---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 72.86"
title: "10"
number: "72.86"
heading: "Criminal penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/72.86"
---

# §72.86. 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 72](/cfr/10/part72.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 72](/cfr/10/part72.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: §§ [72.1](/cfr/10/72.1.md), [72.2](/cfr/10/72.2.md), [72.3](/cfr/10/72.3.md), [72.4](/cfr/10/72.4.md), [72.5](/cfr/10/72.5.md), [72.7](/cfr/10/72.7.md), [72.8](/cfr/10/72.8.md), [72.9](/cfr/10/72.9.md), [72.13](/cfr/10/72.13.md), [72.16](/cfr/10/72.16.md), [72.18](/cfr/10/72.18.md), [72.20](/cfr/10/72.20.md), [72.22](/cfr/10/72.22.md), [72.24](/cfr/10/72.24.md), [72.26](/cfr/10/72.26.md), [72.28](/cfr/10/72.28.md), [72.32](/cfr/10/72.32.md), [72.34](/cfr/10/72.34.md), [72.40](/cfr/10/72.40.md), [72.46](/cfr/10/72.46.md), [72.56](/cfr/10/72.56.md), [72.58](/cfr/10/72.58.md), [72.60](/cfr/10/72.60.md), [72.62](/cfr/10/72.62.md), [72.84](/cfr/10/72.84.md), 72.86, [72.90](/cfr/10/72.90.md), [72.96](/cfr/10/72.96.md), [72.108](/cfr/10/72.108.md), [72.120](/cfr/10/72.120.md), [72.122](/cfr/10/72.122.md), [72.124](/cfr/10/72.124.md), [72.126](/cfr/10/72.126.md), [72.128](/cfr/10/72.128.md), [72.130](/cfr/10/72.130.md), [72.182](/cfr/10/72.182.md), [72.194](/cfr/10/72.194.md), [72.200](/cfr/10/72.200.md), [72.202](/cfr/10/72.202.md), [72.204](/cfr/10/72.204.md), [72.206](/cfr/10/72.206.md), [72.210](/cfr/10/72.210.md), [72.214](/cfr/10/72.214.md), [72.220](/cfr/10/72.220.md), [72.230](/cfr/10/72.230.md), [72.238](/cfr/10/72.238.md), and [72.240](/cfr/10/72.240.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 55078, Nov. 24, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 36040, July 13, 1994; 64 FR 53616, Oct. 4, 1999; 64 FR 56122, Oct. 15, 1999; 65 FR 50617, Aug. 21, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 69, 81, 161, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2210e, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 117(a), 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 141, 145(g), 148, 218(a) (42 U.S.C. 10137(a), 10152, 10153, 10154, 10155, 10157, 10161, 10165(g), 10168, 10198(a)); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 31658, Aug. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 55078, Nov. 24, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 36040, July 13, 1994; 64 FR 53616, Oct. 4, 1999; 64 FR 56122, Oct. 15, 1999; 65 FR 50617, Aug. 21, 2000]