22 USC § 3222 - Uranium enrichment capacity

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s3222"
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title: "22 USC § 3222 - Uranium enrichment capacity"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3222"
section_name: "Uranium enrichment capacity"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES INITIATIVES TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–242, title I, § 102, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 122; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1225(e)(2), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–775.)"
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# § 3222. Uranium enrichment capacity

The Secretary of Energy is directed to initiate construction planning and design, construction, and operation activities for expansion of uranium enrichment capacity, as elsewhere provided by law. Further the Secretary as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of State are directed to establish and implement procedures which will ensure to the maximum extent feasible, consistent with this chapter, orderly processing of subsequent arrangements and export licenses with minimum time delay.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–242, title I, § 102, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 122; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1225(e)(2), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–775.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

1998— substituted “and the Secretary of State” for “, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , except as otherwise provided and regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing regulations, see , set out as a note under .