[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 10, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 10CFR40.1] [Page 636-637] TITLE 10--ENERGY CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PART 40_DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SOURCE MATERIAL--Table of Contents Sec. 40.1 Purpose. General Provisions Sec. 40.1 Purpose. 40.2 Scope. 40.2a Coverage of inactive tailings sites. 40.3 License requirements. 40.4 Definitions. 40.5 Communications. 40.6 Interpretations. 40.7 Employee protection. 40.8 Information collection requirements: OMB approval. 40.9 Completeness and accuracy of information. 40.10 Deliberate misconduct. Exemptions 40.11 Persons using source material under certain Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission contracts. 40.12 Carriers. 40.13 Unimportant quantities of source material. 40.14 Specific exemptions. General Licenses 40.20 Types of licenses. 40.21 General license to receive title to source or byproduct material. 40.22 Small quantities of source material. 40.23 General license for carriers of transient shipments of natural uranium other than in the form of ore or ore residue. 40.24 [Reserved] 40.25 General license for use of certain industrial products or devices. 40.26 General license for possession and storage of byproduct material as defined in this part. 40.27 General license for custody and long-term care of residual radioactive material disposal sites. 40.28 General license for custody and long-term care of uranium or thorium byproduct materials disposal sites. License Applications 40.31 Application for specific licenses. 40.32 General requirements for issuance of specific licenses. 40.33 Issuance of a license for a uranium enrichment facility. 40.34 Special requirements for issuance of specific licenses. 40.35 Conditions of specific licenses issued pursuant to Sec. 40.34. 40.36 Financial assurance and recordkeeping for decommissioning. 40.38 Ineligibility of certain applicants. Licenses 40.41 Terms and conditions of licenses. 40.42 Expiration and termination of licenses and decommissioning of sites and separate buildings or outdoor areas. 40.43 Renewal of licenses. 40.44 Amendment of licenses at request of licensee. 40.45 Commission action on applications to renew or amend. 40.46 Inalienability of licenses. Transfer of Source Material 40.51 Transfer of source or byproduct material. Records, Reports, and Inspections 40.60 Reporting requirements. 40.61 Records. 40.62 Inspections. [[Page 637]] 40.63 Tests. 40.64 Reports. 40.65 Effluent monitoring reporting requirements. 40.66 Requirements for advance notice of export shipments of natural uranium. 40.67 Requirement for advance notice for importation of natural uranium from countries that are not party to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. Modification and Revocation of Licenses 40.71 Modification and revocation of licenses. Enforcement 40.81 Violations. 40.82 Criminal penalties. Appendix A to Part 40--Criteria Relating to the Operation of Uranium Mills and the Disposition of Tailings or Wastes Produced by the Extraction or Concentration of Source Material from Ores Processed Primarily from their Source Material Content Authority: Secs. 62, 63, 64, 65, 81, 161, 182, 183, 186, 68 Stat. 932, 933, 935, 948, 953, 954, 955, as amended, secs. 11e(2), 83, 84, Pub. L. 95-604, 92 Stat. 3033, as amended, 3039, sec. 234, 83 Stat. 444, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2), 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2111, 2113, 2114, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2236, 2282); sec. 274, Pub. L. 86-373, 73 Stat. 688 (42 U.S.C. 2021); secs. 201, as amended, 202, 206, 88 Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244, 1246 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846); sec. 275, 92 Stat. 3021, as amended by Pub. L. 97-415, 96 Stat. 2067 (42 U.S.C. 2022); sec. 193, 104 Stat. 2835, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-349 (42 U.S.C. 2243); sec. 1704, 112 Stat. 2750 (44 U.S.C. 3504 note). Section 40.7 also issued under Pub. L. 95-601, sec. 10, 92 Stat. 2951 (42 U.S.C. 5851). Section 40.31(g) also issued under sec. 122, 68 Stat. 939 (42 U.S.C. 2152). Section 40.46 also issued under sec. 184, 68 Stat. 954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2234). Section 40.71 also issued under sec. 187, 68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 2237). Source: 26 FR 284, Jan. 14, 1961, unless otherwise noted. General Provisions (a) The regulations in this part establish procedures and criteria for the issuance of licenses to receive title to, receive, possess, use, transfer, or deliver source and byproduct materials, as defined in this part, and establish and provide for the terms and conditions upon which the Commission will issue such licenses. (Additional requirements applicable to natural and depleted uranium at enrichment facilities are set forth in Sec. 70.22 of this chapter.) These regulations also provide for the disposal of byproduct material and for the long-term care and custody of byproduct material and residual radioactive material. The regulations in this part also establish certain requirements for the physical protection of import, export, and transient shipments of natural uranium. (Additional requirements applicable to the import and export of natural uranium are set forth in part 110 of this chapter.) (b) The regulations contained in this part are issued under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 919), title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended (88 Stat. 1242), and titles I and II of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7901). [55 FR 45597, Oct. 30, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 55997, Oct. 31, 1991]