10 CFR § 73.5 - Specific exemptions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s73.5"
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title: "10 CFR § 73.5 - Specific exemptions."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "73.5"
section_name: "Specific exemptions."
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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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "73"
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# 73.5 Specific exemptions.

The Commission may, upon application of any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the regulations in this part as it determines are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest.