10 CFR § 70.13 - Department of Defense.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s70.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 70.13 - Department of Defense."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "70.13"
section_name: "Department of Defense."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "70"
part_name: "DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL"
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. 51, 53, 57(d), 108, 122, 161, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 193, 223, 234, 274, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077(d), 2138, 2152, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2236, 2237, 2243, 2273, 2282, 2021, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 135, 141 (42 U.S.C. 10155, 10161); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "21 FR 764, Feb. 3, 1956, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "70"
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# 70.13 Department of Defense.

The regulations in this part do not apply to the Department of Defense to the extent that the Department receives, possesses and uses special nuclear material in accordance with the direction of the President pursuant to section 91 of the Act.