[United States Government Manual]
[September 15, 2009]
[Pages 470-473]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20555
Phone, 301-415-7000. Internet, www.nrc.gov. Email, [email protected].
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.

[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.

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 responsible for the 
following functions:
    --licensing the construction, operation, and closure of nuclear 
reactors and other nuclear facilities, such as nuclear fuel cycle 
facilities, low-level radioactive waste disposal sites under NRC 
jurisdiction, the geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste, 
and nonpower test and research reactors;
    --licensing the 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;
    --investigating nuclear incidents and allegations concerning any 
matter regulated by 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, and 
assuring 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-5 F09, 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-
415-7169. Fax, 301-415-5130. Requests may also be submitted using the 
form on our Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/foia-
submittal-form.html.
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 
Performance and Accountability 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 (GPO) and the National 
Technical Information Service (NTIS) sell single copies of, or 
subscriptions to, NRC publications. To obtain prices and order NRC 
publications, contact 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 at http://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/, by faxed request to 
301-415-2289, by email request to [email protected], or by 
written request to the Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 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 through the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
doc-collections/reg-guides. They may be

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commented on through the Internet using the form at http://www.nrc.gov/
public-involve/doc-comment/form.html. Comments may also be emailed to 
[email protected]. Draft Regulatory Guides may also be obtained, 
to the extent of supply, by faxed request to 301-415-2289, by email 
request to [email protected], or by written request to the 
Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
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 prior to 
October 1999 are available in paper or microfiche. Documents issued 
after October 1999 are also available from NRC's full-text document 
management system, which is accessible from the NRC Web site at 
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The headquarters Public Document Room 
is located on the first floor at One White Flint North, 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, go to 
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/pdr.html or contact the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Public Document Room, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-
415-4737 (Washington, DC, area), or 800-397-4209. Email, 
[email protected]. 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 in preceeding text.

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