10 CFR § 61.3 - License required.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s61.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 61.3 - License required."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "61.3"
section_name: "License required."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE"
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. 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 81, 161, 181, 182, 183, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2111, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846, 5851); Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, sec. 2 (42 U.S.C. 2021b); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 57463, Dec. 27, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "61"
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# 61.3 License required.

(a) No person may receive, possess, and dispose of radioactive waste containing source, special nuclear, or byproduct material at a land disposal facility unless authorized by a license issued by the Commission pursuant to this part, or unless exemption has been granted by the Commission under § 61.6 of this part.

(b) Each person shall file an application with the Commission and obtain a license as provided in this part before commencing construction of a land disposal facility. Failure to comply with this requirement may be grounds for denial of a license.