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22 U.S.C. § 6324 — Definitions

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22 U.S.C. § 6324 — Definitions

As used in this subchapter— (1) the term “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the isotope U–235; (2) the term “IAEA” means the International Atomic Energy Agency; (3) the term “near real time material accountancy” means a method of accounting for the location, quantity, and disposition of special fissionable material at facilities that store or process such material, in which verification of peaceful use is continuously achieved by means of frequent physical inventories and the use of in-process instrumentation; (4) the term “special fissionable material” has the meaning given that term by Article XX(1) of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, done at the Headquarters of the United Nations on October 26, 1956; (5) the term “the Treaty” means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968; and (6) the terms “IAEA safeguards”, “non-nuclear-weapon state”, “nuclear explosive device”, and “special nuclear material” have the meanings given those terms in [section 6305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6305&num=0&edition=prelim).

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As used in this subchapter— (1) the term “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the isotope U–235; (2) the term “IAEA” means the International Atomic Energy Agency; (3) the term “near real time material accountancy” means a method of accounting for the location, quantity, and disposition of special fissionable material at facilities that store or process such material, in which verification of peaceful use is continuously achieved by means of frequent physical inventories and the use of in-process instrumentation; (4) the term “special fissionable material” has the meaning given that term by Article XX(1) of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, done at the Headquarters of the United Nations on October 26, 1956; (5) the term “the Treaty” means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968; and (6) the terms “IAEA safeguards”, “non-nuclear-weapon state”, “nuclear explosive device”, and “special nuclear material” have the meanings given those terms in [section 6305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6305&num=0&edition=prelim).

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22 U.S.C. § 6305 — Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter— (1) the term “foreign person” means— (A) an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or (B) a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernment entity which is created or organized under the laws of a foreign country or which has its principal place of business outside the United States; (2) the term “goods or technology” means— (A) nuclear materials and equipment and sensitive nuclear technology (as such terms are defined in [section 3203 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3203&num=0&edition=prelim)), all export items designated by the President pursuant to [section 2139a(c) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2139a/c&num=0&edition=prelim), and all technical assistance requiring authorization under [section 2077(b) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2077/b&num=0&edition=prelim), and (B) in the case of exports from a country other than the United States, any goods or technology that, if exported from the United States, would be goods or technology described in subparagraph (A); (3) the term “IAEA safeguards” means the safeguards set forth in an agreement between a country and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as authorized by Article III(A)(5) of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency; (4) the term “nuclear explosive device” means any device, whether assembled or disassembled, that is designed to produce an instantaneous release of an amount of nuclear energy from special nuclear material that is greater than the amount of energy that would be released from the det

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22 U.S.C. § 6324 — Definitions

Page 1794 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 6323 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘section;’’. 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subsection (a) of this sec- tion’’. (1) improve the access of the IAEA within nuclear facilities that are capable of pro- ducing, processing, or fabricating special nu- clear material suitable for use in a nuclear ex- plosive device; (2)(A) facilitate the IAEA’s efforts to meet and to maintain its own goals for detecting the diversion of nuclear materials and equip- ment, giving particular attention to facilities in which there are bulk quantities of pluto- nium; and (B) if it is not technically feasible for the IAEA to meet those detection goals in a par- ticular facility, require the IAEA to declare publicly that it is unable to do so; (3) enable the IAEA to issue fines for viola- tions of safeguards procedures, to pay rewards for information on possible safeguards viola- tions, and to establish a ‘‘hot line’’ for the re- porting of such violations and other illicit uses of weapons-grade nuclear material; (4) establish safeguards at facilities engaged in the manufacture of equipment or material that is especially designated or prepared for the processing, use, or production of special fissionable material or, in the case of non-nu- clear-weapon states, of any nuclear explosive device; (5) establish safeguards over nuclear re- search and development activities and facili- ties; (6) implement special inspections of undeclared nuclear facilities, as provided for under existing safeguards procedures, and seek authority for the IAEA to conduct challenge inspections on demand at suspected nuclear sites; (7) expand the scope of safeguards to include tritium, uranium concentrates, and nuclear was

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