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NRC: Academic Uses Toolkit
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Academic Uses Toolkit
The NRC's regulations are found in Chapter 1 of Title 10, "Energy," of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Chapter I is divided into Parts 1 through 199. The following parts contain the requirements most relevant to academic uses of nuclear material:
Part 30 – "Rules of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material"
Part 40 – "Domestic Licensing of Source Material"
Part 70 – "Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material"
Consolidated materials guidance is published in Consolidated Guidance About Licenses (NUREG-1556):
Volume 7, Program-Specific Guidance About Academic, Research, and Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope
Volume 11, Program-Specific Guidance About Licenses of Broad Scope
Regulatory guides are issued in 10 divisions and are intended to aid licensees in implementing regulations. The guides most applicable to academic use are Division 8, Occupational Health series. See also the Medical, Industrial, Academic Uses of Nuclear Materials Regulations, Guidance, and Communications page.
NRC's regional offices (Region I - East, Region III - Midwest, and Region IV - West/Southwest) conduct typically unannounced, periodic inspection of licensed activities using guidance from Inspection Manual, Chapter 2800. The frequency of inspection is based on the hazard of materials used. The following inspection procedures (IPs) are directly related to academic programs.
IP 87126 – Industrial/Academic/Research Programs
For additional references, see the Medical, Industrial, Academic Uses of Nuclear Materials Inspection page.
NRC assigns five-digit program code number(s) to each license according to the principal activities authorized in the license. NRC uses approximately 100 program codes to classify the activities of thousands of active licenses. The program codes that are assigned to a license may be used to identify the applicable fee categories in the schedules in 10 CFR Part 170 and 10 CFR Part 171. To learn more about program codes and the associated fee and inspection categories, see "Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Guidance About Administrative Licensing Procedures" (NUREG-1556, Vol. 20, Appendix G: LTS Program Code Descriptions. The table below gives information on the program codes for various types of licenses.
License Types (Program Codes) for larger academic use programs. License Type
Academic Type A Broad Scope
Academic Type B Broad Scope
Academic Type C Broad Scope
License Types (Program Codes) for small limited specific academic use licenses or associated with larger academic use programs. The code used depends upon the device or equipment used.
Measuring Systems Fixed Gauges
Measuring Systems Portable Gauges
Measuring Systems Analytic Gauges
Measuring Systems Gas Chromatographs
Measuring Systems Other
Irradiators Self Shielded Less Than 10000 Curies
Irradiators Other Less Than 10000 Curies
Irradiators Self Shielded Greater Than 10000 Curies
Irradiators Other Greater Than 10000 Curies
Additional License Types (Program Codes) associated with academic use programs. The code used depends upon the materials used.
Critical Mass Material - Universities
SNM Plutonium - Unsealed Less Than a Critical Mass
SNM U-235 and/or U-233 Unsealed Less Than a Critical Mass
Source Material Shielding
Source Material Other Less Than 150 Kilograms
Source Material Other Greater Than 150 Kilograms
SNM Plutonium - Neutron Sources Less Than 200 Grams
Power Sources with Byproduct and/or Special Nuclear Material
SNM Plutonium - Sealed Sources in Devices
SNM Plutonium - Sealed Sources Less Than a Critical Mass
SNM U-235 and/or U-233 Sealed Sources Less Than a Critical Mass
Additional License Types (Program Codes) Associated with Academic use programs. The code used depends upon radiation safety program.
Waste Disposal (Burial)
Incineration - Noncommercial (Secondary Code)
Byproduct Material Possession Only - Permanent Shutdown
Byproduct Material Standby - No Operations
Decommissioning of Byproduct Material Facilities
Source Material Possession Only - Permanent Shutdown
Source Material Standby - No Operations
Decommissioning of Other SNM Facilities - Less Than Critical Mass
SNM Possession Only (Non-Fuel) - Permanent Shutdown
SNM Standby (Non-Fuel) - No Operations
Low Level Waste Storage - Other (Secondary Code)
Academic use license applicants may be required to pay a fee to the NRC upon application for a new license and may be required to pay an annual license fee to the NRC thereafter. Refer to the applicable fee categories in the schedules in 10 CFR Part 170 and 10 CFR Part 171 for the fees required for each category of license and each type of fee.
The following forms are to be used by all academic use licensees.