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Title 10, Part 72 — Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-related Greater Than Class C Waste

109 sections

Section 72.1
Purpose.
Section 72.2
Scope.
Section 72.3
Definitions.
Section 72.4
Communications.
Section 72.5
Interpretations.
Section 72.6
License required; types of licenses.
Section 72.7
Specific exemptions.
Section 72.8
Denial of licensing by Agreement States.
Section 72.9
Information collection requirements: OMB approval.
Section 72.10
Employee protection.
Section 72.11
Completeness and accuracy of information.
Section 72.12
Deliberate misconduct.
Section 72.13
Applicability.
Section 72.16
Filing of application for specific license.
Section 72.18
Elimination of repetition.
Section 72.20
Public inspection of application.
Section 72.22
Contents of application: General and financial information.
Section 72.24
Contents of application: Technical information.
Section 72.26
Contents of application: Technical specifications.
Section 72.28
Contents of application: Applicant's technical qualifications.
Section 72.30
Financial assurance and recordkeeping for decommissioning.
Section 72.32
Emergency Plan.
Section 72.34
Environmental report.
Section 72.40
Issuance of license.
Section 72.42
Duration of license; renewal.
Section 72.44
License conditions.
Section 72.46
Public hearings.
Section 72.48
Changes, tests, and experiments.
Section 72.50
Transfer of license.
Section 72.52
Creditor regulations.
Section 72.54
Expiration and termination of licenses and decommissioning of sites and separate buildings or outdoor areas.
Section 72.56
Application for amendment of license.
Section 72.58
Issuance of amendment.
Section 72.60
Modification, revocation, and suspension of license.
Section 72.62
Backfitting.
Section 72.70
Safety analysis report updating.
Section 72.72
Material balance, inventory, and records requirements for stored materials.
Section 72.74
Reports of accidental criticality or loss of special nuclear material.
Section 72.75
Reporting requirements for specific events and conditions.
Section 72.76
Material status reports.
Section 72.78
Nuclear material transaction reports.
Section 72.79
Facility information and verification.
Section 72.80
Other records and reports.
Section 72.82
Inspections and tests.
Section 72.84
Violations.
Section 72.86
Criminal penalties.
Section 72.90
General considerations.
Section 72.92
Design basis external natural events.
Section 72.94
Design basis external man-induced events.
Section 72.96
Siting limitations.
Section 72.98
Identifying regions around an ISFSI or MRS site.
Section 72.100
Defining potential effects of the ISFSI or MRS on the region.
Section 72.102
Geological and seismological characteristics for applications before October 16, 2003 and applications for other than dry cask modes of storage.
Section 72.103
Geological and seismological characteristics for applications for dry cask modes of storage on or after October 16, 2003.
Section 72.104
Criteria for radioactive materials in effluents and direct radiation from an ISFSI or MRS.
Section 72.106
Controlled area of an ISFSI or MRS.
Section 72.108
Spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or reactor-related greater than Class C waste transportation.
Section 72.120
General considerations.
Section 72.122
Overall requirements.
Section 72.124
Criteria for nuclear criticality safety.
Section 72.126
Criteria for radiological protection.
Section 72.128
Criteria for spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, reactor-related greater than Class C waste, and other radioactive waste storage and handling.
Section 72.130
Criteria for decommissioning.
Section 72.140
Quality assurance requirements.
Section 72.142
Quality assurance organization.
Section 72.144
Quality assurance program.
Section 72.146
Design control.
Section 72.148
Procurement document control.
Section 72.150
Instructions, procedures, and drawings.
Section 72.152
Document control.
Section 72.154
Control of purchased material, equipment, and services.
Section 72.156
Identification and control of materials, parts, and components.
Section 72.158
Control of special processes.
Section 72.160
Licensee and certificate holder inspection.
Section 72.162
Test control.
Section 72.164
Control of measuring and test equipment.
Section 72.166
Handling, storage, and shipping control.
Section 72.168
Inspection, test, and operating status.
Section 72.170
Nonconforming materials, parts, or components.
Section 72.172
Corrective action.
Section 72.174
Quality assurance records.
Section 72.176
Audits.
Section 72.180
Physical protection plan.
Section 72.182
Design for physical protection.
Section 72.184
Safeguards contingency plan.
Section 72.186
Change to physical security and safeguards contingency plans.
Section 72.190
Operator requirements.
Section 72.192
Operator training and certification program.
Section 72.194
Physical requirements.
Section 72.200
Provision of MRS information.
Section 72.202
Participation in license reviews.
Section 72.204
Notice to States.
Section 72.206
Representation.
Section 72.210
General license issued.
Section 72.212
Conditions of general license issued under § 72.210.
Section 72.214
List of approved spent fuel storage casks.
Section 72.216
[Reserved]
Section 72.218
Termination of licenses.
Section 72.220
Violations.
Section 72.230
Procedures for spent fuel storage cask submittals.
Section 72.232
Inspection and tests.
Section 72.234
Conditions of approval.
Section 72.236
Specific requirements for spent fuel storage cask approval and fabrication.
Section 72.238
Issuance of an NRC Certificate of Compliance.
Section 72.240
Conditions for spent fuel storage cask renewal.
Section 72.242
Recordkeeping and reports.
Section 72.244
Application for amendment of a certificate of compliance.
Section 72.246
Issuance of amendment to a certificate of compliance.
Section 72.248
Safety analysis report updating.