Requirement for advance notice and protection of export shipments of special nuclear material of low strategic significance.
10 C.F.R. § 73.73
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) A licensee authorized to export special nuclear material of low strategic significance shall:
(1) Notify in writing the Director, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, by email (preferred method) to AdvanceNotifications.Resource@nrc.gov or by using any appropriate method listed in § 73.4;
(2) Assure that the notification will be received at least 10 days before transport of the shipment commences at the shipper's facility;
(3) Include the following information in the notification:
(i) The name(s), address(es), and telephone number(s) of the shipper, receiver, and carrier(s);
(ii) A physical description of the shipment (the elements, isotopes, form, etc.);
(iii) A listing of the mode(s) of shipment, transfer points, and routes to be used;
(iv) The estimated time and date that shipment will commence and that each country along the route is scheduled to be entered; and
(v) The estimated time and date of arrival of the shipment at the destination;
(4) Assure that during transport outside the United States, the shipment will be protected in accordance with Annex I to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (see appendix E of this part).
(b) A licensee who needs to amend a written advance notification required by paragraph (a) of this section may notify the NRC Headquarters Operations Center by telephone at the numbers listed in appendix A to this part.
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