42 U.S.C. § 5848 — Abnormal occurrence reports

The Commission must submit to the Congress an annual report listing for the previous fiscal year any abnormal occurrences at or associated with any facility which is licensed or otherwise regulated pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended [ 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], or pursuant to this chapter. For the purposes of this section an abnormal occurrence is an unscheduled incident or event which the Commission determines is significant from the standpoint of public health or safety. Nothing in the preceding sentence must limit the authority of a court to review the determination of the Commission. Each such report must contain—
(1) the date and place of each occurrence;
(2) the nature and probable consequence of each occurrence;
(3) the cause or causes of each; and
(4) any action taken to prevent reoccurrence; the Commission must also provide as wide dissemination to the public of the information specified in clauses
(1) and
(2) of this section as reasonably possible within fifteen days of its receiving information of each abnormal occurrence and must provide as wide dissemination to the public as reasonably possible of the information specified in clauses
(3) and
(4) as soon as such information becomes available to it.