10 CFR § 70.3 - License requirements.

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title: "10 CFR § 70.3 - License requirements."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "70.3"
section_name: "License requirements."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "70"
part_name: "DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 70.3 License requirements.

No person subject to the regulations in this part shall receive title to, own, acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, or transfer special nuclear material except as authorized in a license issued by the Commission pursuant to these regulations.

[32 FR 2562, Feb. 7, 1967, as amended at 43 FR 6924, Feb. 17, 1978]