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

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Title 10 CFR: Energy › Chapter I: NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION › Part 73: PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF PLANTS AND MATERIALS › Subpart E: Physical Protection Requirements of Special Nuclear Material and Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit › § 73.35: § 73.35 Requirements for physical protection of irradiated reactor fuel (100 grams or less) in transit.

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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]

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