NRC Renews Nuke Paperwork: Track Those Transactions, Folks
Published Date: 8/31/2026
Notice
Summary
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is renewing approval for forms that track nuclear materials, like transactions and inventories. Companies handling nuclear materials must keep using these forms, and the NRC wants your feedback by October 30, 2026. This renewal keeps things running smoothly without adding new costs or big changes.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Documented annual compliance burden totals
The NRC records estimated annual responses and hours for these forms: Form 740M — 67 responses and 50 hours; Form 741 — 28,031 responses and 35,039 hours; Form 742 — 327 responses and 981 hours; Form 742C — 327 responses and 1,145 hours. The NRC also estimates the number of annual respondents: Form 740M — 17; Form 741 — 327; Form 742 — 327; Form 742C — 327.
Continued nuclear-material reporting rules
If you hold an NRC license to possess nuclear material, you must keep using DOE/NRC Forms 740M, 741, 742, and 742C. Form 741 must be submitted whenever material is shipped, received, or otherwise undergoes an inventory change; Forms 742 and 742C must be submitted annually when a licensee possessed one gram or more of (respectively) source material or special nuclear material during the previous reporting period; Form 740M is used as needed. The rule renewal keeps these reporting requirements in place so domestic and international safeguards reporting continues.
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