---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 20.2001"
title: "10"
number: "20.2001"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/20.2001"
---

# §20.2001. General requirements.

- (a) A licensee shall dispose of licensed material only—
  - (1) By transfer to an authorized recipient as provided in [§ 20.2006](/cfr/10/20.2006.md) or in the regulations in parts [30](/cfr/10/part30.md), [40](/cfr/10/part40.md), 60, 61, 63, 70, and 72 of this chapter;
  - (2) By decay in storage; or
  - (3) By release in effluents within the limits in [§ 20.1301](/cfr/10/20.1301.md); or
  - (4) As authorized under §§ [20.2002](/cfr/10/20.2002.md), [20.2003](/cfr/10/20.2003.md), [20.2004](/cfr/10/20.2004.md), [20.2005](/cfr/10/20.2005.md), or [20.2008](/cfr/10/20.2008.md).
- (b) A person must be specifically licensed to receive waste containing licensed material from other persons for:
  - (1) Treatment prior to disposal; or
  - (2) Treatment or disposal by incineration; or
  - (3) Decay in storage; or
  - (4) Disposal at a land disposal facility licensed under [part 61](/cfr/10/part61.md) of this chapter; or
  - (5) **Disposal at a geologic repository under part 60 or part 63 of this chapter.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 23403, May 21, 1991, as amended at 66 FR 55789, Nov. 2, 2001; 72 FR 55922, Oct. 1, 2007]

### Source

Source: 56 FR 23403, May 21, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 11, 53, 63, 65, 81, 103, 104, 161, 170H, 182, 186, 223, 234, 274, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2014, 2073, 2093, 2095, 2111, 2133, 2134, 2201, 2210h, 2232, 2236, 2273, 2282, 2021, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842); Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, sec. 2 (42 U.S.C. 2021b); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Amendments

[56 FR 23403, May 21, 1991, as amended at 66 FR 55789, Nov. 2, 2001; 72 FR 55922, Oct. 1, 2007]