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[CITE: 42USC2294]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
                  SUBCHAPTER XVIII--EURATOM COOPERATION
 
Sec. 2294. Authorization for sale or lease of uranium and 
        plutonium; amounts; lien for nonpayment; uranium enrichment 
        services
        
    Pursuant to the provisions of section 2074 of this title, there is 
hereby authorized for sale or lease to the Community--
        an amount of contained uranium 235 which does not exceed that 
    necessary to support the fuel cycle of power reactors located within 
    the Community having a total installed capacity of thirty-five 
    thousand megawatts of electric energy, together with twenty-five 
    thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 for other purposes;
        one thousand five hundred kilograms of plutonium; and
        thirty kilograms of uranium 233;

in accordance with the provisions of an agreement or agreements for 
cooperation between the Government of the United States and the 
Community entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 2153 of 
this title: Provided, That the Government of the United States obtains 
the equivalent of a first lien on any such material sold to the 
Community for which payment is not made in full at the time of transfer. 
The Commission may enter into contracts to provide, after December 31, 
1968, for the producing or enriching of all, or part of, the above-
mentioned contained uranium 235 pursuant to the provisions of section 
2201(v)(B) of this title in lieu of sale or lease thereof.

(Pub. L. 85-846, Sec. 5, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1085; Pub. L. 87-206, 
Sec. 19, Sept. 6, 1961, 75 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 88-394, Sec. 5, Aug. 1, 
1964, 78 Stat. 376; Pub. L. 90-190, Sec. 13, Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 
578; Pub. L. 93-88, Aug. 14, 1973, 87 Stat. 296.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958 
which comprises this subchapter, and not as part of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1973--Pub. L. 93-88 substituted ``an amount of contained uranium 235 
which does not exceed that necessary to support the fuel cycle of power 
reactors located within the Community having a total installed capacity 
of thirty-five thousand megawatts of electric energy, together with 
twenty-five thousand kilograms of contained uranium for other purposes'' 
for ``two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235''.
    1967--Pub. L. 90-190 increased from seventy thousand to two hundred 
fifteen thousand kilograms of contained uranium 235 and from five 
hundred to one thousand five hundred kilograms of plutonium respectively 
the amount of material authorized to be sold or leased to the Community, 
and inserted provision authorizing the Commission, after Dec. 31, 1968, 
to perform uranium enrichment services for the Community, pursuant to 
the provisions of section 2201(v)(B) of this title, in lieu of the sale 
or lease of such material.
    1964--Pub. L. 88-394 increased the amount of contained uranium 235 
from thirty thousand kilograms to seventy thousand kilograms, and 
plutonium, from nine kilograms to five hundred kilograms.
    1961--Pub. L. 87-206 substituted ``Nine kilograms'' for ``One 
kilogram'' of plutonium and inserted item reading ``Thirty kilograms of 
uranium 233'' and ``or agreements''.

                          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.
