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42 U.S.C. § 2210i — Secure transfer of nuclear materials

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42 U.S.C. § 2210i — Secure transfer of nuclear materials

**(a)** The Commission shall establish a system to ensure that materials described in subsection (b), when transferred or received in the United States by any party pursuant to an import or export license issued pursuant to this chapter, are accompanied by a manifest describing the type and amount of materials being transferred or received. Each individual receiving or accompanying the transfer of such materials shall be subject to a security background check conducted by appropriate Federal entities. **(b)** Except as otherwise provided by the Commission by regulation, the materials referred to in subsection (a) are byproduct materials, source materials, special nuclear materials, high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, and low-level radioactive waste (as defined in [section 10101(16) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10101/16&num=0&edition=prelim)).

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**(a)** The Commission shall establish a system to ensure that materials described in subsection (b), when transferred or received in the United States by any party pursuant to an import or export license issued pursuant to this chapter, are accompanied by a manifest describing the type and amount of materials being transferred or received. Each individual receiving or accompanying the transfer of such materials shall be subject to a security background check conducted by appropriate Federal entities. **(b)** Except as otherwise provided by the Commission by regulation, the materials referred to in subsection (a) are byproduct materials, source materials, special nuclear materials, high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, and low-level radioactive waste (as defined in [section 10101(16) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section10101/16&num=0&edition=prelim)).

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42 U.S.C. § 2011 — Congressional declaration of policy

Atomic energy is capable of application for peaceful as well as military purposes. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States that— **(a)** the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to make the maximum contribution to the general welfare, subject at all times to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to the common defense and security; and **(b)** the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to promote world peace, improve the general welfare, increase the standard of living, and strengthen free competition in private enterprise.

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42 U.S.C. § 2210i — Secure transfer of nuclear materials

Page 5518 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 2210i (V) requirements for effective and timely exchanges of information relating to the re- sults of criminal and security background checks between the Commission and any State with which the Commission has en- tered into an agreement under section 2021(b) of this title; (VI) assurances of the physical security of facilities that contain radiation sources (in- cluding facilities used to temporarily store radiation sources being transported); and (VII) the screening of shipments to facili- ties that the Commission determines to be particularly at risk for sabotage of radiation sources to ensure that the shipments do not contain explosives. (g) Action by Commission Not later than 60 days after the date of receipt by Congress and the President of a report under subsection (f)(3)(B), the Commission, in accord- ance with the recommendations of the task force, shall— (1) take any action the Commission deter- mines to be appropriate, including revising the system of the Commission for licensing radi- ation sources; and (2) ensure that States that have entered into agreements with the Commission under sec- tion 2021(b) of this title take similar action in a timely manner. (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 170H, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title VI, § 651(d)(1), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 802; amended Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1410.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (f)(3)(B)(i), (v), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For com- plete classification

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