[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 
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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, [email protected]. 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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