---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 81.53"
title: "10"
number: "81.53"
heading: "Review by the Board."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/81.53"
---

# §81.53. Review by the Board.

- (a) The Board shall determine the propriety of any decision concerning the grant, denial, interpretation, modification, or revocation of a license according to the policy and criteria of these regulations, including [§ 81.11](/cfr/10/81.11.md), on the record and evidence submitted by an appellant and the Commission to the Board.
- (b) A hearing may be requested by the Commission or an appellant within fifteen (15) days after the notice set forth under [§ 81.52(c)](/cfr/10/81.52.md?p=c). An appellant and the Commission shall be given a minimum of fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place of a hearing. The Commission and the appellant shall have an opportunity to make oral arguments before the Board.
- (c) The Board shall make findings of fact and reach a conclusion with respect to the propriety of the decision of the Commission, which conclusion shall constitute the final action of the Commission.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 156, 161 (42 U.S.C. 2186, 2201); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 7318, Mar. 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted.