2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 23 - Development and Control of Atomic Energy (Sections 2011 - 2297h-13)
Division A - Atomic Energy (Sections 2011 - 2296b-7)
Subchapter XVII-A - Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Sections 2286 - 2286l)
Sec. 2286g - "Department of Energy defense nuclear facility" defined

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 23 - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
Division A - Atomic Energy
SUBCHAPTER XVII-A - DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Sec. 2286g - Department of Energy defense nuclear facility" defined
Containssection 2286g
Date2014
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 5, 2015
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, §318, as added Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title XIV, §1441(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2083; amended Pub. L. 102-190, div. C, title XXXII, §3202(b)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1582; renumbered title I and amended Pub. L. 102-486, title IX, §902(a)(7), (8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.
Presidential Document NumberExecutive Order 12344
Statutes at Large References96 Stat. 2201
102 Stat. 2083
105 Stat. 1582
106 Stat. 2944
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 97-425, Public Law 100-456, Public Law 102-190, Public Law 102-486, Public Law 104-134

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42 U.S.C. § 2286g (2014)
§2286g. "Department of Energy defense nuclear facility" defined

As used in this subchapter, the term "Department of Energy defense nuclear facility" means any of the following:

(1) A production facility or utilization facility (as defined in section 2014 of this title) that is under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy and that is operated for national security purposes, but the term does not include—

(A) any facility or activity covered by Executive Order No. 12344, dated February 1, 1982, pertaining to the Naval nuclear propulsion program;

(B) any facility or activity involved with the transportation of nuclear explosives or nuclear material;

(C) any facility that does not conduct atomic energy defense activities; or

(D) any facility owned by the United States Enrichment Corporation.


(2) A nuclear waste storage facility under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy, but the term does not include a facility developed pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) and licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, §318, as added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XIV, §1441(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2083; amended Pub. L. 102–190, div. C, title XXXII, §3202(b)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1582; renumbered title I and amended Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, §902(a)(7), (8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Executive Order No. 12344, referred to in par. (1)(A), is set out as a note under section 2511 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. L. 97–425, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2201, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 108 (§10101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1992—Par. (1)(D). Pub. L. 102–486, §902(a)(7), added subpar. (D).

1991—Par. (1)(B). Pub. L. 102–190 struck out "with the assembly or testing of nuclear explosives or" after "involved".

REFERENCES TO UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION

References to the United States Enrichment Corporation deemed, as of the privatization date (July 28, 1998), to be references to the private corporation, see section 3116(e) of Pub. L. 104–134, set out as a note under former section 2297 of this title.

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