[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 10CFR8.1]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 8--INTERPRETATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 8.1  Interpretation of section 152 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; opinion of the General Counsel.

    (a) Inquiries have been received as to the applicability of the 
provisions of section 152 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 
944) to inventions or discoveries made or conceived in the course of 
activities under licenses issued by the Atomic Energy Commission.
    (b) In my [General Counsel, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission] opinion a 
license issued by the Atomic Energy Commission is not a ``contract, 
subcontract, arrangement or other relationship with the Commission'' as 
those terms are used in section 152 of the act. Hence, the mere fact 
that an invention or discovery is made by a licensee in the course of 
activities authorized by a license would not give the Commission rights 
under section 152 with respect to such invention or discovery. On the 
other hand, if a licensee has entered into a ``contract,subcontract, 
arrangement or other relationship with the Commission,'' inventions or 
discoveries made or conceived by the licensee under the contract or 
other relationship would come within the purview of section 152.
    (c) As used in this section, ``license'' means a license issued 
pursuant to Chapter 6 (Special Nuclear Material), 7

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(Source Material), 8 (Byproduct Material) or 10 (Atomic Energy Licenses) 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, or a construction permit issued 
pursuant to section 185 of the act.

[21 FR 1414, Mar. 3, 1956]