existence on , to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following , unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1946–1992 · 6 acts
  1. 1946Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 182, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 953
  2. 1956amended Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 1015, § 5, 70 Stat. 1069
  3. 1957Pub. L. 85–256, § 6, , 71 Stat. 579
  4. 1962Pub. L. 87–615, § 3, , 76 Stat. 409
  5. 1970Pub. L. 91–560, § 9, , 84 Stat. 1474
  6. 1992renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), , 106 Stat. 2944.
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(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 182, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 953; amended Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 1015, § 5, 70 Stat. 1069; Pub. L. 85–256, § 6, , 71 Stat. 579; Pub. L. 87–615, § 3, , 76 Stat. 409; Pub. L. 91–560, § 9, , 84 Stat. 1474; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), , 106 Stat. 2944.)

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