50 U.S.C. § 2302

Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

The term “weapon of mass destruction” means any weapon or device that is intended, or has the capability, to cause death or serious bodily injury to a significant number of people through the release, dissemination, or impact of—

(A)

toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors;

(B)

a disease organism; or

(C)

radiation or radioactivity.

(2)

The term “independent states of the former Soviet Union” has the meaning given that term in section 5801 of title 22 .

(3)

The term “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the isotope U–235.

( Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1403 , Sept. 23, 1996 , 110 Stat. 2717 .)