---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 15.38"
title: "10"
number: "15.38"
heading: "Use of credit reports."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/15.38"
---

# §15.38. Use of credit reports.


The NRC may institute a credit investigation of the debtor at any time following receipt of knowledge of the debt in order to aid NRC in making appropriate determinations as to:

- (a) The collection and compromise of a debt;
- (b) The collection of interest, penalties, and administrative costs;
- (c) The use of administrative offset;
- (d) The use of other collection methods; and
- (e) **The likelihood of collecting the debt.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 32380, Aug. 9, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 186 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2236); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 5 U.S.C. 5514; 26 U.S.C. 6402; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3713, 3716, 3719, 3720A; 42 U.S.C. 664; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note; 31 CFR parts 900 through 904; 31 CFR part 285; E.O. 12146, 44 FR 42657, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 409; E.O. 12988, 61 FR 4729, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 157.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 7616, Feb. 22, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 32380, Aug. 9, 1990]