N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 162-B:2

No person shall manufacture, construct, produce, transfer, acquire or possess any special nuclear material, by-product material, production facility, or utilization facility or act as an operator of a production or utilization facility wholly within this state unless the person shall have first obtained a license or permit for the activity proposed from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, if, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the commission requires a license or permit to be obtained by persons proposing to engage in activities of the same type over which it has jurisdiction.