---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 820.40"
title: "10"
number: "820.40"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/820.40"
---

# §820.40. Purpose and scope.


This subpart provides for the issuance of Compliance Orders to prevent, rectify or penalize violations of the Act, a Nuclear Statute, or a DOE Nuclear Safety Requirement and to require action consistent with the Act, a Nuclear Statute, or a DOE Nuclear Safety Requirement.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 2282(a); 7191; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 50 U.S.C. 2410.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 43692, Aug. 17, 1993, unless otherwise noted.