---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1708.100"
title: "10"
number: "1708.100"
heading: "Authority to conduct safety investigations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1708.100"
---

# §1708.100. Authority to conduct safety investigations.

- (a) The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) is an independent federal agency in the executive branch of the United States Government.
- (b) The Board's enabling legislation authorizes it to conduct safety investigations pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended ([42 U.S.C. 2286a(b)(2)](/usc/42/2286a.md?p=b-2)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2286b(c); 42 U.S.C. 2286a(b)(2); 44 U.S.C. 3101-3107, 3301-3303a, 3308-3314.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 71010, Dec. 1, 2014, unless otherwise noted.