§ 2238 - Continued operation of facilities

CHAPTER 23— DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER XV— JUDICIAL REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Whenever the Commission finds that the public convenience and necessity or the production program of the Commission requires continued operation of a production facility or utilization facility the license for which has been revoked pursuant to section 2236 of this title, the Commission may, after consultation with the appropriate regulatory agency, State or Federal, having jurisdiction, order that possession be taken of and such facility be operated for such period of time as the public convenience and necessity or the production program of the Commission may, in the judgment of the Commission, require, or until a license for the operation of the facility shall become effective. Just compensation shall be paid for the use of the facility.