---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 10.2"
title: "10"
number: "10.2"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/10.2"
---

# §10.2. Scope.


The criteria and procedures in this part shall be used in determining eligibility for NRC access authorization and/or employment clearance involving:

- (a) Employees (including consultants) of contractors and agents of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and applicants for employment;
- (b) NRC licensees, certificate holders and holders of standard design approvals under part [52](/cfr/10/part52.md) or [53](/cfr/10/part53.md) of this chapter, applicants for licenses, certificates, and standard design approvals under part [52](/cfr/10/part52.md) or [53](/cfr/10/part53.md) of this chapter, and their employees (including consultants) and applicants for employment (including consulting);
- (c) NRC employees (including consultants) and applicants for employment; and
- (d) Any other person designated by the Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, Compliance, Administration, and Human Capital Programs of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 38676, Sept. 2, 1982, as amended at 64 FR 15641, Apr. 1, 1999; 72 FR 49483, Aug. 28, 2007; 91 FR 15771, Mar. 30, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 145, 161 (42 U.S.C. 2165, 2201); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); E.O. 10450, 18 FR 2489, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 936, as amended; E.O. 10865, 25 FR 1583, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 398, as amended; E.O. 12968, 60 FR 40245, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 391.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 38676, Sept. 2, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 38676, Sept. 2, 1982, as amended at 64 FR 15641, Apr. 1, 1999; 72 FR 49483, Aug. 28, 2007; 91 FR 15771, Mar. 30, 2026]