---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2155b"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2155b"
heading: "International nuclear export and innovation activities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2155b"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy"
  - "Division A — Atomic Energy"
  - "Subchapter X — International Activities"
---

# §2155b. International nuclear export and innovation activities

- (a) **Commission coordination—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) shall—
    - (A) coordinate all work of the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) relating to—
      - (i) import and export licensing for nuclear reactors and radioactive materials; and
      - (ii) international regulatory cooperation and assistance relating to nuclear reactors and radioactive materials, including with countries that are members of—
        - (I) the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; or
        - (II) the Nuclear Energy [Agency](/usc/42/2231.md?p=a); and
    - (B) support interagency and international coordination with respect to—
      - (i) the consideration of international technical standards to establish the licensing and regulatory basis to assist the [design](/usc/42/2014.md?p=i), [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7), and operation of nuclear reactors and use of radioactive materials;
      - (ii) efforts to help build competent nuclear regulatory organizations and legal frameworks in foreign countries that are seeking to develop civil nuclear industries; and
      - (iii) exchange programs and training provided, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to foreign countries relating to civil nuclear licensing and oversight to improve the regulation of nuclear reactors and radioactive materials, in accordance with [paragraph (2)](#a-2).
  - (2) **Exchange programs and training—** With respect to the exchange programs and training described in [paragraph (1)(B)(iii)](#a-1-B-iii), the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) shall coordinate, as applicable, with—
    - (A) the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Energy;
    - (B) the Secretary of State;
    - (C) the National Laboratories;
    - (D) the private sector; and
    - (E) institutions of higher education.
- (b) **Authority to establish branch—** The [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) may establish within the Office of International Programs a branch, to be known as the “International Nuclear Export and Innovation Branch”, to carry out the international nuclear export and innovation activities described in [subsection (a)](#a) as the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) determines to be appropriate and within the mission of the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f).
- (c) **Omitted—**
- (d) **Interagency coordination—** The [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) shall coordinate all international activities under this section with the Secretary of State, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Energy, and other applicable [agencies](/usc/42/2231.md?p=a), as appropriate.
- (e) **Savings clause—** Nothing in this section alters the authority of the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) to license and regulate the civilian use of radioactive materials.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 118–67, div. B, title I, § 101, July 9, 2024, 138 Stat. 1450.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024, also known as the ADVANCE Act of 2024, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.

Section is comprised of section 101 of div. B of Pub. L. 118–67. Subsec. (c) of section 101 of div. B of Pub. L. 118–67 amended section 2215 of this title and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 2215 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 2 of div. B of Pub. L. 118–67, set out as a note under section 2011 of this title.