---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1017.7"
title: "10"
number: "1017.7"
heading: "Criteria."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1017.7"
---

# §1017.7. Criteria.


To be identified as UCNI, the information must meet each of the following criteria:

- (a) The information must be Government information as defined in [§ 1017.4](/cfr/10/1017.4.md);
- (b) The information must concern atomic energy defense programs as defined in [§ 1017.4](/cfr/10/1017.4.md);
- (c) The information must fall within the scope of at least one of the three subject areas eligible to be UCNI in [§ 1017.8](/cfr/10/1017.8.md);
- (d) The information must meet the adverse effect test described in [§ 1017.10](/cfr/10/1017.10.md); and
- (e) The information must not be exempt from being UCNI under [§ 1017.11](/cfr/10/1017.11.md).

## 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.