10 CFR § 73.35 - Requirements for physical protection of irradiated reactor fuel (100 grams or less) in transit.

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title: "10 CFR § 73.35 - Requirements for physical protection of irradiated reactor fuel (100 grams or less) in transit."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "73.35"
section_name: "Requirements for physical protection of irradiated reactor fuel (100 grams or less) in transit."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "73"
part_name: "PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF PLANTS AND MATERIALS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 147, 149, 161, 161A, 170D, 170E, 170H, 170I, 223, 229, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2167, 2169, 2201, 2201a, 2210d, 2210e, 2210h, 2210i, 2273, 2278a, 2282, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 135, 141 (42 U.S.C. 10155, 10161); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 35430, Dec. 28, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 73.35 Requirements for physical protection of irradiated reactor fuel (100 grams or less) in transit.

Each licensee who transports, or delivers to a carrier for transport, in a single shipment, a quantity of irradiated reactor fuel weighing 100 grams (0.22 pounds) or less in net weight of irradiated fuel, exclusive of cladding or other structural or packaging material, which has a total external radiation level in excess of 1 Gray (100 rad) per hour at a distance of 1 meter (3.3 feet) from any accessible surface without intervening shielding, shall follow the physical protection requirements for category 1 quantities of radioactive material in subpart D of part 37 of this chapter.

[78 FR 17021, Mar. 19, 2013, as amended at 86 FR 43402, Aug. 9, 2021]