---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Energy"
key: "chI/part72"
level: "part"
label: "Part 72"
heading: "Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C Waste"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/chI-part72"
sections_count: 109
---

# Part 72 — Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C Waste

Title 10 C.F.R. — Energy › Chapter I — Nuclear Regulatory Commission

## Contents

- [Subpart A — General Provisions](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartA.md)
- [Subpart B — License Application, Form, and Contents](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartB.md)
- [Subpart C — Issuance and Conditions of License](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartC.md)
- [Subpart D — Records, Reports, Inspections, and Enforcement](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartD.md)
- [Subpart E — Siting Evaluation Factors](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartE.md)
- [Subpart F — General Design Criteria](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartF.md)
- [Subpart G — Quality Assurance](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartG.md)
- [Subpart H — Physical Protection](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartH.md)
- [Subpart I — Training and Certification of Personnel](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartI.md)
- [Subpart J — Provision of MRS Information to State Governments and Indian Tribes](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartJ.md)
- [Subpart K — General License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartK.md)
- [Subpart L — Approval of Spent Fuel Storage Casks](/cfr/10/chI-part72-subpartL.md)