    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2002]
    [Pages 484-487]
    [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 Cergueira
            Isotopes
    Chairman, Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste     B. John Garrick
    Chairman, Advisory Committee on Reactor           Dana A. Powers
            Safeguards
    Chief Financial Officer                           Jesse L. Funches
    Chief Information Officer                         Stuart Reiter
    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

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    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

    Freedom of Information Act Requests  Requests for copies of records
    should be directed to the FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, Mail Stop T-6 D8,
    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, the annual NRC
    Information Digest, the NRC Strategic Plan, and Nuclear Regulatory
    Commission Issuances.
        Some publications and documents 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, Mail
    Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 (phone, 202-512-1800; Internet,
    bookstore.gpo.gov) or NTIS, Springfield, VA 22161-0002 (phone, 703-605-
    6000; Internet, www.ntis.gov).
        Active Regulatory Guides may be obtained without charge by faxed
    request to 301-415-2289, by e-mail request to distribution@nrc.gov, or
    by written request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-P1
    37, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Distribution. 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 http://
    ruleforum.llnl.gov. They may also be obtained, to the extent of supply,
    by faxed request to 301-415-2289, by e-mail request to
    distribution@nrc.gov, or

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    by written request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop O-P1
    37, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Distribution.

    Reading Rooms  The Headquarters Public Document Room maintains an
    extensive collection of documents related to NRC licensing proceedings
    and other significant decisions and actions. Documents issued after
    October 1999 are also available from the NRC's full-text document
    management system, ADAMS, which is accessible from the NRC Web site at
    www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The Headquarters Public Document Room
    is located at One White Flint North, first floor, 11555 Rockville Pike,
    Rockville, MD, and 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 CD-ROM for a nominal fee. For
    additional information regarding the Public Document Room, contact the
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Document Room, Washington, DC
    20555-0001. Phone, 301-415-4737 (Washington, DC, area), or 800-397-4209
    (toll free). E-mail, pdr@nrc.gov. Fax, 301-415-3548.
        Selected regional libraries of the Government Printing Office
    Federal Depository Library Program maintain permanent microfiche
    collections of NRC documents released between January 1981 and October
    1999. For further information, contact the Public Document Room at the
    phone number 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. E-mail, opa@nrc.gov.

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