42 USC § 7383i - Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility

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title: "42 USC § 7383i - Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7383i"
section_name: "Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "XV"
subchapter_name: "MATTERS RELATING TO SAFEGUARDS, SECURITY, AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3155, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 942.)"
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# § 7383i. Definitions of national laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility

For purposes of this subchapter:

**(1)** The term “national laboratory” means any of the following:

**(A)** The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.

**(B)** The Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.

**(C)** The Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Livermore, California.

**(2)** The term “nuclear weapons production facility” means any of the following:

**(A)** The Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri.

**(B)** The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.

**(C)** The Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

**(D)** The tritium operations at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.

**(E)** The Nevada Test Site, Nevada.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3155, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 942.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle D of title XXXI of div. C of , , , which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.