[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: 10CFR30.51]

[Page 488-489]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 30--RULES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY TO DOMESTIC LICENSING OF BYPRODUCT 
MATERIAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 30.51  Records.

    (a) Each person who receives byproduct material pursuant to a 
license issued pursuant to the regulations in this part and parts 31 
through 36 of this chapter shall keep records showing the receipt, 
transfer, and disposal of the byproduct material as follows:
    (1) The licensee shall retain each record of receipt of byproduct 
material as long as the material is possessed and for three years 
following transfer or disposal of the material.
    (2) The licensee who transferred the material shall retain each 
record of transfer for three years after each transfer unless a specific 
requirement in another part of the regulations in this chapter dictates 
otherwise.
    (3) The licensee who disposed of the material shall retain each 
record of disposal of byproduct material until the Commission terminates 
each license that authorizes disposal of the material.
    (b) The licensee shall retain each record that is required by the 
regulations in this part and parts 31 through 36 of this chapter or by 
license condition for the period specified by the appropriate regulation 
or license condition. If a retention period is not otherwise specified 
by regulation or license condition, the record must be retained until 
the Commission terminates each license that authorizes the activity that 
is subject to the recordkeeping requirement.
    (c)(1) Records which must be maintained pursuant to this part and 
parts 31 through 36 of this chapter may be

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the original or a reproduced copy or microform if such reproduced copy 
or microform is duly authenticated by authorized personnel and the 
microform is capable of producing a clear and legible copy after storage 
for the period specified by Commission regulations. The record may also 
be stored in electronic media with the capability for producing legible, 
accurate, and complete records during the required retention period. 
Records such as letters, drawings, specifications, must include all 
pertinent information such as stamps, initials, and signatures. The 
licensee shall maintain adequate safeguards against tampering with and 
loss of records.
    (2) If there is a conflict between the Commission's regulations in 
this part and parts 31 through 36 and 39 of this chapter, license 
condition, or other written Commission approval or authorization 
pertaining to the retention period for the same type of record, the 
retention period specified in the regulations in this part and parts 31 
through 36 and 39 of this chapter for such records shall apply unless 
the Commission, pursuant to Sec. 30.11, has granted a specific 
exemption from the record retention requirements specified in the 
regulations in this part or parts 31 through 36 and 39 of this chapter.
    (d) Prior to license termination, each licensee authorized to 
possess radioactive material with a half-life greater than 120 days, in 
an unsealed form, shall forward the following records to the appropriate 
NRC Regional Office:
    (1) Records of disposal of licensed material made under Sec. Sec. 
20.2002 (including burials authorized before January 28, 1981 \1\), 
20.2003, 20.2004, 20.2005; and
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    \1\ A previous Sec. 20.304 permitted burial of small quantities of 
licensed materials in soil before January 28, 1981, without specific 
Commission authorization. See Sec. 20.304 contained in the 10 CFR, 
parts 0 to 199, edition revised as of January 1, 1981.
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    (2) Records required by Sec. 20.2103(b)(4).
    (e) If licensed activities are transferred or assigned in accordance 
with Sec. 30.34(b), each licensee authorized to possess radioactive 
material, with a half-life greater than 120 days, in an unsealed form, 
shall transfer the following records to the new licensee and the new 
licensee will be responsible for maintaining these records until the 
license is terminated:
    (1) Records of disposal of licensed material made under Sec. Sec. 
20.2002 (including burials authorized before January 28, 1981 \1\), 
20.2003, 20.2004, 20.2005; and
    (2) Records required by Sec. 20.2103(b)(4).
    (f) Prior to license termination, each licensee shall forward the 
records required by Sec. 30.35(g) to the appropriate NRC Regional 
Office.

[41 FR 18301, May 5, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 6922, Feb. 17, 1978; 52 
FR 8241, Mar. 17, 1987; 53 FR 19245, May 27, 1988; 58 FR 7736, Feb. 9, 
1993; 61 FR 24673, May, 16, 1996]