---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1017.26"
title: "10"
number: "1017.26"
heading: "Destruction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1017.26"
---

# §1017.26. Destruction.


A document marked as containing UCNI must be destroyed, at a minimum, by using a cross-cut shredder that produces particles no larger than 1/4-inch wide and 2 inches long. Other comparable destruction methods may be used. Material containing or revealing UCNI must be destroyed according to agency directives.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2168; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 32641, June 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted.