{"data":{"id":"us/10-cfr-2.1117","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 CFR 2.1117","heading":"Burden of proof.","body":"The applicant bears the ultimate burden of proof (risk of non-persuasion) with respect to the contention in the proceeding. The proponent of the request for an adjudicatory hearing bears the burden of demonstrating under § 2.1115(b) that an adjudicatory hearing should be held.","path":["Title 10—Energy","CHAPTER I—NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","PART 2—AGENCY RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE","Subpart K—Hybrid Hearing Procedures for Expansion of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Capacity at Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-10.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:09Z","sha256":"b1692581033211c80ac11fdb9336ee3a851b02db3239b3f3079e864473ae76b7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-cfr-2.1115","next":"us/10-cfr-2.1119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}