{"data":{"id":"us/10-cfr-20.2001","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 CFR 20.2001","heading":"General requirements.","body":"(a) A licensee shall dispose of licensed material only—\n(1) By transfer to an authorized recipient as provided in § 20.2006 or in the regulations in parts 30, 40, 60, 61, 63, 70, and 72 of this chapter;\n(2) By decay in storage; or\n(3) By release in effluents within the limits in § 20.1301; or\n(4) As authorized under §§ 20.2002, 20.2003, 20.2004, 20.2005, or 20.2008.\n(b) A person must be specifically licensed to receive waste containing licensed material from other persons for:\n(1) Treatment prior to disposal; or\n(2) Treatment or disposal by incineration; or\n(3) Decay in storage; or\n(4) Disposal at a land disposal facility licensed under part 61 of this chapter; or\n(5) Disposal at a geologic repository under part 60 or part 63 of this chapter.","path":["Title 10—Energy","CHAPTER I—NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","PART 20—STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION","Subpart K—Waste Disposal"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-10.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:09Z","sha256":"550592424f51887c5166291af4b7d22e9aefabf957b1bafa8a5d85f276cfd632","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-cfr-20.1906","next":"us/10-cfr-20.2002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}