NRC Final Rule Allows Exports of Certain Nuclear Material in IAEA Safeguard Samples

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a final rule, effective June 8, 2012, amending its regulations at 10 CFR Part 110 to expand the exemption from the requirements for a license to include exports of source and byproduct material in IAEA safeguards samples. The NRC said the final rule facilitates implementation of the “Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America. The amended regulations say source material samples may not exceed 5 kilograms per facility per year, and byproduct material quantities may not exceed the values listed in 10 CFR 30.71.