# Federal Register 2026-20336 — effective 2026-12-21 — Exemptions From Materials Licensing — Nuclear Regulatory Commission

For Federal Register 2026-20336, effective date is 2026-12-21; agency is Nuclear Regulatory Commission; published is 2026-10-05; cfr parts amended is 10 CFR 20, 10 CFR 30, 10 CFR 40, 10 CFR 70, recorded from its source on 2026-10-05; source re-checked 2026-11-03.

- **FR document number:** 2026-20336 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Exemptions From Materials Licensing _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Nuclear Regulatory Commission _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-12-21 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** This direct final rule is effective December 21, 2026, unless significant adverse comments are received by November 4, 2026. If this direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely notice of the withdrawal will be published in the Federal Register. Comments received on this direct final rule will also be considered to be comments on a companion proposed rule published in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 10 CFR 20, 10 CFR 30, 10 CFR 40, 10 CFR 70 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-10-05 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-11-03. Review by: 2026-11-16.
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