---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 55.73"
title: "10"
number: "55.73"
heading: "Criminal penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/55.73"
---

# §55.73. Criminal penalties.

- (a) Section 223 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, provides for criminal sanctions for willful violation of, attempted violation of, or conspiracy of 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 55](/cfr/10/part55.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 55](/cfr/10/part55.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: §§ [55.1](/cfr/10/55.1.md), [55.2](/cfr/10/55.2.md), [55.4](/cfr/10/55.4.md), [55.5](/cfr/10/55.5.md), [55.6](/cfr/10/55.6.md), [55.7](/cfr/10/55.7.md), [55.8](/cfr/10/55.8.md), [55.11](/cfr/10/55.11.md). 55.13, 55.31, 55.33, 55.35, 55.41, 55.43, 55.47, 55.51, 55.55, 55.57, 55.61, 55.71, and 55.73.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 55076, Nov. 24, 1992]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 107, 161, 181, 182, 183, 186, 187, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2137, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2236, 2237, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, sec. 306 (42 U.S.C. 10226); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 9460, Mar. 25, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 55076, Nov. 24, 1992]