Immediate notification requirements for operating nuclear power reactors.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

(a) (i) The declaration of any of the Emergency Classes specified in the licensee's approved Emergency Plan; (ii) Those non-emergency events specified in paragraph (b) of this section that occurred within three years of the date of discovery. (2) If the Emergency Notification System is inoperative, the licensee shall make the required notifications via commercial telephone service, other dedicated telephone system, or any other method which will ensure that a report is made as soon as practical to the NRC Headquarters Operations Center at the numbers specified in appendix A to part 73 of this chapter. (3) The licensee shall notify the NRC immediately after notification of the appropriate State or local agencies and not later than one hour after the time the licensee declares one of the Emergency Classes. (4) The licensee shall activate the Emergency Response Data System (ERDS) (5) When making a report under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the licensee shall identify: (i) The Emergency Class declared; or (ii) Paragraph (b)(1), “One-hour reports,” paragraph (b)(2), “Four-hour reports,” or paragraph (b)(3), “Eight-hour reports,” as the paragraph of this section requiring notification of the non-emergency event. (b) (2) (i) The initiation of any nuclear plant shutdown required by the plant's Technical Specifications. (ii)-(iii) [Reserved] (iv)(A) Any event that results or should have resulted in emergency core cooling system (ECCS) discharge into the reactor coolant system as a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 50.72