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The NRC protects public health and safety and advances the nation’s common defense and security by enabling the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies and radioactive materials through efficient and reliable licensing, oversight, and regulation for the benefit of society and the environment.
The federal government maintains a “regulatory agenda” of all regulations under development by executive branch agencies. [1] The requirement to list rules likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities arises under statute, [1] and the requirement to list all other rules arises under Executive Order 12866 § 4(b).
According to Victor Dricks, senior public affairs officer for NRC Region IV, the NRC recently conducted a review of the over 100 nuclear power plants in the United States, including Diablo Canyon, and the "found a high level of preparedness and strong capability in terms of equipment and procedures to respond to severe events..." [citation needed]
Christopher T. Hanson is an American political staffer and energy consultant who served as the 17th chair of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from 2021 to 2025. He was sworn as a NRC Commissioner on June 8, 2020. He was previously a staff member on the Senate Appropriations Committee, as well as a Department of Energy official.
In 2006, it said: "Since 2001, the ROP has resulted in more than 4,000 inspection findings concerning nuclear power plant licensees' failure to fully comply with NRC regulations and industry standards for safe plant operation, and NRC has subjected more than 7.5 percent (79) of the 103 operating plants to increased oversight for varying periods ...
The Act of 1974 split these functions, assigning to the Energy Research and Development Administration (now the United States Department of Energy) the responsibility for the development and production of nuclear weapons, promotion of nuclear power, and other energy-related work, and assigning to the NRC the regulatory work, which does not ...
Thomas Wellock (born 1959) is the American historian for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.Trained as both an engineer and a historian, he writes scholarly histories of the regulation of commercial nuclear energy. [1]
The latest edition was issued on July 24, 2024 (NQA-1-2024). However, the most commonly used version in the supply chain is NQA-1-2008 with the NQA-1a-2009 addendum or newer. Any organization submitting an application for a new design may use up to the 2022 edition. This is the case because these are versions endorsed by the NRC. [2]