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
§ 72.1 - Purpose.
§ 72.2 - Scope.
§ 72.3 - Definitions.
§ 72.4 - Communications.
§ 72.5 - Interpretations.
§ 72.6 - License required; types of licenses.
§ 72.7 - Specific exemptions.
§ 72.8 - Denial of licensing by Agreement States.
§ 72.9 - Information collection requirements: OMB approval.
§ 72.10 - Employee protection.
§ 72.11 - Completeness and accuracy of information.
§ 72.12 - Deliberate misconduct.
§ 72.13 - Applicability.
Subpart B - License Application, Form, and Contents
§ 72.16 - Filing of application for specific license.
§ 72.18 - Elimination of repetition.
§ 72.20 - Public inspection of application.
§ 72.22 - Contents of application: General and financial information.
§ 72.24 - Contents of application: Technical information.
§ 72.26 - Contents of application: Technical specifications.
§ 72.28 - Contents of application: Applicant's technical qualifications.
§ 72.30 - Financial assurance and recordkeeping for decommissioning.
§ 72.32 - Emergency Plan.
§ 72.34 - Environmental report.
Subpart C - Issuance and Conditions of License
§ 72.40 - Issuance of license.
§ 72.42 - Duration of license; renewal.
§ 72.44 - License conditions.
§ 72.46 - Public hearings.
§ 72.48 - Changes, tests, and experiments.
§ 72.50 - Transfer of license.
§ 72.52 - Creditor regulations.
§ 72.54 - Expiration and termination of licenses and decommissioning of sites and separate buildings or outdoor areas.
§ 72.56 - Application for amendment of license.
§ 72.58 - Issuance of amendment.
§ 72.60 - Modification, revocation, and suspension of license.
§ 72.62 - Backfitting.
Subpart D - Records, Reports, Inspections, and Enforcement
§ 72.70 - Safety analysis report updating.
§ 72.72 - Material balance, inventory, and records requirements for stored materials.
§ 72.74 - Reports of accidental criticality or loss of special nuclear material.
§ 72.75 - Reporting requirements for specific events and conditions.
§ 72.76 - Material status reports.
§ 72.78 - Nuclear material transaction reports.
§ 72.79 - Facility information and verification.
§ 72.80 - Other records and reports.
§ 72.82 - Inspections and tests.
§ 72.84 - Violations.
§ 72.86 - Criminal penalties.
Subpart E - Siting Evaluation Factors
§ 72.90 - General considerations.
§ 72.92 - Design basis external natural events.
§ 72.94 - Design basis external man-induced events.
§ 72.96 - Siting limitations.
§ 72.98 - Identifying regions around an ISFSI or MRS site.
§ 72.100 - Defining potential effects of the ISFSI or MRS on the region.
§ 72.102 - Geological and seismological characteristics for applications before October 16, 2003 and applications for other than dry cask modes of storage.
§ 72.103 - Geological and seismological characteristics for applications for dry cask modes of storage on or after October 16, 2003.
§ 72.104 - Criteria for radioactive materials in effluents and direct radiation from an ISFSI or MRS.
§ 72.106 - Controlled area of an ISFSI or MRS.
§ 72.108 - Spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or reactor-related greater than Class C waste transportation.
Subpart F - General Design Criteria
§ 72.120 - General considerations.
§ 72.122 - Overall requirements.
§ 72.124 - Criteria for nuclear criticality safety.
§ 72.126 - Criteria for radiological protection.
§ 72.128 - Criteria for spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, reactor-related greater than Class C waste, and other radioactive waste storage and handling.
§ 72.130 - Criteria for decommissioning.
Subpart G - Quality Assurance
§ 72.140 - Quality assurance requirements.
§ 72.142 - Quality assurance organization.
§ 72.144 - Quality assurance program.
§ 72.146 - Design control.
§ 72.148 - Procurement document control.
§ 72.150 - Instructions, procedures, and drawings.
§ 72.152 - Document control.
§ 72.154 - Control of purchased material, equipment, and services.
§ 72.156 - Identification and control of materials, parts, and components.
§ 72.158 - Control of special processes.
§ 72.160 - Licensee and certificate holder inspection.
§ 72.162 - Test control.
§ 72.164 - Control of measuring and test equipment.
§ 72.166 - Handling, storage, and shipping control.
§ 72.168 - Inspection, test, and operating status.
§ 72.170 - Nonconforming materials, parts, or components.
§ 72.172 - Corrective action.
§ 72.174 - Quality assurance records.
§ 72.176 - Audits.
Subpart H - Physical Protection
§ 72.180 - Physical protection plan.
§ 72.182 - Design for physical protection.
§ 72.184 - Safeguards contingency plan.
§ 72.186 - Change to physical security and safeguards contingency plans.
Subpart I - Training and Certification of Personnel
§ 72.190 - Operator requirements.
§ 72.192 - Operator training and certification program.
§ 72.194 - Physical requirements.
Subpart J - Provision of MRS Information to State Governments and Indian Tribes
§ 72.200 - Provision of MRS information.
§ 72.202 - Participation in license reviews.
§ 72.204 - Notice to States.
§ 72.206 - Representation.
Subpart K - General License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites
§ 72.210 - General license issued.
§ 72.212 - Conditions of general license issued under § 72.210.
§ 72.214 - List of approved spent fuel storage casks.
§ 72.216 - [Reserved]
§ 72.218 - Termination of licenses.
§ 72.220 - Violations.
Subpart L - Approval of Spent Fuel Storage Casks
§ 72.230 - Procedures for spent fuel storage cask submittals.
§ 72.232 - Inspection and tests.
§ 72.234 - Conditions of approval.
§ 72.236 - Specific requirements for spent fuel storage cask approval and fabrication.
§ 72.238 - Issuance of an NRC Certificate of Compliance.
§ 72.240 - Conditions for spent fuel storage cask renewal.
§ 72.242 - Recordkeeping and reports.
§ 72.244 - Application for amendment of a certificate of compliance.
§ 72.246 - Issuance of amendment to a certificate of compliance.
§ 72.248 - Safety analysis report updating.