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Academic Uses Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to help licensees find key information easily.

On this page:

• Regulations
• Guidance
• License Types
• Fees
• Forms

Regulations

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"

See also the Medical, Industrial, Academic Uses of Nuclear Materials Regulations, Guidance, and Communications page.

Guidance

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.

Web (HTML) versions of some regulatory guides are available for viewing or downloading at this site. In the index for each division of guides, the number of each guide available at this site is underscored. All active final and draft guides are also available in NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

License Types

NRC assigns a five-digit code to each license to designate the major activity or principal use authorized in the license. These codes may be used to identify the appropriate NUREG-1556 guidance documents and secondary activities or uses authorized in the license. NRC uses approximately 100 program codes to classify the primary and secondary activities of thousands of active licenses. Additional information provided in the description of each license type may be used to identify the fee categories information in the schedules in 10 CFR Part 170 and 10 CFR Part 171. To learn more about the license category 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).

License Types (Program Codes) for larger academic use programs.

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.

Additional License Types (Program Codes) associated with academic use programs. The code used depends upon the materials used.

Additional License Types (Program Codes) Associated with Academic use programs. The code used depends upon radiation safety program.

Fees

Academic licensees are required to pay an initial fee and then an annual license fee to the NRC. These fees are explained in our Materials Fee Billing Handbook. Refer to the schedule of materials fees for the fees required for each category of license and each type of fee.

Forms

The License Application Form is to be used by all academic use licensees.

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