The law restricts U.S. export of civil nuclear programs to other nations.

The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material was a document drafted between October 1977 and October 1979 by fifty-eight foreign States in conjunction with International Atomic Energy Agency.

[15] The international agreement established twenty-three Articles declaring the significance of decisive physical protection with regards to nuclear materials utilized for military and nuclear energy applications.

5228 amending U.S. criminal code Title 18 and endorsing the international atomic policy.

[16] United States public law 97-351 was enacted as a legal proceeding by Ronald Reagan on October 18, 1982.