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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 10143 - Title to material

## Text

Delivery, and acceptance by the Secretary, of any high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel for a repository constructed under this part shall constitute a transfer to the Secretary of title to such waste or spent fuel.

(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 123, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2229.)