    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2000]
    [Pages 490-494]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

    Washington, DC 20555

    Phone, 301-415-7000. Internet, www.nrc.gov.
    Chairman                                          Richard A. Meserve
    Commissioners                                     Greta Joy Dicus, Nils
                                                              J. Diaz,
                                                              Edward
                                                              McGaffigan,
                                                              Jr., Jeffrey
                                                              S. Merrifield
    Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and     G. Paul Bollwerk III
            Licensing Board Panel
    Director, Office of Commission Appellate          John F. Cordes
            Adjudication
    Director, Office of International Programs        Janice Dunn Lee
    General Counsel                                   Karen D. Cyr
    Secretary of the Commission                       Annette Vietti-Cook
    Chairman, Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of   Manuel Cergueir
            Isotopes
    Chairman, Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste     B. John Garrick
    Chairman, Advisory Committee on Reactor           Dana A. Powers
            Safeguards
    Executive Director for Operations                 William D. Travers
        Deputy Executive Director for                 Carl J. Paperiello
                Materials, Research, and
                State Programs
        Deputy Executive Director for                 Patricia G. Norry
                Management Services
        Deputy Executive Director for                 Frank J. Miraglia, Jr.
                Reactor Programs
    Chief Financial Officer                           Jessie L. Funches

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    Chief Information Officer                         Stuart Relter, Acting
    Director, Office of Congressional Affairs         Dennis K. Rathbun
    Director, Office of Public Affairs                William M. Beecher
    Inspector General                                 Hubert T. Bell, Jr.

    [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 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 Nuclear Material Safety and
    Safeguards, 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. 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 is primarily responsible for:
        --licensingthe construction, operation, and closure of nuclear
    reactors and other nuclear facilities, such as nuclear fuel cycle
    facilities, low-level radioactive wastedisposal sites under NRC
    jurisdiction, the geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste,
    and nonpower test and research reactors;
        --licensingthe possession, use, processing, handling, and export of
    nuclear material;
        --licensing the operators of nuclear power and nonpower test and
    research reactors;
        --inspecting licensed facilities and activities;
        --conducting the U.S. Government research program on light-water
    reactor safety;
        --developing and implementing rules and regulations that govern
    licensed nuclear activities;
        --investigatingnuclear incidents and allegations concerning any
    matter regulated by the NRC;
        --maintaining the NRC Incident Response Program;
        --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 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 and Property Management, at 301-415-7305. Information on
    programs

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    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.
        Employment inquiries, applications, and requests from schools for
    participation in the recruitment program may be directed to the
    Director, Office of Human Resources, 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/Privacy Act Officer, Mail Stop
    T6D8, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone,
    301-415-7169.
    Publications  NRC publishes scientific, technical, and administrative
    information dealing with licensing and regulation of civilian nuclear
    facilities and materials, as well as periodic reports including the
    annual Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences, the annual
    Accountability and Performance Report, the quarterly Licensee,
    Contractor, and Vendor Inspection Status Report, and the Nuclear
    Regulatory Commission Issuances.
        Some publications and documents, including the Weekly Information
    Report, are available on the Internet, at www.nrc.gov. The U.S.
    Government Printing Office and the National Technical Informations
    Service (NTIS) sell single copies of or subscriptions to NRC
    publications. To obtain prices and order NRC publications, contact the
    the Superintendent of Documents, GPO, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC
    20013-7082 (phone, 202-512-1800; Internet, www.gpo.gov) or NTIS,
    Springfield, VA 22161-0002 (phone, 703-487-4650; Internet, ntis.gov/
    ordernow).
        Active Regulatory Guides may be obtained without charge by faxed
    request to 301-415-5272 or by written request to the Nuclear Regulatory
    Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Publishing Services Branch.
    They may also be purchased, as they are issued, on standing orders from
    NTIS. 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.
        Draft Regulatory Guides are issued for public comment. These drafts
    may be downloaded from or commented on through the Internet, at
    www.nrc.gov. They may also be obtained, to the extent of supply, by
    faxed request to 301-415-5272 or by written request to the Nuclear
    Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Publishing
    Services Branch.
    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

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    in the Reading Room. For additional information regarding the Public
    Document Room, contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public
    Document Room, Washington, DC 20555. Phone, 202-634-3273 (Washington,
    DC, area), or 800-397-4209 (toll-free). E-mail, pdr@nrc.gov. Fax, 202-
    634-3343.
        The Commission also maintains approximately 86 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 and information about the availability of
    documents at local public document rooms is available at the NRC Public
    Document Room at the address and telephone numbers above.

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

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