Certificate User Information and Guidance

For DOE to add a "user" to the Registered User Listing, the applicant must have a Quality Assurance Program (QAP) approved by the Headquarters Certifying Official (HCO).  Click here for QAP status and here for QA Approval Program information.  User registration forms will be placed on-hold until the user's QAP is approved (conditional or full).

• Registered User Listing
• DOE Guidance for Special Form Documentation (added 2/25/2014)
• DOE Guidance for Type A Fissile Packaging (added 6/20/2014)
• Registration process and form for DOE elements or persons under contract to DOE elements (i.e., contractors) for use of a certified Type B or fissile radioactive material package or certified Special Form Class 7 Material for consignment of DOE radioactive material (updated 4/17/2017)
• Termination process and form for DOE elements or persons under contract to DOE elements (i.e., contractors) for discontinuing use of a certified Type B or fissile radioactive material package or certified Special Form Class 7 Material for consignment of DOE radioactive material (updated 11/21/2017, open pdf)
• Guidance for DOE Use of DOE Certified Packages (updated 4/18/2017)
• Guidance for DOE Use of DOT Certified Packages (added 4/18/2017)
• Guidance for DOE Use of NRC Certified Packages (updated 4/18/2017)
• Guidance for DOE Use of IAEA Certificates of Competent Authority for Special Form Radioactive Materials (updated 4/18/2017)
• Use of Appropriate Certificates of Compliance for DOE Shipments (opens pdf)
• Guidance for Packaging Maintenance Expiration - When does maintenance expire? (added 11/18/2015)
• DOE Exemption Process - summarized steps of the DOE Order 460.1D Exemption application submittal and approval process.
• DOE Guidance for Reporting Violations to NRC (added 5/16/2017)
• Use of Type B Packaging in Lieu of Type A Packaging (open pdf)
• DOE Guidance for Shipping Empty Class 7, Certified Type B or Fissile Packaging - response to user registration question (added 6/6/2017)
• DOE Guidance for Overlapping Certificate Revisions (added 9/26/2017)
• DOE Guidance for Reporting Packaging Damage and Defects (added 11/13/2017)
• DOE Guidance for DOE User Application of 10 CFR 71.15, 71.22, and 71.23 (added 1/30/2019)
• DOE Guidance (from NRC) for DOE transfer of radioactive material onsite (i.e., at a DOE Site) to an NRC or an Agreement State licensee for shipment (added 7/2/2019, opens pdf)
• DOE Fissile Excepted Guidance (added 1/29/2020)
• DOE Guidance (from NRC) for NRC licensee transfer of radioactive material onsite (i.e., at a NRC or agreement state licensee's site) to DOE or DOE contractor for shipment (added 12/21/2021 opens pdf)
• DOE Guidance for Type B or Fissile Package Certificate Content Questions (added 10/1/2019)
• DOE Guidance for Gas-Generation Considerations for Shipping and Storage of Type B or Fissile Material Packages (added 7/9/2020)
• DOE Guidance for Use of DOE Certified Type B or Fissile Packaging for TRU Waste Shipments (added 7/10/2020)
• DOE Guidance for Self-Reporting Non-incident HMR Violations (added 7/18/2022)
• DOE Guidance for LEU/HALEU A1/A2 Calculations (added 8/25/2022)
• DOE Guidance for Packaging Certified by the Manufacturer (added 6/7/2023)