Regulation of byproduct material, source material, and special nuclear material; agreement with Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Ind. Code § 10-19-11-4
in effectSec. 4. (a) Byproduct material shall be licensed and regulated in Indiana by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission until the governor, on behalf of the state, enters into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the state to assume regulation of the use of byproduct material under subsection (d).
(b) Source material shall be licensed and regulated in Indiana by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission until the governor, on behalf of the state, enters into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the state to assume regulation of the use of source materials under subsection (d).
(c) Special nuclear material shall be licensed and regulated in Indiana by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission until the governor, on behalf of the state, enters into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assume regulation of the use of special nuclear material under subsection (d).
(d) The governor, or the governor's appointee on behalf of the state, may enter into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assume regulation, as authorized under the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954, of the use of the following:
(1) Byproduct material.
(2) Source material.
(3) Special nuclear material.
(e) An agreement entered into under subsection (d) may provide for the federal government to relinquish certain of its responsibilities with respect to sources of ionizing radiation and for the state to assume those responsibilities.
(f) After the governor, on behalf of the state, enters into an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under subsection (d), the department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement the agreement.
As added by P.L.29-2014, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.187-2021, SEC.36; P.L.93-2024, SEC.102.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/10Fetched: 10/17/2026