10 CFR Appendix M
Categorization of Nuclear Material
June 9, 2020
CFR

[From IAEA INFCIRC/225, Rev. 1]

Open Table
Material Form Category
I II IIIe
1. Plutoniuma Unirradiatedb 2 kg or more Less than 2 kg but more than 500 g 500 g or less.
2. Uranium-235c Unirradiated:b
       Uranium enriched to 20 pct U235 or more 5 kg or more Less than 5 kg but more than 1 kg 1 kg or less.
       Uranium enriched to 10 pct U235 but less than 20 pct 10 kg or more Less than 10 kg.
       Uranium enriched above natural, but less than 10 pct U235 10 kg or more.
3. Uranium-233 Unirradiatedb 2 kg or more Less than 2 kg but more than 500 g 500 g or less.

aAll plutonium except that with isotopic concentration exceeding 80 pct in plutonium-238.

bMaterial not irradiated in a reactor or material irradiated in a reactor but with a radiation level equal to or less than 100 rd/h at 1 m unshielded.

cNatural uranium, depleted uranium, thorium and quantities of uranium enriched to less than 10% not falling into Category III should be protected in accordance with prudent management practice.

dIrradiated fuel should be protected as category I, II, or III nuclear material depending on the category of the fresh fuel. However, fuel which by virtue of its original fissile material content is included as category I or II before irradiation should only be reduced one category level, while the radiation level from the fuel exceeds 100 rd/h at 1 m unshielded.

ePhysical security determinations will not be required for 15 g or less of plutonium, uranium-233 or high-enriched uranium, or for 1 kg or less of uranium with an enrichment between 10 and 20 pct in uranium-235.

(Sec. 161, as amended, Pub. L. 83-703, 68 Stat. 948 (42 U.S.C. 2201); sec. 201, as amended, Pub. L. 93-438, 88 Stat. 1243 (42 U.S.C. 5841))

[43 FR 21641, May 19, 1978. Redesignated and amended at 49 FR 47204, Dec. 3, 1984. Further redesignated at 55 FR 30450, July 26, 1990; 58 FR 13005, Mar. 9, 1993; 61 FR 35603, July 8, 1996]


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