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22 U.S.C. § 3242 — Reevaluation of nuclear fuel cycle
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The President shall take immediate initiatives to invite all nuclear supplier and recipient nations to reevaluate all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, with emphasis on alternatives to an economy based on the separation of pure plutonium or the presence of high enriched uranium, methods to deal with spent fuel storage, and methods to improve the safeguards for existing nuclear technology. The President shall, in the first report required by [section 3281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3281&num=0&edition=prelim), detail the progress of such international reevaluation.
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The President shall take immediate initiatives to invite all nuclear supplier and recipient nations to reevaluate all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, with emphasis on alternatives to an economy based on the separation of pure plutonium or the presence of high enriched uranium, methods to deal with spent fuel storage, and methods to improve the safeguards for existing nuclear technology. The President shall, in the first report required by [section 3281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3281&num=0&edition=prelim), detail the progress of such international reevaluation.
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**(a) Actions to be taken by President** The Congress hereby directs the President—
(1) to seek universal adherence to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material;
(2) to—
(A) conduct a review, enlisting the participation of all relevant departments and agencies of the Government, to determine whether the recommendations on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material published by the International Atomic Energy Agency are adequate to deter theft, sabotage, and the use of nuclear facilities and materials in acts of international terrorism, and
(B) transmit the results of this review to the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(3) to take, in concert with United States allies and other countries, such steps as may be necessary—
(A) to keep to a minimum the amount of weapons-grade nuclear material in international transit, and
(B) to ensure that when any such material is transported internationally, it is under the most effective means for adequately protecting it from acts or attempted acts of sabotage or theft by terrorist groups or nations; and
(4) to seek agreement in the United Nations Security Council to establish—
(A) an effective regime of international sanctions against any nation or subnational group which conducts or sponsors acts of international nuclear terrorism, and
(B) measures for coordinating responses to all acts of international nuclear terrorism, including measures for the recovery of stolen nuclear material and the clean-up of nuclear releases.
**(b) Reports to Congress** The President shall report to the Congress annually, in the reports required by [section 3281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3281&num=0&edition=prelim), on the prog
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**(a) Energy development programs** The United States shall initiate a program, consistent with the aims of [section 3261 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3261&num=0&edition=prelim), to cooperate with developing countries for the purpose of—
(1) meeting the energy needs required for the development of such countries;
(2) reducing the dependence of such countries on petroleum fuels, with emphasis given to utilizing solar and other renewable energy resources; and
(3) expanding the energy alternatives available to such countries.
**(b) Energy assessments and cooperative projects** Such program shall include cooperation in evaluating the energy alternatives of developing countries, facilitating international trade in energy commodities, developing energy resources, and applying suitable energy technologies. The program shall include both general and country-specific energy assessments and cooperative projects in resource exploration and production, training, research and development.
**(c) Exchange of scientists, technicians, and energy experts** As an integral part of such program, the Department of Energy, under the general policy guidance of the Department of State and in cooperation with the Agency for International Development and other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall initiate, as soon as practicable, a program for the exchange of United States scientists, technicians, and energy experts with those of developing countries to implement the purposes of this section.
**(d) Authorization of appropriations** For the purposes of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are contained in annual authorization Acts for the Department of Energy, including such sums which h
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3244
of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 which com-
prises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS
1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted ‘‘Science, Space, and
Technology’’ for ‘‘Science and Technology’’.
SUBCHAPTER II—UNITED STATES INITIA-
TIVES
TO
STRENGTHEN
THE
INTER-
NATIONAL SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM
§ 3241. Congressional declaration of policy
The United States is committed to continued
strong support for the principles of the Treaty
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to
a strengthened and more effective International
Atomic Energy Agency and to a comprehensive
safeguards system administered by the Agency
to deter proliferation. Accordingly, the United
States shall seek to act with other nations to—
(a) continue to strengthen the safeguards
program of the IAEA and, in order to imple-
ment this section, contribute funds, technical
resources, and other support to assist the
IAEA in effectively implementing safeguards;
(b) ensure that the IAEA has the resources
to carry out the provisions of Article XII of
the Statute of the IAEA;
(c) improve the IAEA safeguards system (in-
cluding accountability) to ensure—
(1) the timely detection of a possible diver-
sion of source or special nuclear materials
which could be used for nuclear explosive de-
vices;
(2) the timely dissemination of informa-
tion regarding such diversion; and
(3) the timely implementation of inter-
nationally agreed procedures in the event of
such diversion;
(d) ensure that the IAEA receives on a time-
ly basis the data needed for it to administer
an effective and comprehensive international
safeguards program and that the IAEA pro-
vides timely notice to the world community of
any evidence of a violation of any safeguards
agreem
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