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[CITE: 42USC2284]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XVII--ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER
 
Sec. 2284. Sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel


(a) Physical damage to facilities, etc.

    Any person who intentionally and willfully destroys or causes 
physical damage to, or who intentionally and willfully attempts to 
destroy or cause physical damage to--
        (1) any production facility or utilization facility licensed 
    under this chapter;
        (2) any nuclear waste storage facility licensed under this 
    chapter;
        (3) any nuclear fuel for such a utilization facility, or any 
    spent nuclear fuel from such a facility; or
        (4) any uranium enrichment facility licensed by the Nuclear 
    Regulatory Commission.\1\
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    \1\ So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.

shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than ten 
years, or both.

(b) Unauthorized use or tampering with facilities, etc.

    Any person who intentionally and willfully causes or attempts to 
cause an interruption of normal operation of any such facility through 
the unauthorized use of or tampering with the machinery, components, or 
controls of any such facility, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 236, as added Pub. L. 96-295, 
title II, Sec. 204(a), June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 787; amended Pub. L. 97-
415, Sec. 16, Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2076; Pub. L. 101-575, Sec. 5(d), 
Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2835; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, 
title IX, Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 101-575, which directed amendment of 
this section by adding par. (4) after par. (3), was executed by adding 
par. (4) after par. (3) of subsec. (a) of this section to reflect the 
probable intent of Congress.
    1983--Pub. L. 97-415 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 18 sections 2332b, 2516.
