[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR1.42]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 1--STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Headquarters
 
Sec. 1.42  Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

    (a) The Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards is 
responsible for protecting the public health and safety, the common 
defense and security, and the environment by licensing, inspection, and 
environmental impact assessment for all nuclear facilities and 
activities, and for the import and export of special nuclear material.
    (b) The Office responsibilities include--
    (1) Development and promulgation of regulations;
    (2) Development and implementation of NRC policy for the regulation 
of activities involving safety, quality, approval, and inspection of the 
use and handling of nuclear and other radioactive materials, such as 
uranium activities;
    (3) Fuel fabrication and fuel development;
    (4) Medical, industrial, academic, and commercial uses of 
radioactive isotopes;
    (5) Safeguards activities;
    (6) Transportation of nuclear materials, including certification of 
transport containers;
    (7) Out-of-reactor spent fuel storage;
    (8) Safe management and disposal of low-level and high-level 
radioactive wastes;
    (9) Planning and direction of program for financial assurance of 
NMSS licensees; and
    (10) Management of the decommissioning of facilities and sites when 
their licensed functions are over.
    (c) Safeguards responsibilities include--
    (1) Development of overall agency policy;
    (2) Monitoring and assessment of the threat environment, including 
liaison with intelligence agencies, as appropriate; and

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    (3) Those licensing and review activities appropriate to deter and 
protect against threats of radiological sabotage and threats of theft or 
diversion of special nuclear material at fuel facilities and during 
transport.
    (d) The Office identifies and takes action to control safety and 
safeguards issues for activities under its responsibility, including 
consulting and coordinating with international, Federal, State, and 
local agencies, as appropriate.

[52 FR 31602, Aug. 21, 1987. Redesignated at 57 FR 1639, Jan. 15, 1992, 
as amended at 63 FR 69544, Dec. 17, 1998]