    [United States Government Manual]
    [May 30, 1997]
    [Pages 625-631]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

    Washington, DC 20555
    Phone, 301-415-7000

    Chairman                                          Shirley Ann Jackson
        Executive Assistant and Director,             Martin Virgilio
                Office of the Chairman
            Deputy Director for Policy                Victor M. McCree
                    Development and
                    Technical Support
            Deputy Director for Corporate             Jacqueline E. Silber
                    Planning and Management
        Legal Assistant                               Karla Smith
        Special Assistant for Nuclear                 Regis R. Boyle
                Material, Waste, and Fuel
                Cycle
        Special Assistant for Reactors and            James W. Johnson
                Research
        Special Assistant for Reactors                Brian E. Holian
        Special Assistant for International           Janice Dunn Lee
                Affairs
    Commissioner                                      Kenneth C. Rogers
        Legal Assistant                               Myron Karman
    Commissioner                                      Greta Joy Dicus
        Executive Assistant                           Bradley W. Jones
    Commissioner                                      Nils J. Diaz
        Executive Assistant                           Maria E. Lopez-Otin
    Commissioner                                      Edward McGaffigan, Jr.
        Executive/Legal Assistant                     Joseph R. Gray
    Secretary of the Commission                       John C. Hoyle
    Director, Office of Commission Appellate          John F. Cordes, Acting
            Adjudication
    Director, Office of Congressional Affairs         Dennis K. Rathbun
    General Counsel                                   Karen D. Cyr
    Director, Office of International Programs        Carlton R. Stoiber
    Director, Office of Public Affairs                William M. Beecher
    Chairman, Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste     Paul W. Pomeroy

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    Chairman, Advisory Committee on Reactor           Robert L. Seale
            Safeguards
        Chairman, Advisory Committee on               Judith A. Stitt, M.D.
                Medical Uses of Isotopes
    Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and     B. Paul Cotter, Jr.
            Licensing Board Panel
    Inspector General                                 Hubert T. Bell, Jr.
    Chief Information Officer                         Anthony J. Galante
        Director, Office of Information               (vacancy)
                Resources Management
    Chief Financial Officer                           Jessie L. Funches
        Director, Office of the Controller            (vacancy)
    Executive Director for Operations                 L. Joseph Callan
        Assistant for Operations                      James L. Blaha
    Deputy Executive Director for Regulatory          Edward L. Jordan
            Effectiveness, Program Oversight,
            Investigations, and Enforcement
        Director, Office of Nuclear                   David L. Morrison
                Regulatory Research
            Director, Division of                     Lawrence C. Shao
                    Engineering
            Director, Division of Systems             M. Wayne Hodges
                    Technology
            Director, Division of Regulatory          Bill M. Morris
                    Applications
        Director, Office of Analysis and              Denwood F. Ross, Jr.
                Evaluation of Operational
                Data
        Director, Office of Enforcement               James Lieberman
        Director, Office of Investigations            Guy P. Caputo
    Deputy Executive Director for Regulatory          Hugh L. Thompson, Jr.
            Programs
        Director, Office of State Programs            Richard L. Bangart
        Director, Office of Nuclear Material          Carl J. Paperiello
                Safety and Safeguards
            Deputy Director, Office of                Malcolm R. Knapp
                    Nuclear Material Safety
                    and Safeguards
            Director, Division of Industrial          Donald A. Cool
                    and Medical Nuclear
                    Safety
            Director, Division of Fuel Cycle          Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck
                    Safety and Safeguards
            Director, Division of Waste               John T. Greeves
                    Management
        Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor           Samuel J. Collins
                Regulation
            Deputy Director, Office of                Frank J. Miraglia, Jr.
                    Nuclear Reactor
                    Regulation
            Associate Director for Projects           Roy P. Zimmerman
            Director, Division of Reactor             Steven A. Varga
                    Projects--I/II
            Director, Division of Reactor             Jack W. Roe
                    Projects--III/IV
            Director, Division of Reactor             Marylee M. Slosson,
                    Program Management                        Acting
            Associate Director for Technical          Thomas T. Martin,
                    Reviews                                   Acting
            Director, Division of                     Brian Sheron
                    Engineering
            Director, Division of Systems             Gary M. Holahan
                    Safety and Analysis
            Director, Division of Reactor             Bruce A. Boger
                  Controls and Human
                    Factors

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    Deputy Executive Director for Management          Patricia G. Norry
            Services
        Director, Office of Administration            Edward L. Halman
        Director, Office of Personnel                 Paul E. Bird
        Director, Office of Small Business            Irene P. Little
                and Civil Rights

    [For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission statement of organization, see
            the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part I]

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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.
    This is achieved by licensing persons and companies to build and operate
    nuclear reactors and other facilities and to own and use nuclear
    materials. The Commission makes rules and sets standards for these types
    of licenses. It also carefully inspects the activities of the persons
    and companies licensed to ensure that they do not violate the safety
    rules of the Commission.

    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) and Executive Order 11834 of
    January 15, 1975, effective January 19, 1975. Transferred to the
    Commission were all licensing and related regulatory functions formerly
    assigned to the Atomic Energy Commission, which was established by the
    Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 755), as amended by the Atomic
    Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
        The Commission's major program components are the Office of Nuclear
    Reactor Regulation, the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
    Safeguards, and the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, which were
    created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. 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. The major share of the Commission's effort is focused on
    regulating the use of nuclear energy to generate electric power.

    Activities

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission fulfills its responsibilities through
    a system of licensing and regulatory activities that include:
        --licensing the construction and operation of nuclear reactors and
    other nuclear facilities, such as nuclear fuel cycle facilities and
    nonpower test and research reactors, and overseeing their
    decommissioning;
        --licensing the possession, use, processing, handling, and export of
    nuclear material;
        --licensing the siting, design, construction, operation, and closure
    of low-level radioactive waste disposal sites under NRC jurisdiction and
    the construction, operation, and closure of the geologic repository for
    high-level radioactive waste;
        --licensing the operators of nuclear power and nonpower test and
    research reactors;
        --inspecting licensed facilities and activities;
        --conducting the principal U.S. Government research program on
    light-water reactor safety;
        --conducting research to provide independent expertise and
    information for making timely regulatory judgments and for anticipating
    problems of potential safety significance;
        --developing and implementing rules and regulations that govern
    licensed nuclear activities;
        --investigating nuclear incidents and allegations concerning any
    matter regulated by the NRC;
        --enforcing NRC regulations and the conditions of NRC licenses;

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        --conducting public hearings on matters of nuclear and radiological
    safety, environmental concern, common defense and security, and
    antitrust matters;
        --maintaining the NRC Incident Response Program, including the NRC
    Operations Center;
        --collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information about the
    operational safety of commercial nuclear power reactors and certain
    nonreactor activities; and
        --developing effective working relationships with the States
    regarding reactor operations and the regulation of nuclear material,
    including assurance that adequate regulatory programs are maintained by
    those States that exercise, by agreement with the Commission, regulatory
    control over certain nuclear materials in the State.

    Sources of Information

    Contracts and Procurement  Detailed information on how to do business
    with the Commission may be obtained by calling the Director, Division of
    Contracts, at 301-415-7305. Information on programs to assist small
    business is available from the Director, Office of Small Business and
    Civil Rights, Mail Stop T2F18, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
    Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-415-7380.

    Employment  The Commission's employment activities are exempt from civil
    service requirements and are conducted under an independent merit
    system. However, employees receive Federal employee benefits
    (retirement, group life insurance, and health benefits) on the same
    basis as other Federal employees. Applicants with veterans preference
    are accorded the preference granted to them by the Veterans' Preference
    Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 387).
        Recruitment is continual, and applications from individuals
    qualified for Commission needs are accepted whenever they are received.
    In addition to receiving applications from candidates at all grade
    levels throughout the year, the agency recruits annually from colleges
    as appropriate to fill needs for interns and entry-level professionals.
        Employment inquiries, applications, and requests from schools for
    participation in the recruitment program may be directed to the
    Director, Office of Personnel, Mail Stop T3A2, Nuclear Regulatory
    Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-415-7516.

    Freedom of Information Act Requests  Requests for copies of records
    should be directed to the Chief, FOIA/LPDR Branch, Mail Stop T6D8,
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-
    415-7169.

    Publications  The NRC Annual Report, NUREG-1145, provides a summary of
    major agency activities for the year. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Issuances, NUREG-0750 (monthly-- four indexes and 2 hard-bound
    editions), a compilation of adjudications and other issuances for the
    Commission, including Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards, is available
    for sale from the Government Printing Office, either by subscription or
    on a single-issue basis. Other subscription items available from the
    Government Printing Office include: Licensee, Contractor and Vendor
    Inspection Status Report (quarterly), NUREG-0040; Report to Congress on
    Abnormal Occurrences (quarterly), NUREG-0090; Regulatory and Technical
    Reports (quarterly), NUREG-0304; Title List of Documents Made Publicly
    Available (monthly), NUREG-0540; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Rules and Regulations; U.S. NRC Telephone Directory, NUREG/BR-0046; and
    the Weekly Information Report. Pricing and ordering information may be
    obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, Government
    Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20013-7082. Phone, 202-
    512-1800.
        The Commission produces a variety of scientific, technical, and
    administrative information publications dealing with licensing and
    regulating civilian nuclear power. Information on agency publications
    can be obtained from Title List of Documents Made Publicly

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    Available, NUREG-0540. This document, published monthly, includes
    docketed material associated with civilian nuclear power plants and
    other uses of radioactive materials, and nondocketed material received
    and generated by the Commission pertinent to its role as a regulatory
    agency. Single copies of monthly issues of NUREG-0540 are available for
    purchase from the Government Printing Office and from the National
    Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. Phone, 703-487-
    4099.
        Active Regulatory Guides may be purchased from the Government
    Printing Office or, as they are issued, on standing orders from the
    National Technical Information Service. These Regulatory Guides are
    published in 10 subject areas: Power Reactors, Research and Test
    Reactors, Fuels and Materials Facilities, Environmental and Siting,
    Materials and Plant Protection, Products, Transportation, Occupational
    Health, Antitrust and Financial Review, and General.
        Single copies of some draft publications, such as Draft
    Environmental Statements and Draft Regulatory Guides, are available
    without charge, based on supply, from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
    Distribution and Mail Services Section, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Interested persons may be placed on a Commission mailing list for Draft
    Regulatory Guides by writing to the Distribution and Mail Services
    Section, NRC, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
        Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Agenda (NUREG-0936),
    published in the Federal Register each April and October, is updated
    semiannually.
        Documents in the NUREG series may be purchased from the
    Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082,
    Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also available from the National
    Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA
    22161-0002. Persons may obtain information regarding the status of any
    regulation or petition for rulemaking before the Commission by calling
    301-415-7162.

    Reading Rooms  The Headquarters Public Document Room maintains an
    extensive collection of documents related to NRC licensing proceedings
    and other significant decisions and actions, and documents from the
    regulatory activities of the former Atomic Energy Commission. Persons
    interested in detailed, technical information about nuclear facilities
    and other licensees find this specialized research center to be a major
    resource. (Books, journals, trade publications, or documents on industry
    standards are not stocked in the Reading Room.) Located at 2120 L Street
    NW., Washington, DC, the Public Document Room is open Monday through
    Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., except on Federal holidays.
        Documents from the collection may be reproduced, with some
    exceptions, on paper, microfiche, or diskette for a nominal fee. The
    Public Document Room also offers an order subscription service for
    selected serially published documents and reports. Certain items of
    immediate interest, such as press releases and meeting notices, are
    posted in the Reading Room and on an electronic bulletin board via
    FedWorld, a governmentwide computer bulletin board system. For access to
    the Public Document Room electronic bulletin board, contact FedWorld.
    Phone, 703-487-4608.
        Reference librarians are available to assist users with information
    requests. The computerized online Bibliographic Retrieval System
    includes extensive indices to the collection and an online ordering
    module for the placement of orders for the reproduction and delivery of
    specific documents. Off-site access to the Bibliographic Retrieval
    System (at 1200, 2400, and 9600 baud) is available for searches 24 hours
    a day, including weekends and holidays. Access to the system may be
    arranged by calling the number listed below.
        For additional information regarding the Public Document Room,
    contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Document Room,
    Washington, DC 20555. Phone, 202-634-3273

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    (Washington, DC, area), or 800-397-4209 (toll-free). E-mail,
    pdr@nrc.gov. Fax, 202-634-3343.
        In addition, the Commission maintains approximately 87 local public
    document rooms around the country. The document rooms are located in
    libraries in cities and towns near commercially operated nuclear power
    reactors and certain nonpower reactor facilities. They contain detailed
    information specific to the nearby facilities, which are either licensed
    or under regulatory review. Power reactor and high-level radioactive
    waste local public document rooms also contain a microfiche file of all
    publicly available NRC documents issued since January 1981. A list of
    local public document rooms is available from the Director, Division of
    Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Nuclear Regulatory
    Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. To obtain specific information
    about the availability of documents at the local public document rooms,
    contact the NRC Local Public Document Room Program staff. Phone, 800-
    638-8081 (toll-free).

    For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs, Nuclear
    Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-415-8200.

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