42 U.S.C. § 2092
Section 2092 · License requirements for transfers
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Dellums v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1988)
Most recently applied in Oglala Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n (July 2018)
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Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by the Commission which the Commission is authorized to issue, no person may transfer or receive in interstate commerce, transfer, deliver, receive possession of or title to, or import into or export from the United States any source material after removal from its place of deposit in nature, except that licenses shall not be required for quantities of source material which, in the opinion of the Commission, are unimportant.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1805(b)(2) of this title, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954.
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.