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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy

§ 2294. Authorization for sale or lease of uranium and plutonium; amounts; lien for nonpayment; uranium enrichment services

Statutory text

Pursuant to the provisions of section 2074 of this title, there is hereby authorized for sale or lease to the Community—

an amount of contained uranium 235 which does not exceed that necessary to support the fuel cycle of power reactors located within the Community having a total installed capacity of thirty-five thousand megawatts of electric energy, together with twenty-five thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 for other purposes;

one thousand five hundred kilograms of plutonium; and

thirty kilograms of uranium 233;

in accordance with the provisions of an agreement or agreements for cooperation between the Government of the United States and the Community entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 2153 of this title: Provided, That the Government of the United States obtains the equivalent of a first lien on any such material sold to the Community for which payment is not made in full at the time of transfer. The Commission may enter into contracts to provide, after , for the producing or enriching of all, or part of, the above-mentioned contained uranium 235 pursuant to the provisions of section 2201(v)(B) of this title in lieu of sale or lease thereof.

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. EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958

    Pub. L. 85–846 § 5 · 72 Stat. 1084

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2294

    Pub. L. 85–846, § 5, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1085

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 85–846, § 5, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1085

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. Pursuant to the provisions of section 54 of the Atomic Nuclear material. Sale or lease. 42 USC 2074. Energy Act of 1954, as amended, there is hereby authorized for sale or lease to the Community: Thirty thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 One kilogram of plutonium in accordance with the provisions of an agreement for cooperation between the Government of the United States and the Community entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: Provided, That the Government of 42 USC 2153. the United States obtains the equivalent of a first lien on any such material sold to the Community for which payment is not made in full at the time of transfer.

  2. Pub. L. 87–206 § 19 · 75 Stat. 475

    1. Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2294

      Pub. L. 87–206 substituted “Nine kilograms” for “One kilogram” of plutonium

    2. Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2294

      Pub. L. 87–206 inserted item reading “Thirty kilograms of uranium 233” and “or agreements”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 87–206 substituted “Nine kilograms” for “One kilogram” of plutonium and inserted item reading “Thirty kilograms of uranium 233” and “or agreements”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 19. Section 5 of the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958 is 42 USC 2294. amended in the following particulars: (a) by deleting the words “One kilogram” and substituting the words “Nine kilograms” immediately following “Thirty thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235”, (b) by adding the words “Thirty kilograms of uranium 233” as an additional item immediately following “Nine kilograms of plutonium”, and (c) by adding the words “or agreements” immediately following the words “an agreement”.

  3. Pub. L. 88–394 § 5 · 78 Stat. 376

    Changed · 42 U.S.C. § 2294

    Pub. L. 88–394 increased the amount of contained uranium 235 from thirty thousand kilograms to seventy thousand kilograms, and plutonium, from nine kilograms to five hundred kilograms

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 88–394 increased the amount of contained uranium 235 from thirty thousand kilograms to seventy thousand kilograms, and plutonium, from nine kilograms to five hundred kilograms.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. Section 5 of the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as 72 Stat. 1085. 42 USC 2294. amended, is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 5. Pursuant to the provisions of section 54 of the Atomic 42 USC 2074. Energy Act of 1954, as amended, there is hereby authorized for sale or lease to the Community: Seventy thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 Five hundred kilograms of plutonium Thirty kilograms of uranium 233 in accordance with the provisions of an agreement or agreements for cooperation between the Government of the United States and the Community entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: Provided, That the 42 USC 2153. Government of the United States obtains the equivalent of a first lien on any such material sold to the Community for which payment is not made in full at the time of transfer.”

  4. Pub. L. 90–190 § 13 · 81 Stat. 575

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2294

    Pub. L. 90–190 increased from seventy thousand to two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 and from five hundred to one thousand five hundred kilograms of plutonium respectively the amount of material authorized to be sold or leased to the Community, and inserted provision authorizing the Commission, after Dec. 31, 1968, to perform uranium enrichment services for the Community, pursuant to the provisions of section 2201(v)(B) of this title, in lieu of the sale or lease of such material

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 90–190 increased from seventy thousand to two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 and from five hundred to one thousand five hundred kilograms of plutonium respectively the amount of material authorized to be sold or leased to the Community, and inserted provision authorizing the Commission, after Dec. 31, 1968, to perform uranium enrichment services for the Community, pursuant to the provisions of section 2201(v)(B) of this title, in lieu of the sale or lease of such material.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 13. Section 5 of the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended, is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 5. Pursuant to the provisions of section 54 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, there is hereby authorized for sale or lease to the Community— “two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235; “one thousand five hundred kilograms of plutonium; and “thirty kilograms of uranium 233; in accordance with the provisions of an agreement or agreements for cooperation between the Government of the United States and the Community entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 123 of the 42 USC 2153. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended: Provided, That the Government of the United States obtains the equivalent of a first lien on any such material sold to the Community for which payment is not made in full at the time of transfer. The Commission may enter into contracts to provide, after December 31, 1968, for the producing or enriching of all, or part of, the above-mentioned contained uranium 235 pursuant 78 Stat. 606. 42 USC 220l. to the provisions of subsection 161 v. (B) of said Act, as amended, in lieu of sale or lease thereof.”

  5. Pub. L. 93–88 · 87 Stat. 296

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2294

    Pub. L. 93–88 substituted “an amount of contained uranium 235 which does not exceed that necessary to support the fuel cycle of power reactors located within the Community having a total installed capacity of thirty-five thousand megawatts of electric energy, together with twenty-five thousand kilograms of contained uranium for other purposes” for “two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 93–88 substituted “an amount of contained uranium 235 which does not exceed that necessary to support the fuel cycle of power reactors located within the Community having a total installed capacity of thirty-five thousand megawatts of electric energy, together with twenty-five thousand kilograms of contained uranium for other purposes” for “two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235”.

5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

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.

Amendments1961–1973 · 4 rounds

1973

Pub. L. 93–88 substituted “an amount of contained uranium 235 which does not exceed that necessary to support the fuel cycle of power reactors located within the Community having a total installed capacity of thirty-five thousand megawatts of electric energy, together with twenty-five thousand kilograms of contained uranium for other purposes” for “two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235”.

1967

Pub. L. 90–190 increased from seventy thousand to two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 and from five hundred to one thousand five hundred kilograms of plutonium respectively the amount of material authorized to be sold or leased to the Community, and inserted provision authorizing the Commission, after , to perform uranium enrichment services for the Community, pursuant to the provisions of section 2201(v)(B) of this title, in lieu of the sale or lease of such material.

1964

Pub. L. 88–394 increased the amount of contained uranium 235 from thirty thousand kilograms to seventy thousand kilograms, and plutonium, from nine kilograms to five hundred kilograms.

1961

Pub. L. 87–206 substituted “Nine kilograms” for “One kilogram” of plutonium and inserted item reading “Thirty kilograms of uranium 233” and “or agreements”.

Credits

1958–1973 · 5 acts
  1. 1958Pub. L. 85–846, § 5, , 72 Stat. 1085
  2. 1961Pub. L. 87–206, § 19, , 75 Stat. 479
  3. 1964Pub. L. 88–394, § 5, , 78 Stat. 376
  4. 1967Pub. L. 90–190, § 13, , 81 Stat. 578
  5. 1973Pub. L. 93–88, , 87 Stat. 296.
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(Pub. L. 85–846, § 5, , 72 Stat. 1085; Pub. L. 87–206, § 19, , 75 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 88–394, § 5, , 78 Stat. 376; Pub. L. 90–190, § 13, , 81 Stat. 578; Pub. L. 93–88, , 87 Stat. 296.)

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