---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 76.22"
title: "10"
number: "76.22"
heading: "Ineligibility of certain applicants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/76.22"
---

# §76.22. Ineligibility of certain applicants.


A certificate of compliance may not be issued to the Corporation if the Commission determines that:

- (a) The Corporation is owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, a foreign corporation, or a foreign government; or
- (b) **The issuance of such a certificate of compliance would be inimical to—**
  - (1) The common defense and security of the United States; or
  - (2) **The maintenance of a reliable and economical domestic source of enrichment services.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 6670, Feb. 12, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 122, 161, 193(f), 223, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2152, 2201, 2243(f), 2273, 2282, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846, 5851); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. Section 76.22 is also issued under Atomic Energy Act sec. 193(f) (42 U.S.C. 2243(f)). Section 76.35(j) also issued under Atomic Energy Act sec. 122 (42 U.S.C. 2152).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 48960, Sept. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 6670, Feb. 12, 1997]