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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-242—MAR. 10, 1978

92 STAT. 121

ment to supply nuclear reactors and fuel to nations which adhere to effective non-proliferation policies; (c) providing incentives to the other nations of the world to join in such international cooperative efforts and to ratify the ,, Treaty; and (d) ensuring effective controls by the United States over its exports of nuclear materials and equipment and of nuclear technology. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 4. (a) As used in this Act, the term— (1) "Commission" means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (2) "Director" means the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; (3) "IAEA" means International Atomic Energy Agency; (4) "nuclear materials and equipment" means source material, special nuclear material, production facilities, utilization facilities, and components, items or substances determined to have significance for nuclear explosive purposes pursuant to subsection 109 b. of the 1954 Act; (5) "physical security measures" means measures to reasonably ensure that source or special nuclear material Avill only be used for authorized purposes and to prevent theft and sabotage; (6) "sensitive nuclear technology" means any information (including information incorporated in a production or utilization facility or important component part thereof) which is not available to the public and which is important to the design, construction, fabrication, operation or maintenance of a uranium enrichment or nuclear fuel reprocessing facility or a facility for i,: the production of heavy water, but shall not include Restricted • Data controlled pursuant to chapter 12 of the 1954 Act; t (7) "1954 Act' means the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; and (8) "the Treaty" means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, (b) All other terms used in this Act not defined in this section shall have the meanings ascribed to them by the 1954 Act, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and the Treaty.

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42 USC 5801 note.

TITLE I—UNITED STATES I N I T I A T IV E S TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NUCLEAR F U E L SUPPLY '

POLICY

SEC. 101. The United States, as a matter of national policy, shall 22 USC 3221. take such actions and institute such measures as may be necessary and feasible to assure other nations and groups of nations that may seek to utilize the benefits of atomic energy for peaceful purposes that it will provide a reliable supply of nuclear fuel to those nations and groups of nations which adhere to policies designed to prevent proliferation. Such nuclear fuel shall be provided under agreements entered into pursuant to section 161 of the 1954 Act or as otherwise 42 USC 2201. authorized by law. The United States shall ensure that it will have available the capacity on a long-term basis to enter into new fuel supply commitments consistent with its non-proliferation policies and domestic energy needs. The Commission shall, on a timely basis,