2018 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 42 - Atomic Energy Defense Provisions
Subchapter VI - Personnel Matters
Part C - Worker Safety
Sec. 2735 - Use of probabilistic risk assessment to ensure nuclear safety of facilities of the Administration and the Office of Environmental Management
| 50 U.S.C. § 2735 (2018) |
| §2735. Use of probabilistic risk assessment to ensure nuclear safety of facilities of the Administration and the Office of Environmental Management |
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(a) Nuclear safety at NNSA and DOE facilities
The Administrator and the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that the methods for assessing, certifying, and overseeing nuclear safety at the facilities specified in subsection (c) use national and international standards and nuclear industry best practices, including probabilistic or quantitative risk assessment if sufficient data exist. (b) Adequate protectionThe use of probabilistic or quantitative risk assessment under subsection (a) shall be to support, rather than replace, the requirement under section 2232 of title 42 that the utilization or production of special nuclear material will be in accordance with the common defense and security and will provide adequate protection to the health and safety of the public. (c) Facilities specifiedSubsection (a) shall apply— (1) to the Administrator with respect to the national security laboratories and the nuclear weapons production facilities; and (2) to the Secretary of Energy with respect to defense nuclear facilities of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy. |
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(Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLVI, §4645, as added Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, §3161(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2203.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
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| Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS SUBCHAPTER VI - PERSONNEL MATTERS Part C - Worker Safety Sec. 2735 - Use of probabilistic risk assessment to ensure nuclear safety of facilities of the Administration and the Office of Environmental Management |
| section 2735 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| No |
| standard |
| 126 Stat. 2203 |
| Public Law 107-314, Public Law 112-239 |
