### Question
What does unsafeguarded special nuclear material mean?


### Answer
**Unsafeguarded special nuclear material** has the following meaning in *22 U.S.C. § 6305*:

> special nuclear material which is held in violation of IAEA safeguards or not subject to IAEA safeguards (excluding any quantity of material that could, if it were exported from the United States, be exported under a general license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 6305*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 72-NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION PREVENTION > SUBCHAPTER I-SANCTIONS FOR NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION**

