10 CFR § 1017.12 - Prohibitions on identifying Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information.

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title: "10 CFR § 1017.12 - Prohibitions on identifying Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "1017.12"
section_name: "Prohibitions on identifying Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)"
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part_name: "IDENTIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF UNCLASSIFIED CONTROLLED NUCLEAR INFORMATION"
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regulatory_source: "73 FR 32641, June 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1017.12 Prohibitions on identifying Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information.

Information, documents, and material must not be identified as being or containing UCNI in order to:

(a) Conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative error;

(b) Prevent embarrassment to a person or organization;

(c) Restrain competition; or,

(d) Prevent or delay the release of any information that does not properly qualify as UCNI.