[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR13.3]

[Page 255]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 13_ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS REWARDS REGULATIONS--
 
Sec. 13.3  Definitions.

    Atomic energy means all forms of energy released in the course of 
nuclear fission or nuclear transformation.
    Atomic weapon means any device utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of 
the means for transporting or propelling the device (where such means is 
a separable and divisible part of the device), the principal purpose of 
which is for use as, or for development of, a weapon, a weapon 
prototype, or a weapon test device.
    Original information means information first supplied to the Federal 
government by the applicant, which was created or compiled through his 
own skill and judgment.
    Special nuclear material means plutonium, or uranium enriched in the 
isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, or any other material which is found 
to be special nuclear material pursuant to the provisions of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.
    United States, when used in a geographical sense, includes Puerto 
Rico, all Territories and possessions of the United States and the Canal 
Zone except in Sec. 13.4(a)(4). In Sec. 13.4(a)(4), United States, 
when used in a geographical sense, means the continental United States, 
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United 
States.