Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) "as a collegial body formulates policies, develops regulations governing nuclear reactor and nuclear material safety, issues orders to licensees, and adjudicates legal matters." [1]

Commission members

The Commission is "headed by five Commissioners appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for five-year terms. One of them is designated by the President to be the Chairman and official spokesperson of the Commission." As of October 2007, two of the five Commissioner seats stood vacant. [2]

• Dale E. Klein, Chairman
• Gregory B. Jaczko, Commissioner
• Peter B. Lyons, Commissioner

Contact details

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone: 1-800-368-5642 (within the US)
Phone: +1 301 415 7000 (outside the US)
Website: http://www.nrc.gov

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

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• Nuclear PR
• U.S. Department of Energy

External articles

• Nominations, White House, January 19, 2005: Gregory B. Jaczko and Peter B. Lyons were nominated to be members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• Tom Junod, "Mercenary: If you learned that the man in this photo -- a professional assassin -- was the head of security at one of our nation’s most vulnerable nuclear facilities, would it trouble you? Or would it sound like one hell of a story?," Esquire magazine, May 12, 2007.
• Press release, "Major Security Breach at Palisades Nuclear Plant," Nuclear Information and Resource Service via CommonDreams.org, May 15, 2007.
• "Palisades security questioned," Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan), May 16, 2007.
• Paul Egan and Gordon Trowbridge, "Nuke official's comments stir security concerns: Feds seek answers after former chief at Palisades plant told magazine he was a hired assassin," The Detroit News (Michigan), May 18, 2007.
• "Experts: Browns Ferry spent fuel at risk," United Press International, June 13, 2007.
• Cindy Skrzycki, "Nuclear Safety Rule Ignites Strong Reactions," Washington Post, January 15, 2008.
• "NRC Endorses Industry Revised Guidance on Conducting Hostile Action-Based Emergency Drills," NRC (agreeing with a security plan from the Nuclear Energy Institute), March 21, 2008.
• Dave Gram, "NRC takes 32 years to respond to petition on radiation," Associated Press, April 1, 2008.
• David Biello, "U.S. Will Approve New Nuclear Reactors: British official says she's been informed the U.S. will approve at least three new nuclear power plants," Scientific American, March 28, 2008.
• Steve Tetreault, "State estimates record challenges to Yucca," Pahrump Valley Times (Nevada), April 2, 2008.
• Eve Samples, "Fatigued nuclear workers get relief," Palm Beach Post (Florida), April 7, 2008.
• Judith Lewis, "Slow Train to Yucca Mountain: Will America's nuclear waste repository ever open, and, more important: should it?" Mother Jones, April 28, 2008.
• Siobhan Hughes, "Yucca Move Is Part of Nuclear Agenda," Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), June 4, 2008.
• Angela K. Brown, "NRC gets applications for 15 nuclear reactors," Associated Press, June 13, 2008.
• Keith Rogers, "Nuclear Waste Deal Opposed," Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada), June 17, 2008.
• H. Josef Hebert, "Auditors: Nuclear plants not following fire rules," Associated Press, June 30, 2008.
• Larisa Brass, "TVA asks NRC to reinstate nuclear plant construction permits," Knoxville News Sentinel (Tennessee), August 27, 2008.
• Garry Lenton, "NRC broke rules in plant inquiry, report says," The Patriot-News (Pennsylvania), September 9, 2008.
• Bob Audette, "NRC fires back at Bay State's House of Representatives," Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont), September 13, 2008.
• Dave Williams, "Westinghouse big winner in nuclear power push," Atlanta Business Chronicle (Georgia), October 24, 2008.
• Don Hopey, "Nuclear reactor owners rush to extend licenses," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 29, 2008.
• Steve Tetreault, "California says Yucca poses threat to people, resources," Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada), December 24, 2008.
• Matt Bewig, "Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Who Is Gregory Jaczko?," Allgov.com, July 7, 2009.