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69 ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 Sec. 133
sidered pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 130 of
this Act for the consideration of Presidential submission;
(B) The Secretary of Energy has complied with subsection
a.; and
(C) The Secretary of Energy has complied, or in the ar-
rangement will comply with all other statutory requirements of
this Act, under sections 54 and 55 and any other applicable
sections, and any other requirements of law.
(2) Subsection 1 (1) shall not apply to the storage or other dis-
position in the United States of limited quantities of foreign spent
nuclear fuel if the President determines that (A) a commitment
under section 54 or 55 of this Act of the United States for storage
or other disposition of such limited quantities in the United States
is required by an emergency situation, (B) it is in the national in-
terest to take such immediate action, and (C) he notifies the Com-
mittees on Foreign Affairs and Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives 2 and the Committees on Foreign Re-
lations and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate of the de-
termination and action, with a detailed explanation and justifica-
tion thereof, as soon as possible.
(3) Any plan submitted by the President under subsection f. (1)
shall include a detailed discussion, with detailed information, and
any supporting documentation thereof, relating to policy objectives,
technical description, geographic information, cost data and jus-
tifications, legal and regulatory considerations, environmental im-
pact information and any related international agreements, ar-
rangements or understandings.
(4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "foreign spent
nuclear fuel" shall include any nuclear fuel irradiated in any nu-
clear power reactor located outside of the United States and oper-
ated by any foreign legal entity, government or nongovernment, re-
gardless of the legal ownership or other control of the fuel or the
reactor and regardless of the origin or licensing of the fuel or reac-
tor, but not including fuel irradiated in a research reactor.
[42 U.S.C. 2160]
SEC. 132. AUTHORITY To SUSPEND NUCLEAR COOPERATION
WITH NATIONS WHICH HAVE NOT RATIFIED THE CONVENTION ON
THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL.-
"The President may suspend nuclear cooperation under this
Act with any nation or group of nations which has not ratified the
Convention on the Physical Security of Nuclear Material."
[42 U.S.C. 2160b]
SEC. 133. CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CONCERNING CERTAIN EXPORTS AND SUBSEQUENT ARRANGE-
MENTS.-
1So in original. Probably should be "paragraph".
2 The name of the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives was
changed to Committee on Foreign Affairs on Feb. 5, 1979, by House Resolution 89, 96th Con-
gress. The name was also changed to the Committee on International Relations at the beginning
of the 104th Congress. The name of the Committee on Science and Technology of the House
of Representatives was changed to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on January
6, 1987, by House Resolution 5, 100th Congress. The name was also changed to the Committee
on Science at the beginning of the 104th Congress.
November 13, 1998
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