Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20555

Phone, 301-415-7000. Internet, www.nrc.gov. Email, opa.resource@nrc.gov.

CHAIRMAN Gregory B. Jaczko

Commissioners Dale E. Klein, Kristine L. Svinicki, (2 vacancies)

Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and E. Roy Hawkens

Licensing Board Panel

Director, Office of Commission Appellate Brooke D. Poole, Adjudication Acting

Director, Office of International Programs Margaret M. Doane

General Counsel Stephen G. Burns

Secretary of the Commission Annette L. Vietti-Cook

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Edwin M. Hackett

Reactor Safeguards

Chief Financial Officer James E. Dyer

Executive Director for Operations R. William Borchardt

Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Bruce S. Mallett

Preparedness Programs

Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste, Martin T. Virgilio

Research, State, Tribal, and Compliance Programs

Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Darren B. Ash

Management

Director, Office of Congressional Affairs Rebecca L. Schmidt

Director, Office of Public Affairs Eliot B. Brenner

Inspector General Hubert T. Bell, Jr.

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses and regulates civilian use of nuclear energy to protect public health and safety and the environment.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was established as an independent regulatory agency under the provisions of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.) and Executive Order

11834 of January 15, 1975. All licensing and related regulatory functions formerly assigned to the Atomic Energy Commission were transferred to the Commission.

The Commission's major program components are the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the Office of New Reactors, the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, the Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, and the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. Headquarters offices are located in suburban Maryland, and there are four regional offices.

The Commission ensures that the civilian uses of nuclear materials and facilities are conducted in a manner consistent with the public health and safety, environmental quality, national security, and the antitrust laws. Most of the Commission's effort is focused on

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regulating the use of nuclear energy to generate electric power.

Activities

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is primarily...