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PUBLIC LAW 86-846--AUG. 28, 1968

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Public Law 85*846 August 2B, 1958 t^'*^*^^^ EUR ATOM Cooperation Act of 1958. Definitions.

68 Stat. 921. 42 USC 2011 note.

42 USC 2153.

42 USC 2014. Research and de« v e l o p m e n t program. Appropriation. 42 USC 2017.

Guwantee c o n * tracts. 42 USC 2017.

31 USC 665.

41 USC 5.

AN ACT To provide for cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the " E U R A TO M Cooperation Act of 1958". SEC. 2. As used in this Act— (a) "The Community" means the European Atomic Energy Community ( E U R A TO M). (b) The "Commission" means the Atomic Energy Commission, as established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. (c) "Joint program" means the cooperative program established by the Community and the United States and carried out in accordance with the provisions of an agreement for cooperation entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 19^4, as amended, to bring into operation in the territory of the members of the Community powerplants using nuclear reactors of types selected by the Commission and the Community, having as a goal a total installed capacity of approximately one million kilowatts of electricity by December 31, 1963, except that two reactors may be selected to be in operation by December 31, 1965. (d) All other terms used in this Act shall have the same meaning as terms described in section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, in accordance with the provisions of section 261(a)(2) of the Atomic Energ}^ Act of 1954, as amended, the sum of $3,000,000 as an initial authorization for fiscal year 1959 for use in a cooperative program of research and development in connection with the types of reactors selected by the Commission and the Community under the joint program. The Commission may enter into contracts for such periods as it deems necessary, but in no event to exceed five years, for the purpose of conducting the research and development program authorized by this section: Provided, That the Community authorizes an equivalent amount for use in the cooperative program of research and development. SEC. 4. The Commission is authorized, within limits of amounts which may hereafter be authorized to be appropriated in accordance with the provisions of section 261(a)(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to make guarantee contracts which shall in the aggregate not exceed a total contingent liability of $90,000,000 designed to assure that the charges to an operator of a reactor constructed under the joint program for fabricating, processing, and transporting fuel will be no greater than would result under the fuel fabricating and fuel life guarantees which the Commission shall establish for such reactor. Within the limits of such amounts, the Commission is authorized to make contracts under this section, without regard to the provisions of sections 3679 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for such periods of time as it determines to be necessary: Provided, however, That no such contracts may extend for a period longer than that necessary to cover fuel loaded into a reactor constructed under the joint program during the first ten years of the reactor operation or prior to December 31, 1973 (or December 31, 1976, for not more than two reactors selected under section 2(c)), whichever is earlier. I n establishing criteria for the selection of

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