28 CFR §13.6
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- (a)Information provided by any person to the United States for a reward under the Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Rewards Act must be original, and must concern the unlawful:
- (1)Introduction, manufacture or acquisition, or
- (2)Attempted introduction, manufacture or acquisition of, or
- (3)Export or attempt to export, or
- (4)Conspiracy to introduce, manufacture, acquire or export special nuclear material or atomic weapons, or
- (5)Loss, diversion or disposal or special nuclear material or atomic weapons.
- (b)The amount of the reward shall depend on:
- (1)The amount of the material recovered or potentially recoverable, and the role the information played in the recovery, and
- (2)The danger the material posed or poses to the common defense and security or public health and welfare, and
- (3)The difficulty in ascertaining the information submitted to claim the reward, and the quality of the information, and
- (4)Any other considerations which the Attorney General or the intra-departmental committee deems necessary or helpful to the individual determination.