---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2282"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2282"
heading: "Civil penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2282"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy"
  - "Division A — Atomic Energy"
  - "Subchapter XVII — Enforcement of Chapter"
---

# §2282. Civil penalties

- (a) **Violations of licensing requirements—** Any [person](/usc/42/2014.md?p=s) who (1) violates any licensing or certification provision of section [2073](/usc/42/2073.md), [2092](/usc/42/2092.md), [2093](/usc/42/2093.md), [2111](/usc/42/2111.md), [2112](/usc/42/2112.md), [2131](/usc/42/2131.md), [2133](/usc/42/2133.md), [2134](/usc/42/2134.md), [2137](/usc/42/2137.md), [2139](/usc/42/2139.md), or [2297f](/usc/42/2297f.md) of this title or any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, or any term, condition, or limitation of any license or certification issued thereunder, (2) violates any provision of [section 2077 of this title](/usc/42/2077.md), or (3) commits any [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) for which a license may be revoked under [section 2236 of this title](/usc/42/2236.md), shall be subject to a civil penalty, to be imposed by the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f), of not to exceed $100,000 for each such [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c). If any [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) is a continuing one, each day of such [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) shall constitute a separate [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) for the purpose of computing the applicable civil penalty. The [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) shall have the power to compromise, mitigate, or remit such penalties.
- (b) **Notice—** Whenever the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) has reason to believe that a [person](/usc/42/2014.md?p=s) has become subject to the imposition of a civil penalty under the provisions of this section, it shall notify such [person](/usc/42/2014.md?p=s) in writing (1) setting forth the date, facts, and nature of each act or omission with which the [person](/usc/42/2014.md?p=s) is charged, (2) specifically identifying the particular provision or provisions of the section, rule, regulation, order, or license involved in the [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c), and (3) advising of each penalty which the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) proposes to impose and its amount. Such written notice shall be sent by registered or certified mail by the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) to the last known address of such [person](/usc/42/2014.md?p=s). The [person](/usc/42/2014.md?p=s) so notified shall be granted an opportunity to show in writing, within such reasonable period as the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) shall by regulation prescribe, why such penalty should not be imposed. The notice shall also advise such [person](/usc/42/2014.md?p=s) that upon failure to pay the civil penalty subsequently determined by the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f), if any, the penalty may be collected by civil action.
- (c) **Collection of penalties—** On the request of the [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f), the Attorney General is authorized to institute a civil action to collect a penalty imposed pursuant to this section. The Attorney General shall have the exclusive power to compromise, mitigate, or remit such civil penalties as are referred to him for collection.

## Source credit

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 234, as added Pub. L. 91–161, § 4, Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 444; amended Pub. L. 96–295, title II, § 206, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 787; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; Pub. L. 104–134, title III, § 3116(d), Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–350; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXI, § 3116(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2291.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232 struck out “2077,” after “2073,” and substituted “(2) violates any provision of section 2077 of this title, or (3)” for “or (2)”.

1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–134, in first sentence, substituted “any licensing or certification provision of section 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2112, 2131, 2133, 2134, 2137, 2139, or 2297f of this title” for “any licensing provision of section 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2112, 2131, 2133, 2134, 2137, or 2139 of this title” and “any license or certification issued thereunder” for “any license issued thereunder”.

1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–295 substituted $100,000 penalty limitation per violation for $5,000 limit per violation and $25,000 limit for all violations taking place within any thirty consecutive day period.