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42 USC 2133.
42 USC 2134. Purchase of special nuclear material. 42 USC 2074.
Acquisition. 42 USC 2075.
41 USC 5.
PUBLIC LAW 88-489-AUG. 26, 1964
[78 STAT.
material will be distributed by grant and for the determination of whether a charge will be made for the use of special nuclear material licensed and distributed by lease under subsection 53 a.. (1), (2) or (4), considering, amon^ other things, whether the licensee is a nonprofit or eleemosynary institution and the purposes for which the special nuclear material will be used." SEC. 7. Subsection 53 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding the words "by lease" after the word "distributed", and by amending subsection d. (5) to read as follows: "(5) with respect to special nuclear material consumed in a facility licensed pursuant to section 103, the Commission shall make a further charge equivalent to the sale price for similar special nuclear material established by the Commission in accordance with subsection 53 c. (2), and the Commission may make such a charge with respect to such material consumed in a facility licensed pursuant to section 104." SEC. 8. Subsection 53 e. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by deleting subsection 53 e. (1). SEC. 9. Section 54 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "The Commission may agree to repurchase any special nuclear material distributed under a sale arrangement pursuant to this section which is not consumed in the course of the activities conducted in accordance with the agreement for cooperation, or any uranium remaining after irradiation of such special nuclear material, at a repurchase price not to exceed the Commission's sale price for comparable special nuclear material or uranium in effect at the time of delivery of such material to the Commission. The Commission may also agree to purchase, consistent with and within the period of the agreement for cooperation, special nuclear material produced in a nuclear reactor located outside the United States through the use of special nuclear material which was leased or sold pursuant to this section. LTnder any such agreement, the Commission shall purchase only such material as is delivered to the Commission during any period when there is in effect a guaranteed purchase price for the same material produced in a nuclear reactor by a person licensed under section 104, established by the Commission pursuant to section 56, and the price to be paid shall be the price so established by the Commission and in effect for the same material delivered to the Commission." SEC. 10. Section 55 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 55. ACQUISITION.—The Commission is authorized, to the extent it deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Act, to purchase without regard to the limitations in section 54 or any guaranteed purchase prices established pursuant to section 56, and to take, requisition, condemn, or otherwise acquire any special nuclear material or any interest therein. Any contract of purchase made under this section may be made without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, upon certification by the Commission that such action is necessary in the interest of the common defense and security, or upon a showing by the Commission that advertising is not reasonably practicable. Partial and advance payments may be made under contracts for such purposes. J u s t compensation shall be made for any right, property, or interest in property taken, requisitioned, or condemned under this section."
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