NRC Renews Paperwork Rules for Companies Handling Uranium Materials
Published Date: 10/23/2026
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Summary
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is renewing its paperwork rules for companies that handle special source materials, like uranium. If you’re involved in licensing or using these materials, you might need to update your info soon. Comments on these changes are open until November 23, 2026, but no new fees or big changes are expected.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
License applications, renewals, and recordkeeping
If you apply for or hold an NRC license to receive, possess, use, transfer, or deliver radioactive source material, you must submit a one-time application to obtain a license, submit renewal applications every 15 to 40 years, and keep records on an ongoing basis under 10 CFR part 40.
Estimated annual paperwork burden
The NRC estimates 813 annual respondents with 1,516 annual responses and a total paperwork burden of 18,469 hours per year (12,087 hours reporting + 6,367 hours recordkeeping + 15 hours third‑party disclosure).
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