⚛️NRC Considers License Renewal for Crow Butte Resources
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an application for the renewal of Source and Byproduct Materials License Number SUA-1534, which authorizes Crow Butte Resources, Inc., to operate the existing Crow Butte Project in-situ uranium recovery facility and to construct and operate the Marsland Expansion Area.
Learn More⚡NRC Environmental Assessment for Decommissioning Funding Plans
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this notice regarding the issuance of a final environmental assessment (EA) and a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for its review and approval of the initial and updated decommissioning funding plans (DFPs) submitted for the independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI-1).
Learn More🏛️NRC Sunshine Act Meetings Schedule and Business Implications
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announces public meeting schedules for August and September 2025, addressing various regulatory and compliance matters. While some meetings are closed, others invite public participation. Those interested can request information accommodations. Contact details for further inquiries are also provided, ensuring transparency and engagement with stakeholders.
Learn More⚠️NRC Decision on Holtec's Use of Decommissioning Trust Funds
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a director's decision with regard to a petition dated December 5, 2023, as supplemented by public meeting transcript dated April 10, 2024, filed by Beyond Nuclear, Michigan Safe Energy Future, and Don't Waste Michigan (the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard to Holtec Palisades, LLC and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (the licensee). The petitioner's requests and the director's decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Learn More⚠️NRC Seeks Comments on Domestic Licensing of Source Material
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, "Domestic Licensing of Source Material."
Learn More⚛️NRC's Interim Enforcement Policy for Compliance Changes
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an Interim Enforcement Policy (IEP) titled, "Enforcement Discretion for General Licensee Adoption of CoC Holder-Generated Changes." This IEP allows enforcement discretion for certain general licensee violations related to their adoption of a change generated by the Certificate of Compliance holder.
Learn More⚛️New Regulatory Guide for Fiber-Optic Cables in Nuclear Safety
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a new Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.257, "Qualification of Fiber-Optic Cables, Connections, and Optical Fiber Splices for Use in Safety Systems for Production and Utilization Facilities." This RG describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC for use in complying with the NRC's regulations that address the environmental qualification of fiber-optic cables, connections, and optical fiber splices in safety systems in production and utilization facilities. This RG endorses, subject to the conditions described in Section C of the RG, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard 1682- 2023, "IEEE Standard for Qualifying Fiber Optic Cables, Connections, and Optical Fiber Splices for Use in Safety Systems in Nuclear Power Generating Stations."
Learn More⚡NRC Revises Abnormal Occurrence Reporting Policy for Businesses
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a limited revision to its policy statement on reporting abnormal occurrences (AOs) to Congress. The revised policy statement provides more specific language to the medical event criteria to better identify those incidents and events that the Commission considers significant from the standpoint of public health or safety. The revised AO criteria contain additional language to add clarity, helping to delineate abnormal occurrence events from nonreportable events which may have been reviewed under the previous criteria.
Learn More⚛️Draft Regulatory Guide for Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment Revision 1 to draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-1422, "Preparing Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Submittals." This DG is proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.245, "Preparing Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Submittals." DG-1422, Revision 1, describes a framework to develop the contents of a licensing submittal that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable when performing probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) analyses in support of regulatory applications.
Learn More⚛️NRC Draft Guide on Risk-Informed Change Evaluation for Nuclear Facilities
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-1439, "Guidance for Technology-Inclusive Risk-Informed Change Evaluation." This DG is a proposed new regulatory guide that describes an approach that the staff of the NRC finds acceptable for using a technology-inclusive risk- informed change evaluation process for changes to a facility described in final safety analysis reports (as updated). Subject to the clarifications in Section C of this DG, the DG endorses the methodology described in Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 22-05, Revision 0, "Technology Inclusive Risk Informed Change Evaluation (TIRICE), Guidance for the Evaluation of Changes to Facilities Utilizing NEI 18- 04 and NEI 21-07," issued January 2024, for plants licensed using the guidance in NEI 18-04, "Risk-Informed Performance-Based Technology Inclusive Guidance for Non-Light Water Reactor Licensing Basis Development," and NEI 21-07, "Technology Inclusive Guidance for Non- Light Water Reactors, Safety Analysis Report Content for Applicants Using the NEI 18-04 Methodology."
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