Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Exclusion Text
(14) Issuance, amendment, or renewal of materials licenses issued pursuant to 10 CFR parts 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40 or part 70 authorizing the following types of activities: (i) Distribution of radioactive material and devices or products containing radioactive material to general licensees and to persons exempt from licensing. (ii) Distribution of radiopharmaceuticals, generators, reagent kits and/or sealed sources to persons licensed pursuant to 10 CFR 35.18. (iii) Nuclear pharmacies. (iv) Medical and veterinary. (v) Use of radioactive materials for research and development and for educational purposes. (vi) Industrial radiography. (vii) Irradiators. (viii) Use of sealed sources and use of gauging devices, analytical instruments and other devices containing sealed sources. (ix) Use of uranium as shielding material in containers or devices. (x) Possession of radioactive material incident to performing services such as installation, maintenance, leak tests and calibration. (xi) Use of sealed sources and/or radioactive tracers in well-logging procedures. (xii) Acceptance of packaged radioactive wastes from others for transfer to licensed land burial facilities provided the interim storage period for any package does not exceed 180 days and the total possession limit for all packages held in interim storage at the same time does not exceed 50 curies. (xiii) Manufacturing or processing of source, byproduct, or special nuclear materials for distribution to other licensees, except processing of source material for extraction of rare earth and other metals. (xiv) Nuclear laundries. (xv) Possession, manufacturing, processing, shipment, testing, or other use of depleted uranium military munitions. (xvi) Any use of source, byproduct, or special nuclear material not listed above which involves quantities and forms of source, byproduct, or special nuclear material similar to those listed in paragraphs (c)(14) (i) through (xv) of this section.
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