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42 U.S.C. § 2093 — Domestic distribution of source material

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42 U.S.C. § 2093 — Domestic distribution of source material

**(a) License** The Commission is authorized to issue licenses for and to distribute source material within the United States to qualified applicants requesting such material— (1) for the conduct of research and development activities of the types specified in [section 2051 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2051&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) for use in the conduct of research and development activities or in medical therapy under a license issued pursuant to [section 2134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2134&num=0&edition=prelim); (3) for use under a license issued pursuant to [section 2133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim); or (4) for any other use approved by the Commission as an aid to science or industry. **(b) Minimum criteria for licenses** The Commission shall establish, by rule, minimum criteria for the issuance of specific or general licenses for the distribution of source material depending upon the degree of importance to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public of— (1) the physical characteristics of the source material to be distributed; (2) the quantities of source material to be distributed; and (3) the intended use of the source material to be distributed. **(c) Determination of charges** The Commission may make a reasonable charge determined pursuant to [section 2201(m) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2201/m&num=0&edition=prelim) for the source material licensed and distributed under subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(4) and shall make a reasonable charge determ

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**(a) License** The Commission is authorized to issue licenses for and to distribute source material within the United States to qualified applicants requesting such material— (1) for the conduct of research and development activities of the types specified in [section 2051 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2051&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) for use in the conduct of research and development activities or in medical therapy under a license issued pursuant to [section 2134 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2134&num=0&edition=prelim); (3) for use under a license issued pursuant to [section 2133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim); or (4) for any other use approved by the Commission as an aid to science or industry. **(b) Minimum criteria for licenses** The Commission shall establish, by rule, minimum criteria for the issuance of specific or general licenses for the distribution of source material depending upon the degree of importance to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public of— (1) the physical characteristics of the source material to be distributed; (2) the quantities of source material to be distributed; and (3) the intended use of the source material to be distributed. **(c) Determination of charges** The Commission may make a reasonable charge determined pursuant to [section 2201(m) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2201/m&num=0&edition=prelim) for the source material licensed and distributed under subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(4) and shall make a reasonable charge determined pursuant to [section 2201(m) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2201/m&num=0&edition=prelim), for the source material licensed and distributed under subsection (a)(3). The Commission shall establish criteria in writing for the determination of whether a charge will be made for the source material licensed and distributed under subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(4), considering, among other things, whether the licensee is a nonprofit or eleemosynary institution and the purposes for which the source material will be used.

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42 U.S.C. § 2051 — Research and development assistance

**(a) Contracts and loans for research activities** The Commission is directed to exercise its powers in such manner as to insure the continued conduct of research and development and training activities in the fields specified below, by private or public institutions or persons, and to assist in the acquisition of an ever-expanding fund of theoretical and practical knowledge in such fields. To this end the Commission is authorized and directed to make arrangements (including contracts, agreements, and loans) for the conduct of research and development activities relating to— (1) nuclear processes; (2) the theory and production of atomic energy, including processes, materials, and devices related to such production; (3) utilization of special nuclear material and radioactive material for medical, biological, agricultural, health, or military purposes; (4) utilization of special nuclear material, atomic energy, and radioactive material and processes entailed in the utilization or production of atomic energy or such material for all other purposes, including industrial or commercial uses, the generation of usable energy, and the demonstration of advances in the commercial or industrial application of atomic energy; (5) the protection of health and the promotion of safety during research and production activities; and (6) the preservation and enhancement of a viable environment by developing more efficient methods to meet the Nation’s energy needs. **(b) Grants and contributions** The Commission is authorized— (1) to make grants and contributions to the cost of construction and operation of reactors and other facilities and other equipment to colleges, universities, hospitals, and eleemosynary or charitable institutions for the conduct of educational and training a

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42 U.S.C. § 2133 — Commercial licenses

**(a) Conditions** The Commission is authorized to issue licenses to persons applying therefor to transfer or receive in interstate commerce, manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, possess, use, import, or export under the terms of an agreement for cooperation arranged pursuant to [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim), utilization or production facilities for industrial or commercial purposes. Such licenses shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of subchapter XV and subject to such conditions as the Commission may by rule or regulation establish to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter. **(b) Nonexclusive basis** The Commission shall issue such licenses on a nonexclusive basis to persons applying therefor (1) whose proposed activities will serve a useful purpose proportionate to the quantities of special nuclear material or source material to be utilized; (2) who are equipped to observe and who agree to observe such safety standards to protect health and to minimize danger to life or property as the Commission may by rule establish; and (3) who agree to make available to the Commission such technical information and data concerning activities under such licenses as the Commission may determine necessary to promote the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public. All such information may be used by the Commission only for the purposes of the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public. **(c) License period** Each such license shall be issued for a specified period, as determined by the Commission, depending on the type of activity to be licensed, but not exceeding forty years fr

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42 U.S.C. § 2134 — Medical, industrial, and commercial licenses

**(a) Medical therapy** The Commission is authorized to issue licenses to persons applying therefor for utilization facilities for use in medical therapy. In issuing such licenses the Commission is directed to permit the widest amount of effective medical therapy possible with the amount of special nuclear material available for such purposes and to impose the minimum amount of regulation consistent with its obligations under this chapter to promote the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public. **(b) Industrial and commercial purposes** As provided for in subsection (b) or (c) of [section 2132 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2132&num=0&edition=prelim), or where specifically authorized by law, the Commission is authorized to issue licenses under this subsection to persons applying therefor for utilization and production facilities for industrial and commercial purposes. In issuing licenses under this subsection, the Commission shall impose the minimum amount of such regulations and terms of license as will permit the Commission to fulfill its obligations under this chapter. **(c) Research and development activities** (1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Commission is authorized to issue licenses to persons applying therefor for utilization and production facilities useful in the conduct of research and development activities of the types specified in [section 2051 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2051&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Regulation** — The Commission is directed to impose only such minimum amount of regulation of the licensee as the Commission finds will permit the Commission to fulf

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42 U.S.C. § 2093 — Domestic distribution of source material

Page 5412 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 2092 § 2092. License requirements for transfers Unless authorized by a general or specific li- cense issued by the Commission which the Com- mission is authorized to issue, no person may transfer or receive in interstate commerce, transfer, deliver, receive possession of or title to, or import into or export from the United States any source material after removal from its place of deposit in nature, except that li- censes shall not be required for quantities of source material which, in the opinion of the Commission, are unimportant. (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 62, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 932; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1805(b)(2) of this title, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954. § 2093. Domestic distribution of source material (a) License The Commission is authorized to issue licenses for and to distribute source material within the United States to qualified applicants requesting such material— (1) for the conduct of research and develop- ment activities of the types specified in sec- tion 2051 of this title; (2) for use in the conduct of research and de- velopment activities or in medical therapy under a license issued pursuant to section 2134 of this title; (3) for use under a license issued pursuant to section 2133 of this title; or (4) for any other use approved by the Com- mission as an aid to science or industry. (b) Minimum criteria for licenses The Commission shall establish, by rule, min- imum criteria for the issuance of specific or gen

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