Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: 1cd5bd24-96a5-4ed9-bf69-92223d061a64
Document Type: cfr
Title: Authorization for use of enhanced weapons and preemption of firearms laws.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.15
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Section ID: 73.15
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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§ 73.15 Authorization for use of enhanced weapons and preemption of firearms laws. ( a ) Purpose. This section presents the requirements for licensees to obtain approval to use the authority provided to the Commission under Section 161A of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), in protecting Commission-designated classes of facilities, radioactive material, or other property. This authority includes “stand-alone preemption authority” and “combined preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority.” ( b ) General Requirements. ( 1 ) Licensees of facilities, activities, and other property listed in paragraph (c) of this section may apply to the NRC, in accordance with the provisions of this section, to receive stand-alone preemption authority or combined preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority. ( 2 ) With respect to the possession and use of firearms by all other NRC licensees, the Commission's requirements in effect before April 13, 2023 remain applicable, except to the extent that those requirements are modified by an NRC order or regulations applicable to these licensees. ( c ) Applicability. ( 1 ) Stand-alone preemption authority. The license holders for the following classes of facilities, radioactive material, or other property are designated by the Commission as eligible to apply for stand-alone preemption authority pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2201a — ( i ) Nuclear power reactor facilities; ( ii ) Facilities authorized to possess or use a formula quantity or greater of strategic special nuclear material, where the material has a radiation level less than or equal to 1 gray (Gy) (100 Rad) per hour at a distance of 1 meter (m) (3.3 feet (ft)), without regard to any intervening shielding; ( iii ) Independent spent fuel storage installations; and ( iv ) Spent nuclear fuel transportation. ( 2 ) Combined preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority. The license holders for the following classes of facilities, radioactive material,