10 CFR § 612.3 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s612.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 612.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "612.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "612"
part_name: "RECAPTURE OF CIVIL NUCLEAR CREDITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7254; 42 U.S.C. 18753."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 871, Jan. 8, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "612"
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# 612.3 Definitions.
*Award period* means the period beginning with the first day of the award year for which the owner/operator has been awarded credits up to and including the last day of the fourth award year thereafter.
*Award year* means a 12-month period beginning on the effective date of the award of credits and each anniversary thereof during the award period.
*CNC program* means the civil nuclear credit program established by the Secretary pursuant to section 40323 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58) codified at 42 U.S.C. 18753.
*Credits* means the credits awarded to an owner/operator of a nuclear reactor projected to cease operations due to economic factors and certified by the Department as part of the CNC program.
*Department* means the Department of Energy.
*Nuclear reactor* means a nuclear power reactor unit with respect to which an owner/operator has been awarded credits pursuant to the civil nuclear credit program.
*Owner/operator* means the owner or operator of a nuclear reactor that has been awarded credits pursuant to the civil nuclear credit program.
*Secretary* means the Secretary of Energy.