42 USC § 2062 - Irradiation of materials

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2062"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 2062 - Irradiation of materials"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2062"
section_name: "Irradiation of materials"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "PRODUCTION OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 42, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 929; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 2062. Irradiation of materials

The Commission and persons lawfully producing or utilizing special nuclear material are authorized to expose materials of any kind to the radiation incident to the processes of producing or utilizing special nuclear material.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 42, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 929; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 4 of , , which was classified to , prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act , by act .