[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: 10CFR1.51]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 1--STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C--NRC Seal and Flag
 
Sec. 1.51  Description and custody of NRC seal.


    (a) Pursuant to section 201(a) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 
1974, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has adopted an official seal. 
Its description is as follows: An American bald eagle (similar to that 
on the Great Seal of the United States of America) of brown and tan with 
claws and beak of yellow, behind a shield of red, white, and blue, 
clutching a cluster of thirteen arrows

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in its left claw and a green olive branch in its right claw, positioned 
on a field of white, with the words ``United States Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission'' in dark blue encircling the eagle. The eagle represents the 
United States of America and its interests.
    (b) The Official Seal of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is 
illustrated as follows:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC02OC91.055

    (c) The Secretary of the Commission is responsible for custody of 
the impression seals and of replica (plaque) seals.