10 CFR § 140.82 - Procedures.

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title: "10 CFR § 140.82 - Procedures."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "140.82"
section_name: "Procedures."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "140"
part_name: "FINANCIAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 170, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2210, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "25 FR 2944, Apr. 7, 1960, unless otherwise noted."
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# 140.82 Procedures.

(a) The Commission may initiate, on its own motion, the making of a determination as to whether or not there has been an extraordinary nuclear occurrence. In the event the Commission does not so initiate the making of a determination, any affected person, or any licensee or person with whom an indemnity agreement is executed or a person providing financial protection may petition the Commission for a determination of whether or not there has been an extraordinary nuclear occurrence. If the Commission does not have, or does not expect to have, within 7 days after it has received notification of an alleged event, enough information available to make a determination that there has been an extraordinary nuclear occurrence, the Commission will publish a notice in the *Federal Register* setting forth the date and place of the alleged event and requesting any persons having knowledge thereof to submit their information to the Commission.

(b) When a procedure is initiated under paragraph (a) of this section, the Commission will designate members of the principal staff to begin immediately to assemble the relevant information and prepare a report on which the Commission can make its determination.

[33 FR 15999, Oct. 31, 1968, as amended at 40 FR 8794, Mar. 3, 1975]