22 USC § 3224 - Reevaluation of nuclear fuel cycle

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title: "22 USC § 3224 - Reevaluation of nuclear fuel cycle"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3224"
section_name: "Reevaluation of nuclear fuel cycle"
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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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–242, title I, § 105, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 123.)"
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# § 3224. Reevaluation of nuclear fuel cycle

section 3281 of this title

The President shall take immediate initiatives to invite all nuclear supplier and recipient nations to reevaluate all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, with emphasis on alternatives to an economy based on the separation of pure plutonium or the presence of high enriched uranium, methods to deal with spent fuel storage, and methods to improve the safeguards for existing nuclear technology. The President shall, in the first report required by , detail the progress of such international reevaluation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–242, title I, § 105, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 123.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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 .

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

Secretary of State responsible for performing functions vested in President under this section, see section 2(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12058, , 43 F.R. 20947, set out as a note under .