10 U.S.C. § 6266: Notification of nuclear criticality and non-nuclear incidents

The Secretary of Energy or the Administrator, as the case may be, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of a nuclear criticality incident resulting from a covered program that results in an injury or fatality or results in the shutdown, or partial shutdown, of a covered facility by not later than 15 days after the date of such incident. A description of the incident, including the cause of the incident. In the case of a criticality incident, whether the incident caused a facility, or part of a facility, to be shut down. The effect, if any, on the mission of the Administration or the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy. Any corrective action taken in response to the incident. The Secretary shall maintain a record of incidents described in paragraph (2). A nuclear criticality incident that results in an injury or fatality or results in the shutdown, or partial shutdown, of a covered facility. A non-nuclear incident that results in serious bodily injury or fatality at a covered facility. In carrying out this section, the Secretary and the Administrator shall ensure that each management and operating contractor of a covered facility cooperates in a timely manner. the congressional defense committees; and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. a facility of the nuclear security enterprise; and a facility conducting activities for the defense environmental cleanup program of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy. programs of the Administration; and defense environmental cleanup programs of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy.