10 CFR 72.74, Reports of Accidental Criticality Or Loss of Special Nuclear Material

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Reports of accidental criticality or loss of special nuclear material

a

(a) Each licensee shall notify the NRC Operations Center<A HREF="#N_1_7274">1</A> within one hour of discovery of accidental criticality or any loss of special nuclear material.

b

(b) This notification must be made to the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System if the licensee is party to that system. If the Emergency Notification System is inoperative or unavailable, the licensee shall make the required notification via commercial telephonic service or any other dedicated telephonic system or any other method that will ensure that a report is received by the NRC Operations Center within one hour. The exemption of § 73.21(g)(3) of this chapter applies to all telephonic reports required by this section.

c

(c) Reports required under § 73.71 of this chapter need not be duplicated under the requirements of this section.

Federal Register

, as amended at 59 FR 14087, Mar. 25, 1994] <A NAME="N_1_7274">1. </A> Commercial telephone number of the NRC Operations Center is (301) 816-5100.


External Links

NRC website 10 CFR 72.74