10 CFR § 1017.7 - Criteria.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s1017.7"
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title: "10 CFR § 1017.7 - Criteria."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "1017.7"
section_name: "Criteria."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)"
part_number: "1017"
part_name: "IDENTIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF UNCLASSIFIED CONTROLLED NUCLEAR INFORMATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7101  50 U.S.C. 2401  42 U.S.C. 2168; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 32641, June 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1017.7 Criteria.

To be identified as UCNI, the information must meet each of the following criteria:

(a) The information must be Government information as defined in § 1017.4;

(b) The information must concern atomic energy defense programs as defined in § 1017.4;

(c) The information must fall within the scope of at least one of the three subject areas eligible to be UCNI in § 1017.8;

(d) The information must meet the adverse effect test described in § 1017.10; and

(e) The information must not be exempt from being UCNI under § 1017.11.