---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 54.43"
title: "10"
number: "54.43"
heading: "Criminal penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/54.43"
---

# §54.43. Criminal penalties.

- (a) Section 223 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, provides for criminal sanctions for willful violations of, attempted violation of, or conspiracy to violate, any regulation issued under sections [161b](/cfr/10/161b.md), [161i](/cfr/10/161i.md), or [161o](/cfr/10/161o.md) of the Act. For purposes of [section 223](/cfr/10/223.md), all the regulations in [part 54](/cfr/10/part54.md) are issued under one or more of sections [161b](/cfr/10/161b.md), [161i](/cfr/10/161i.md), or [161o](/cfr/10/161o.md), except for the sections listed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) The regulations in [part 54](/cfr/10/part54.md) that are not issued under Sections [161b](/cfr/10/161b.md), [161i](/cfr/10/161i.md), or [161o](/cfr/10/161o.md) for the purposes of [Section 223](/cfr/10/223.md) are as follows: §§ [54.1](/cfr/10/54.1.md), [54.3](/cfr/10/54.3.md), [54.4](/cfr/10/54.4.md), [54.5](/cfr/10/54.5.md), [54.7](/cfr/10/54.7.md), [54.9](/cfr/10/54.9.md), [54.11](/cfr/10/54.11.md), [54.15](/cfr/10/54.15.md), [54.17](/cfr/10/54.17.md), [54.19](/cfr/10/54.19.md), [54.21](/cfr/10/54.21.md), [54.22](/cfr/10/54.22.md), [54.23](/cfr/10/54.23.md), [54.25](/cfr/10/54.25.md), [54.27](/cfr/10/54.27.md), [54.29](/cfr/10/54.29.md), [54.31](/cfr/10/54.31.md), [54.41](/cfr/10/54.41.md), and 54.43.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 102, 103, 104, 161, 181, 182, 183, 186, 189, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2132, 2133, 2134, 2136, 2137, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2236, 2239, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. Section 54.17 also issued under E.O. 12829, 58 FR 3479, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 570; E.O. 13526, 75 FR 707, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 298; E.O. 12968, 60 FR 40245, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 391; ADVANCE Act of 2024, sec. 301 (42 U.S.C. 2133 note).

### Source

Source: 60 FR 22491, May 8, 1995, unless otherwise noted.