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PUBLIC LAVt 91-560-DEC. 19. 1970

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Public Law 91-560 AN ACT December 19, 1970

[H. R. 18679]

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, amendments. 68 Stat. 927. 42 USC 2051.

Uranium, guarant e e d purchase price. 78 Stat. 605. 42 USC 2076. Intra. 68 Stat. 936. 42 USC 2132.

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to eliminate the requirement for a finding of practical value, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United StMes of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (4) of subsection 31 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(4) utilization of special nuclear material, atomic energy, and radioactive material and processes entailed in the utilization or production of atomic energy or such material for all other purposes, including industrial or commercial uses, the generation of usable energy, and the demonstration of advances in the commercial or industrial application of atomic energy; and". SEC. 2. The second sentence of section 56 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "The Commission shall also establish for such periods of time as it may deem necessary, but not to exceed ten years as to any such period, guaranteed purchase prices for uranium enriched in the isotope 233 produced in a nuclear reactor by a person licensed under section 103 or section 104 and delivered to the Commission within the period of the guarantee." SEC. 3. Section 102 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " SEC. 102. UTILIZATION AND PRODUCTION FACILITIES FOR INDUSTRIAL OR C O M M E R C I A L P U R P O S E S. —

eommercial l i c e n s e s, conditions. 42 USC 2133.

42 USC 2153. 42 USC 2134. Supra.

"•a. Except as provided in subsections b. and c, or otherwise specifically authorized by law, any license hereafter issued for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes shall be issued pursuant to section 103. "b. Any license hereafter issued for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes, the construction or operation of which was licensed pursuant to subsection 104 b. prior to enactment into law of this subsection, shall be issued under subsection 104 b. "c. Any license for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes constructed or operated under an arrangement with the Commission entered into under the Cooperative Power Keactor Demonstration Program shall, except as otherwise specifically required by applicable law, be issued under subsection 104 b." SEC. 4. The first sentence of subsection 103 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "The Commission is authorized to issue licenses to persons applying therefor to transfer or receive in interstate commerce, manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, possess, use, import, or export under the terms of an agreement for cooperation arranged pursuant to section 123, utilization or production facilities for industrial or commercial purposes." SEC. 5. Subsection 104 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "b. As provided for in subsection 102 b. or 102 c, or where specifically authorized by law, the Commission is authorized to issue licenses under this subsection to persons applying therefor for utilization and production facilities for industrial and commercial purposes. I n issuing licenses under this subsection, the Commission shall impose the minimum amount of such regulations and terms of license as will permit the Commission to fulfill its obligations under this Act."

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