42 USC § 5850 - Unresolved safety issues plan

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s5850"
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title: "42 USC § 5850 - Unresolved safety issues plan"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "5850"
section_name: "Unresolved safety issues plan"
chapter_number: 73
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SOURCES"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; NUCLEAR WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–438, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 95–209, § 3, Dec. 13, 1977, 91 Stat. 1482.)"
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# § 5850. Unresolved safety issues plan

January 1, 1978

The Commission shall develop a plan providing for the specification and analysis of unresolved safety issues relating to nuclear reactors and shall take such action as may be necessary to implement corrective measures with respect to such issues. Such plan shall be submitted to the Congress on or before  and progress reports shall be included in the annual report of the Commission thereafter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–438, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 95–209, § 3, Dec. 13, 1977, 91 Stat. 1482.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Another  was renumbered section 211 and is classified to .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of certain functions from Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Chairman thereof, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1980, 45 F.R. 40561, , set out as a note under .