10 CFR § 55.51 - Issuance of licenses.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s55.51"
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title: "10 CFR § 55.51 - Issuance of licenses."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "55.51"
section_name: "Issuance of licenses."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "55"
part_name: "OPERATORS' LICENSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 107, 161, 181, 182, 183, 186, 187, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2137, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2236, 2237, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, sec. 306 (42 U.S.C. 10226); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 9460, Mar. 25, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 55.51 Issuance of licenses.

*Operator and senior operator licenses.* If the Commission determines that an applicant for an operator license or a senior operator license meets the requirements of the Act and its regulations, it will issue a license in the form and containing any conditions and limitations it considers appropriate and necessary.