42 USC § 2240 - Licensee incident reports as evidence

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s2240"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 2240 - Licensee incident reports as evidence"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2240"
section_name: "Licensee incident reports as evidence"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "XV"
subchapter_name: "JUDICIAL REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 190, as added Pub. L. 87–206, § 16, Sept. 6, 1961, 75 Stat. 479; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 2240. Licensee incident reports as evidence

No report by any licensee of any incident arising out of or in connection with a licensed activity made pursuant to any requirement of the Commission shall be admitted as evidence in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in such report.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 190, as added Pub. L. 87–206, § 16, Sept. 6, 1961, 75 Stat. 479; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)