---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch23/dA"
level: "division"
label: "Division A"
heading: "Atomic Energy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch23-dA"
sections_count: 228
---

# Division A — Atomic Energy

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Organization](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Research](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Production of Special Nuclear Material](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Special Nuclear Material](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Source Material](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Byproduct Materials](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Military Application of Atomic Energy](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Atomic Energy Licenses](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schIX.md)
- [Subchapter X — International Activities](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schX.md)
- [Subchapter XI — Control of Information](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXI.md)
- [Subchapter XII — Patents and Inventions](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXII.md)
- [Subchapter XIII — General Authority of Commission](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXIII.md)
- [Subchapter XIV — Compensation for Private Property Acquired](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXIV.md)
- [Subchapter XV — Judicial Review and Administrative Procedure](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXV.md)
- [Subchapter XVI — Joint Committee on Atomic Energy](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXVI.md)
- [Subchapter XVII — Enforcement of Chapter](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXVII.md)
- [Subchapter XVII–A — Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXVII-A.md)
- [Subchapter XVIII — Euratom Cooperation](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXVIII.md)
- [Subchapter XIX — Remedial Action and Uranium Revitalization](/usc/42/ch23-dA-schXIX.md)