---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 71.100"
title: "10"
number: "71.100"
heading: "Criminal penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/71.100"
---

# §71.100. 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 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 71](/cfr/10/part71.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 71](/cfr/10/part71.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: §§ [71.0](/cfr/10/71.0.md), [71.2](/cfr/10/71.2.md), [71.4](/cfr/10/71.4.md), [71.6](/cfr/10/71.6.md), [71.7](/cfr/10/71.7.md), [71.10](/cfr/10/71.10.md), [71.31](/cfr/10/71.31.md), [71.33](/cfr/10/71.33.md), [71.35](/cfr/10/71.35.md), [71.37](/cfr/10/71.37.md), [71.38](/cfr/10/71.38.md), [71.39](/cfr/10/71.39.md), [71.40](/cfr/10/71.40.md), [71.41](/cfr/10/71.41.md), [71.43](/cfr/10/71.43.md), [71.45](/cfr/10/71.45.md), [71.47](/cfr/10/71.47.md), [71.51](/cfr/10/71.51.md), [71.55](/cfr/10/71.55.md), [71.59](/cfr/10/71.59.md), [71.65](/cfr/10/71.65.md), [71.71](/cfr/10/71.71.md), [71.73](/cfr/10/71.73.md), [71.74](/cfr/10/71.74.md), [71.75](/cfr/10/71.75.md), [71.77](/cfr/10/71.77.md), [71.99](/cfr/10/71.99.md), and 71.100.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 50264, Sept. 28, 1995, as amended at 69 FR 3796, Jan. 26, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 57, 62, 63, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, sec. 180 (42 U.S.C. 10175); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. Section 71.97 also issued under Sec. 301, Pub. L. 96-295, 94 Stat. 789 (42 U.S.C. 5841 note).

### Source

Source: 60 FR 50264, Sept. 28, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 50264, Sept. 28, 1995, as amended at 69 FR 3796, Jan. 26, 2004]