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title: "42 U.S.C. § 10192"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 10192 - Applicability

## Text

The provisions of this subchapter are subject to section 10107 of this title and shall not apply to facilities that are used for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, or spent nuclear fuel resulting from atomic energy defense activities.

(Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 212, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2245.)