---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 71.23"
title: "10"
number: "71.23"
heading: "General license: Plutonium-beryllium special form material."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/71.23"
---

# §71.23. General license: Plutonium-beryllium special form material.

- (a) A general license is issued to any licensee of the Commission to transport fissile material in the form of plutonium-beryllium (Pu-Be) special form sealed sources, or to deliver Pu-Be sealed sources to a carrier for transport, if the material is shipped in accordance with this section. This material need not be contained in a package which meets the standards of subparts [E](/cfr/10/subpartE.md) and [F](/cfr/10/subpartF.md) of this part; however, the material must be contained in a Type A package. The Type A package must also meet the DOT requirements of [49 CFR 173.417(a)](/cfr/49/173.417.md?p=a).
- (b) The general license applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the Commission as satisfying the provisions of subpart H of this part.
- (c) The general license applies only when a package's contents:
  - (1) Contain no more than a Type A quantity of radioactive material; and
  - (2) **Contain less than 1000 g of plutonium, provided that—** plutonium-239, plutonium-241, or any combination of these radionuclides, constitutes less than 240 g of the total quantity of plutonium in the package.
- (d) The general license applies only to packages labeled with a CSI which:
  - (1) Has been determined in accordance with [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section;
  - (2) Has a value less than or equal to 100; and
  - (3) For a shipment of multiple packages containing Pu-Be sealed sources, the sum of the CSIs must be less than or equal to 50 (for shipment on a nonexclusive use conveyance) and less than or equal to 100 (for shipment on an exclusive use conveyance).
- (e)
  - (1) The value for the CSI must be greater than or equal to the number calculated by the following equation:
  - (2) The calculated CSI must be rounded up to the first decimal place.

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 3786, Jan. 26, 2004; 69 FR 58038, Sept. 29, 2004]

### Source

Source: 69 FR 3786, Jan. 26, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[69 FR 3786, Jan. 26, 2004; 69 FR 58038, Sept. 29, 2004]