2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS (§§ 2501 - 2822)
Subchapter V - SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS (§§ 2651 - 2691)
Part A - Safeguards and Security (§§ 2651 - 2660)
Section 2660 - Design and use of prototypes of nuclear weapons for intelligence purposes
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS SUBCHAPTER V - SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS Part A - Safeguards and Security Sec. 2660 - Design and use of prototypes of nuclear weapons for intelligence purposes |
| Contains | section 2660 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLV, §4509, as added Pub. L. 112-239, div. C, title XXXI, §3115(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2172. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 126 Stat. 2172 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 107-314, Public Law 112-239 |
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The Administrator shall develop and carry out a plan for the national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities to design and build prototypes of nuclear weapons to further intelligence estimates with respect to foreign nuclear weapons activities.
(b) Prohibition on production of nuclear yieldsIn carrying out subsection (a), the Administrator may not conduct any experiments that produce a nuclear yield.
(Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, §4509, as added Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, §3115(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2172.)
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