10 U.S.C. § 6266 — Notification of nuclear criticality and non-nuclear incidents
submitted 1 year ago by Pub. L. 119-60 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 358 words · no verdicts yet
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The Secretary of Energy or the Administrator*, as the case may be, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of a nuclear criticality incident resulting from a covered program that results in an injury or fatality or results in the shutdown, or partial shutdown, of a covered facility by not later than 15 days after the date of such incident.
Each notification submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following:
A description of the incident, including the cause of the incident.
In the case of a criticality incident, whether the incident caused a facility, or part of a facility, to be shut down.
The effect, if any, on the mission of the Administration* or the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy.
Any corrective action taken in response to the incident.
The Secretary shall maintain a record of incidents described in paragraph (2).
An incident described in this paragraph is any of the following incidents resulting from a covered program:
A nuclear criticality incident that results in an injury or fatality or results in the shutdown, or partial shutdown, of a covered facility.
A non-nuclear incident that results in serious bodily injury or fatality at a covered facility.
In carrying out this section, the Secretary and the Administrator shall ensure that each management and operating contractor of a covered facility cooperates in a timely manner.
In this section:
The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
the congressional defense committees*; and
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
The term “covered facility” means—
a facility of the nuclear security enterprise*; and
a facility conducting activities for the defense environmental cleanup program of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy.
The term “covered program” means—
programs of the Administration; and
defense environmental cleanup programs of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy.
Source credit: (Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), (d)(2)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1424, 1462.)
- 2025Enacted · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 1424, 1462
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