---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1.51"
title: "10"
number: "1.51"
heading: "Description and custody of NRC seal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1.51"
---

# §1.51. Description and custody of NRC seal.

- (a) Pursuant to section 201(a) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has adopted an official seal. Its description is as follows: An American bald eagle (similar to that on the Great Seal of the United States of America) of brown and tan with claws and beak of yellow, behind a shield of red, white, and blue, clutching a cluster of thirteen arrows in its left claw and a green olive branch in its right claw, positioned on a field of white, with the words “United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission” in dark blue encircling the eagle. The eagle represents the United States of America and its interests.
- (b) **The Official Seal of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is illustrated as follows—**
- (c) The Secretary of the Commission is responsible for custody of the impression seals and of replica (plaque) seals.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 23, 25, 29, 161, 191 (42 U.S.C. 2033, 2035, 2039, 2201, 2241); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 203, 204, 205, 209 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5843, 5844, 5845, 5849); Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 552, 553); Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (Reorganization Plans).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 31602, Aug. 21, 1987, unless otherwise noted.