{"data":{"id":"us/10-cfr-840.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 CFR 840.2","heading":"Procedures.","body":"(a) DOE may initiate, on its own motion, the making of a determination as to whether or not there has been an extraordinary nuclear occurrence. In the event DOE does not so initiate the making of a determination, any affected person, or any person with whom an indemnity agreement is executed may petition DOE for a determination of whether or not there has been an extraordinary nuclear occurrence. If DOE does not have, or does not expect to have, within 7 days after it has received notification of an alleged event, enough information available to make a determination that there has been an extraordinary nuclear occurrence, DOE will publish a notice in the Federal Register setting forth the date and place of the alleged event and requesting any persons having knowledge thereof to submit their information to DOE.\n(b) When a procedure is initiated under paragraph (a) of this section, the principal staff which will begin immediately to assemble the relevant information and prepare a report on which the DOE can make its determination will consist of the Directors or their designees of the following Divisions or Offices: Office of Nuclear Safety, Office of Operational Safety, Office of Health and Environmental Research, the General Counsel or his designee, and a representative of the program division whose facility or device may be involved.","path":["Title 10—Energy","CHAPTER III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","PART 840—EXTRAORDINARY NUCLEAR OCCURRENCES"],"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":"900552f42c9beac37d51013c02684465245047e0a7fe1a489a57183446a02a4c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-cfr-840.1","next":"us/10-cfr-840.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}