§2732 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must make sure four things happen. (1) People who do independent safety checks and enforce rules at defense nuclear sites stay separate from those who run or advise the sites. (2) Internal oversight must check site safety, judge how well program offices handle environment, safety, health, and security, give the Secretary reports with verified technical facts and clear analysis of whether programs meet goals, and create clear performance standards. (3) There must be a way to quickly raise safety problems to officials (including the Secretary) who can fix them. (4) Enough qualified staff must be assigned to oversee and enforce nuclear safety.

Title 50, §2732

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The Secretary of Energy shall take appropriate actions to ensure that—

(1)officials of the Department of Energy who are responsible for independent oversight of matters relating to nuclear safety at defense nuclear facilities and enforcement of nuclear safety standards at such facilities maintain independence from officials who are engaged in, or who are advising persons who are engaged in, management of such facilities;

(2)the independent, internal oversight functions carried out by the Department include activities relating to—

(A)the assessment of the safety of defense nuclear facilities;

(B)the assessment of the effectiveness of Department program offices in carrying out programs relating to the environment, safety, health, and security at defense nuclear facilities;

(C)the provision to the Secretary of oversight reports that—

(i)contain validated technical information; and

(ii)provide a clear analysis of the extent to which line programs governing defense nuclear facilities meet applicable goals for the environment, safety, health, and security at such facilities; and

(D)the development of clear performance standards to be used in assessing the adequacy of the programs referred to in subparagraph (C)(ii);

(3)the Department has a system for bringing issues relating to nuclear safety at defense nuclear facilities to the attention of the officials of the Department (including the Secretary of Energy) who have authority to resolve such issues in an adequate and timely manner; and

(4)an adequate number of qualified personnel of the Department are assigned to oversee matters relating to nuclear safety at defense nuclear facilities and enforce nuclear safety standards at such facilities.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 7274m of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.

Amendments

2013—Pub. L. 113–66 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading and subsec. (b) which required report regarding fulfillment of safety oversight requirements. 2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(i)(13)(D), substituted “

January 5, 1995,” for “90 days after

October 5, 1994,”.

§2732 Safety Oversight and Enforcement at Defense Nuclear Facilities

Summary

Title 50, §2732

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