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42 U.S.C. § 2297f — Gaseous diffusion facilities

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42 U.S.C. § 2297f — Gaseous diffusion facilities

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**(a) Issuance of standards** Within 2 years after October 24, 1992, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall establish by regulation such standards as are necessary to govern the gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facilities of the Department in order to protect the public health and safety from radiological hazard and provide for the common defense and security. Regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall, among other things, require that adequate safeguards (within the meaning of [section 2167 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2167&num=0&edition=prelim)) are in place. **(b) Annual report** (1) **In general** — Not later than the date on which a certificate of compliance is issued under subsection (c), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, shall report to the Congress on the status of health, safety, and environmental conditions at the gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facilities of the Department. (2) **Required determination** — Such report shall include a determination regarding whether the gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facilities of the Department are in compliance with the standards established under subsection (a) and all applicable laws. **(c) Certification process** (1) **Establishment** — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall establish a certification process to ensure that the Corporation complies with standards established under subsection (a). (2) **Periodic application for certificate of compliance** — The Corporation shall apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a certificate of compliance under paragraph (1) periodically, as determined by the Commission, but not less than every 5 years. The Commission shall review any such application and any determination made under subsection (b)(2) shall be based on the results of any such review. (3) **Treatment of certificate of compliance** — The requirement for a certificate of compliance under paragraph (1) shall be in lieu of any requirement for a license for any gaseous diffusion facility of the Department leased by the Corporation. (4) **NRC review** (A) *In general* — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, shall review the operations of the Corporation with respect to any gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facilities of the Department leased by the Corporation to ensure that public health and safety are adequately protected. (B) *Access to facilities and information* — The Corporation and the Department shall cooperate fully with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency and shall provide the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency with the ready access to the facilities, personnel, and information the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency consider necessary to carry out their responsibilities under this subsection. A contractor operating a Corporation facility for the Corporation shall provide the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency with ready access to the facilities, personnel, and information of the contractor as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency consider necessary to carry out their responsibilities under this subsection. (C) *Limitation* — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall limit its finding under subsection (b)(2) to a determination of whether the facilities are in compliance with the standards established under subsection (a). **(d) Requirement for operation** The gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facilities of the Department may not be operated by the Corporation unless the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, makes a determination of compliance under subsection (b) or approves a plan prepared by the Department for achieving compliance required under subsection (b).

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42 U.S.C. § 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** In addition to any other authority or requirement regarding protection from disclosure of information, and subject to subsection (b)(3) of [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim), the Commission shall prescribe such regulations, after notice and opportunity for public comment, or issue such orders, as necessary to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of safeguards information which specifically identifies a licensee’s or applicant’s detailed— (1) control and accounting procedures or security measures (including security plans, procedures, and equipment) for the physical protection of special nuclear material, by whomever possessed, whether in transit or at fixed sites, in quantities determined by the Commission to be significant to the public health and safety or the common defense and security; (2) security measures (including security plans, procedures, and equipment) for the physical protection of source material or byproduct material, by whomever possessed, whether in transit or at fixed sites, in quantities determined by the Commission to be significant to the public health and safety or the common defense and security; or (3) security measures (including security plans, procedures, and equipment) for the physical protection of and the location of certain plant equipment vital to the safety of production or utilization facilities involving nuclear materials covered by paragraphs (1) and (2) 11 So in original. Pr

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42 U.S.C. § 2297f — Gaseous diffusion facilities

Page 5565 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 2297f SUBCHAPTER VI—LICENSING AND REGU- LATION OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT FA- CILITIES § 2297f. Gaseous diffusion facilities (a) Issuance of standards Within 2 years after October 24, 1992, the Nu- clear Regulatory Commission shall establish by regulation such standards as are necessary to govern the gaseous diffusion uranium enrich- ment facilities of the Department in order to protect the public health and safety from radio- logical hazard and provide for the common de- fense and security. Regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall, among other things, require that adequate safeguards (within the meaning of section 2167 of this title) are in place. (b) Annual report (1) In general Not later than the date on which a certifi- cate of compliance is issued under subsection (c), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the Department and the En- vironmental Protection Agency, shall report to the Congress on the status of health, safety, and environmental conditions at the gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facilities of the Department. (2) Required determination Such report shall include a determination regarding whether the gaseous diffusion ura- nium enrichment facilities of the Department are in compliance with the standards estab- lished under subsection (a) and all applicable laws. (c) Certification process (1) Establishment The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall establish a certification process to ensure that the Corporation complies with standards es- tablished under subsection (a). (2) Periodic application for certificate of com- pliance The Corporation shall apply to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a certificate of compliance under paragraph (1)

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