10 CFR § 71.3 - Requirement for license.

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title: "10 CFR § 71.3 - Requirement for license."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "71.3"
section_name: "Requirement for license."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "71"
part_name: "PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL"
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authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 57, 62, 63, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282, 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, sec. 180 (42 U.S.C. 10175); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
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# 71.3 Requirement for license.

Except as authorized in a general license or a specific license issued by the Commission, or as exempted in this part, no licensee may—

(a) Deliver licensed material to a carrier for transport; or

(b) Transport licensed material.