# 10 CFR § 2.103: Action on applications for byproduct, source, special nuclear material, facility and operator licenses

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## Section

- **Citation:** 10 CFR § 2.103
- **Heading:** Action on applications for byproduct, source, special nuclear material, facility and operator licenses
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 10—Energy > CHAPTER I—NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION > PART 2—AGENCY RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE > Subpart A—Procedure for Issuance, Amendment, Transfer, or Renewal of a License, and Standard Design Approval

## Text

(a) If the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, or Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, as appropriate, finds that an application for a byproduct, source, special nuclear material, facility, or operator license complies with the requirements of the Act, the Energy Reorganization Act, and this chapter, the Director will issue a license. If the license is for a facility, or for receipt of waste radioactive material from other persons for the purpose of commercial disposal by the waste disposal licensee, or for a construction authorization for a HLW repository at a geologic repository operations area under parts 60 or 63 of this chapter, or if it is to receive and possess high-level radioactive waste at a geologic repository operations area under parts 60 or 63 of this chapter, the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, or Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, as appropriate, will inform the State, Tribal and local officials specified in § 2.104(c) of the issuance of the license. For notice of issuance requirements for licenses issued under part 61 of this chapter, see § 2.106(d).
(b) If the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, or Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, as appropriate, finds that an application does not comply with the requirements of the Act and this chapter the Director may issue a notice of proposed denial or a notice of denial of the application and inform the applicant in writing of:
(1) The nature of any deficiencies or the reason for the proposed denial or the denial, and
(2) The right of the applicant to demand a hearing within twenty (20) days from the date of the notice or such longer period as may be specified in the notice.
[28 FR 10152, Sept. 17, 1963, as amended at 47 FR 57478, Dec. 27, 1982; 66 FR 55787, Nov. 2, 2001; 69 FR 2235, Jan. 14, 2004; 73 FR 5715, Jan. 31, 2008; 77 FR 46589, Aug. 3, 2012; 79 FR 75739, Dec. 19, 2014; 84 FR 65643, Nov. 29, 2019; 88 FR 57876, Aug. 24, 2023]

## Nearby sections

- [10 CFR § 2.100 § 2.100 Scope of subpart.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.100.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.101 § 2.101 Filing of application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.101.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.102 § 2.102 Administrative review of application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.102.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.103 § 2.103 Action on applications for byproduct, source, special nuclear material, facility and operator licenses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.103.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.200 § 2.200 Scope of subpart.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.200.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.201 § 2.201 Notice of violation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.201.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.202 § 2.202 Orders.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.202.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.204 § 2.204 Demand for information.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.204.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.205 § 2.205 Civil penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.205.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.206 § 2.206 Requests for action under this subpart.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.206.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.300 § 2.300 Scope of this subpart.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.300.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.302 § 2.302 Filing of documents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.302.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.303 § 2.303 Docket.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.303.md)
- [10 CFR § 2.304 § 2.304 Formal requirements for documents; signatures; acceptance for filing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-2.304.md)

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