Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978


Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, 22 U.S.C. § 3201, is a United States federal law declaring that nuclear explosive devices pose a perilous threat to the security interests of the United States and continued international progress towards world peace and the development of nations.
The H.R. 8638 legislation was passed by the 95th U.S. Congressional session and signed into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on March 10, 1978.

Provisions of the Act

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act provided several policy elements for the control and limitations of nuclear technology.

Definitions

Title I – United States Initiatives to Provide Adequate Nuclear Fuel Supply

Policy

Uranium Enrichment Capacity

Report

International Undertakings

Reevaluation of Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Title II – United States Initiatives to Strengthen the International Safeguards System

Policy

Training Program

Negotiations

Title III – Export Organization and Criteria

Government-to-Government Transfers

Subsequent Arrangements

Export Licensing Procedures

Criteria Governing United States Nuclear Exports

Additional Export Criterion and Procedures

Conduct Resulting in Termination of Nuclear Exports

Congressional Review Procedures

Component and Other Parts of Facilities

Title IV – Negotiation of Further Export Controls

Cooperation with Other Nations

Additional Requirements

Peaceful Nuclear Activities

Renegotiation of Agreements for Cooperation

Authority to Continue Agreements

Review

Protection of the Environment

Title V – United States Assistance to Developing Countries

Policy and Report

Programs

Report

Title VI – Executive Reporting

Reports of the President

Additional Reports

Saving Clause

Amendments to 1978 Act

Amendments and revisions to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.

Physical Protection of Nuclear Material International Agreement

The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material was a document drafted between October 1977 and October 1979 by fifty-eight foreign States in conjunction with International Atomic Energy Agency. The international agreement established twenty-three Articles declaring the significance of decisive physical protection with regards to nuclear materials utilized for military and nuclear energy applications. The U.S. 97th Congressional session passed legislation H.R. 5228 amending U.S. criminal code Title 18 and endorsing the international atomic policy. United States public law 97-351 was enacted as a legal proceeding by Ronald Reagan on October 18, 1982.