10 CFR 70.52
§ 70.52 Reports of accidental criticality.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 70.52, § 70.52 Reports of accidental criticality, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/38173
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(a) Each licensee shall notify the NRC Headquarters Operations Center by telephone at the numbers specified in appendix A to part 73 of this chapter within 1 hour after discovery of any case of accidental criticality.
(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 other dedicated telephonic system or any other method that will ensure that a report is received by the NRC Operations Center within one hour.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.