42 USC 5844 - Office of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 18, 2024

§ 5844.

Office of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards

(a)

Establishment; appointment of Director

(b)

Functions of Director

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards shall perform such functions as the Commission shall delegate including:

(1)

Principal licensing and regulation involving all facilities and materials, licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], associated with the processing, transport, and handling of nuclear materials, including the provision and maintenance of safeguards against threats, thefts, and sabotage of such licensed facilities, and materials.

(2)

Review safety and safeguards of all such facilities and materials licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and such review shall include, but not be limited to—

(A)

monitoring, testing, and recommending upgrading of internal accounting systems for special nuclear and other nuclear materials licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;

(B)

developing, in consultation and coordination with the Administration, contingency plans for dealing with threats, thefts, and sabotage relating to special nuclear materials, high-level radioactive wastes and nuclear facilities resulting from all activities licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;

(C)

assessing the need for, and the feasibility of, establishing a security agency within the office for the performance of the safeguards functions, and a report with recommendations on this matter shall be prepared within one year of the effective date of this chapter and promptly transmitted to the Congress by the Commission.

(3)

Recommending research to enable the Commission to more effectively perform its functions.

(c)

Responsibility for safeguarding special nuclear materials; high-level radioactive wastes and nuclear facilities

(Pub. L. 93–438, title II, § 204, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1245.)

cite as: 42 USC 5844