22 USC § 3242 - Training program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s3242"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 3242 - Training program"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3242"
section_name: "Training program"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–242, title II, § 202, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 124.)"
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# § 3242. Training program

The Department of Energy, in consultation with the Commission, shall establish and operate a safeguards and physical security training program to be made available to persons from nations and groups of nations which have developed or acquired, or may be expected to develop or acquire, nuclear materials and equipment for use for peaceful purposes. Any such program shall include training in the most advanced safeguards and physical security techniques and technology, consistent with the national security interests of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–242, title II, § 202, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 124.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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