10 CFR § 71.89 - Opening instructions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s71.89"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 71.89 - Opening instructions."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "71.89"
section_name: "Opening instructions."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "71"
part_name: "PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 50264, Sept. 28, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "71"
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# 71.89 Opening instructions.

Before delivery of a package to a carrier for transport, the licensee shall ensure that any special instructions needed to safely open the package have been sent to, or otherwise made available to, the consignee for the consignee's use in accordance with 10 CFR 20.1906(e).