---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 75.26"
title: "10"
number: "75.26"
heading: "Exemption from IAEA safeguards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/75.26"
---

# §75.26. Exemption from IAEA safeguards.

- (a) The U.S. Government may request from the IAEA an exemption from IAEA safeguards with respect to nuclear material of the following types:
  - (1) Source and special nuclear material in gram quantities or less as a sensing component in instruments;
  - (2) Nuclear material used in nonnuclear activities; and
  - (3) **Plutonium with an isotopic concentration of plutonium-238 exceeding 80 percent.**
- (b) Nuclear material exempted under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must not exceed the quantity limits specified in the Safeguards Agreements.
- (c) The NRC shall provide a prompt notification of an exemption issued by the IAEA to the applicable licensee, certificate holder, or nuclear material outside facilities.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 83 FR 19612, May 4, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 63, 103, 104, 122, 161, 223, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2093, 2133, 2134, 2152, 2201, 2273, 2282, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 135, 141 (42 U.S.C. 10155, 10161); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. Section 75.4 also issued under Nuclear Waste Policy Act secs. 135 (42 U.S.C. 10155, 10161).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 50711, July 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.