[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 10, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 10CFR73.72]



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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY

 

          CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 73_PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF PLANTS AND MATERIALS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 73.72  Requirement for advance notice of shipment of formula 

quantities of strategic special nuclear material, special nuclear 

material of moderate strategic significance, or irradiated reactor fuel.



    (a) A licensee, other than one specified in paragraph (b) of this 

section, who, in a single shipment, plans to deliver to a carrier for 

transport, to take delivery at the point where a shipment is delivered 

to a carrier for transport, to import, to export, or to transport a 

formula quantity of strategic special nuclear material, special nuclear 

material of moderate strategic significance, or irradiated reactor fuel 

required to be protected in accordance with Sec. 73.37, shall:

    (1) Notify in writing the Director, Division of Nuclear Security, 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, using any appropriate 

method listed in Sec. 73.4. Classified notifications shall be sent to 

the NRC headquarters classified mailing address listed in appendix A to 

this part.

    (2) Assure that the notification will be received at least 10 days 

before transport of the shipment commences at the shipping facility;

    (3) Include the following information in the notification:

    (i) The name(s), address(es), and telephone number(s) of the 

shipper, receiver, and carrier(s);

    (ii) A physical description of the shipment:

    (A) For a shipment other than irradiated fuel, the elements, 

isotopes, enrichment, and quantity;

    (B) For a shipment of irradiated fuel, the physical form, quantity, 

type of reactor, and original enrichment;

    (iii) A listing of the mode(s) of shipment, transfer point(s), and 

route(s) to be used;

    (iv) The estimated time and date that shipment will commence and 

that each country along the route is scheduled to be entered; and

    (v) The estimated time and date of arrival of the shipment at the 

destination;

    (4) The NRC Headquarters Operations Center shall be notified by 

telephone at least 2 days before commencement of the shipment at the 

phone numbers listed in appendix A to this part. Classified 

notifications shall be made by secure telephone.

    (5) The NRC Headquarters Operations Center shall be notified by 

telephone of schedule changes greater than 6 hours 

at the numbers listed in appendix A to this part. Classified 

notifications shall be made by secure telephone.

    (b) A licensee who makes a road shipment or transfer with one-way 

transit



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times of one hour or less in duration between installations of the 

licensee is exempt from the requirements of this section for that 

shipment or transfer.



[52 FR 9653, Mar. 26, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 4111, Feb. 12, 1988; 60 

FR 24552, May 9, 1995; 67 FR 3586, Jan. 25, 2002; 68 FR 58820, Oct. 10, 

2003]