# 10 CFR § 72.6: License required; types of licenses

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.6

## Section

- **Citation:** 10 CFR § 72.6
- **Heading:** License required; types of 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 72—LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, AND REACTOR-RELATED GREATER THAN CLASS C WASTE > Subpart A—General Provisions

## Text

(a) Licenses for the receipt, handling, storage, and transfer of spent fuel or high-level radioactive waste are of two types: general and specific. Licenses for the receipt, handling, storage, and transfer of reactor-related GTCC are specific licenses. Any general license provided in this part is effective without the filing of an application with the Commission or the issuance of a licensing document to a particular person. A specific license is issued to a named person upon application filed pursuant to regulations in this part.
(b) A general license is hereby issued to receive title to and own spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or reactor-related GTCC waste without regard to quantity. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a general licensee under this paragraph is not authorized to acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, or transfer spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or reactor-related GTCC waste except as authorized in a specific license.
(c) Except as authorized in a specific license and in a general license under subpart K of this part issued by the Commission in accordance with the regulations in this part, no person may acquire, receive, or possess—
(1) Spent fuel for the purpose of storage in an ISFSI; or
(2) Spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or radioactive material associated with high-level radioactive waste for the purpose of storage in an MRS.
[66 FR 51839, Oct. 11, 2001]

## Nearby sections

- [10 CFR § 72.1 § 72.1 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.1.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.2 § 72.2 Scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.2.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.3 § 72.3 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.3.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.4 § 72.4 Communications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.4.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.5 § 72.5 Interpretations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.5.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.6 § 72.6 License required; types of licenses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.6.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.7 § 72.7 Specific exemptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.7.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.8 § 72.8 Denial of licensing by Agreement States.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.8.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.9 § 72.9 Information collection requirements: OMB approval.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.9.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.10 § 72.10 Employee protection.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.10.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.11 § 72.11 Completeness and accuracy of information.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.11.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.12 § 72.12 Deliberate misconduct.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.12.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.13 § 72.13 Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.13.md)
- [10 CFR § 72.16 § 72.16 Filing of application for specific license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-10-72.16.md)

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