10 CFR § 1708.103 - Request to conduct safety investigations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s1708.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 1708.103 - Request to conduct safety investigations."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "1708.103"
section_name: "Request to conduct safety investigations."
chapter_name: "DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD"
part_number: "1708"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2286b(c); 42 U.S.C. 2286a(b)(2); 44 U.S.C. 3101-3107, 3301-3303a, 3308-3314."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 71010, Dec. 1, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1708"
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# 1708.103 Request to conduct safety investigations.

(a) Any person may request that the Board perform a preliminary safety inquiry or conduct a formal safety investigation concerning a matter within the Board's jurisdiction.

(b) Actions the Board may take regarding safety investigation requests are discretionary.

(c) The Board will offer to protect the identity of a person requesting a safety investigation to the maximum extent permitted by law.

(d) Board safety investigations are wholly administrative and investigatory in nature and do not involve a determination of criminal culpability, adjudication of rights and duties, or other quasi-judicial determinations.