---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 835.606"
title: "10"
number: "835.606"
heading: "Exceptions to labeling requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/835.606"
---

# §835.606. Exceptions to labeling requirements.

- (a) Items and containers may be excepted from the radioactive material labeling requirements of [§ 835.605](/cfr/10/835.605.md) when:
  - (1) Used, handled, or stored in areas posted and controlled in accordance with this subpart and sufficient information is provided to permit individuals to take precautions to avoid or control exposures; or
  - (2) The quantity of radioactive material is less than one tenth of the values specified in appendix E of this part and less than 0.1 Ci; or
  - (3) Packaged, labeled, and marked in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Transportation or DOE Orders governing radioactive material transportation; or
  - (4) Inaccessible, or accessible only to individuals authorized to handle or use them, or to work in the vicinity; or
  - (5) Installed in manufacturing, process, or other equipment, such as reactor components, piping, and tanks; or
  - (6) **The radioactive material consists solely of nuclear weapons or their components.**
- (b) Radioactive material labels applied to sealed radioactive sources may be excepted from the color specifications of [§ 835.601(a)](/cfr/10/835.601.md?p=a).

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 59684, Nov. 4, 1998, as amended at 72 FR 31927, June 8, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201, 7191; 50 U.S.C. 2410.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 65485, Dec. 14, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 59684, Nov. 4, 1998, as amended at 72 FR 31927, June 8, 2007]