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[CITE: 42USC2138]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
                  SUBCHAPTER IX--ATOMIC ENERGY LICENSES
 
Sec. 2138. Suspension of licenses during war or national 
        emergency
        
    Whenever the Congress declares that a state of war or national 
emergency exists, the Commission is authorized to suspend any licenses 
granted under this chapter if in its judgment such action is necessary 
to the common defense and security. The Commission is authorized during 
such period, if the Commission finds it necessary to the common defense 
and security, to order the recapture of any special nuclear material or 
to order the operation of any facility licensed under section 2133 or 
2134 of this title, and is authorized to order the entry into any plant 
or facility in order to recapture such material, or to operate such 
facility. Just compensation shall be paid for any damages caused by the 
recapture of any special nuclear material or by the operation of any 
such facility.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 108, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 
1073, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 939; amended Pub. L. 86-373, Sec. 2, Sept. 23, 
1959, 73 Stat. 691; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title IX, 
Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)


                               Amendments

    1959--Pub. L. 86-373 struck out ``distributed under the provisions 
of section 2073(a) of this title,'' before ``or to order''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions 
notes set out under those sections.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2073, 2201, 2221, 2233, 2272 
of this title.
