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 118 STAT. 2168 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (C) A plan, including activities under the program under this section, for the removal, security, or both of proliferation attractive fissile materials, radiological materials, or related equipment at vulnerable facilities and sites worldwide, including measurable milestones, metrics, and estimated costs for the implementation of the plan. (3) A summary of each report under this subsection shall also be submitted to Congress in unclassified form. (e) FUNDING.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities shall be available for purposes of the program under this section. (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) The term ‘‘fissile materials’’ means plutonium, highly enriched uranium, or other material capable of sustaining an explosive nuclear chain reaction, including irradiated items containing such materials if the radiation field from such items is not sufficient to prevent the theft or misuse of such items. (2) The term ‘‘radiological materials’’ includes Americium 241, Californium 252, Cesium 137, Cobalt 60, Iridium 192, Plutonium 238, Radium 226, Strontium 90, Curium 244, and irradiated items containing such materials, or other materials designated by the Secretary of Energy for purposes of this paragraph. (3) The term ‘‘related equipment’’ includes equipment useful for enrichment of uranium in the isotope 235 and for extraction of fissile materials from irradiated fuel rods and other equip ment designated by the Secretary of Energy for purposes of this section. (4) The term ‘‘highly enriched uranium’’ means uranium enriched to or above 20 percent in the isotope 235. (5) The term ‘‘low enriched uranium’’ means uranium enriched below 20 percent in the isotope 235. (6) The term ‘‘proliferation attractive’’, in the case of fissile materials and radiological materials, means quantities and types of such materials that are determined by the Secretary of Energy to present a significant risk to the national security of the United States if diverted to a use relating to proliferation. SEC. 3133. SILK ROAD INITIATIVE. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—(1) The Secretary of Energy may carry out a program, to be known as the Silk Road Initiative, to promote non weapons related employment opportunities for sci entists, engineers, and technicians formerly engaged in activities to develop and produce weapons of mass destruction in Silk Road nations. The program should— (A) incorporate best practices under the Initiatives for Pro liferation Prevention program; and (B) facilitate commercial partnerships between private enti ties in the United States and scientists, engineers, and techni cians in the Silk Road nations. (2) Before implementing the program with respect to multiple Silk Road nations, the Secretary of Energy shall carry out a pilot program with respect to one Silk Road nation selected by the Secretary. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should select the Republic of Georgia. (b) SILK ROAD NATIONS DEFINED.—In this section, the Silk Road nations are Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Republic of Georgia, 50 USC 2570.

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