§ 2284 — Sabotage Of Nuclear Facilities Or Fuel

(a) Any person who knowingly destroys or causes physical damage to— (1) any production facility or utilization facility licensed under this chapter; (2) any nuclear waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility licensed under this chapter; (3) any nuclear fuel for a utilization facility licensed under this chapter, or any spent nuclear fuel from such a facility; (4) any uranium enrichment, uranium conversion, or nuclear fuel fabrication facility licensed or certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (5) any production, utilization, waste storage, waste treatment, waste disposal, uranium enrichment, uranium conversion, or nuclear fuel fabrication facility subject to licensing or certification under this chapter during construction of the facility, if the destruction or damage caused or attempted to be caused could adversely affect public health and safety during the operation of the facility; (6) any primary facility or backup facility from which a radiological emergency preparedness alert and warning system is activated; or (7) (b) Any person who knowingly causes an interruption of normal operation of any such facility through the unauthorized use of or tampering with the machinery, components, or controls of any such facility, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both, and, if death results to any person, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.