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42 USC § 2132 - Utilization and production facilities for industrial or commercial purposes 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2132"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 2132 - Utilization and production facilities for industrial or commercial purposes"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2132"
section_name: "Utilization and production facilities for industrial or commercial purposes"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "ATOMIC ENERGY LICENSES"
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, § 102, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 936; amended Pub. L. 91–560, § 3, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1472; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 2132. Utilization and production facilities for industrial or commercial purposes

**(a)** **Issuance of licenses** section 2133 of this title

Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), or otherwise specifically authorized by law, any license hereafter issued for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes shall be issued pursuant to .

**(b)** **Facilities constructed or operated under section 2134(b)** section 2134(b) of this titlesection 2134(b) of this title

Any license hereafter issued for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes, the construction or operation of which was licensed pursuant to  prior to enactment into law of this subsection, shall be issued under .

**(c)** **Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration facilities** section 2134(b) of this title

Any license for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes constructed or operated under an arrangement with the Commission entered into under the Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program shall, except as otherwise specifically required by applicable law, be issued under .

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 102, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 936; amended Pub. L. 91–560, § 3, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1472; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1970— substituted provisions authorizing Commission to issue licenses for a utilization or production facility for industrial or commercial purposes under section 2133, except that license may be issued under section 2134(b), for such utilization or production facility, construction or operation of which was licensed under section 2134(b) before  or constructed or operated under an arrangement with Commission entered into under Cooperative Power Reactor Demonstration Program, for provisions authorizing Commission to issue licenses pursuant to  on a determination that such utilization or production facility has been sufficiently developed to be of practical value for industrial or commercial purposes.