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Update: NRC Releases Guidance on Requesting Exemptions from Fire Protection Requirements

The NRC Staff released specific guidance to operating and decommissioning reactor licensees on requesting exemptions from fire protection requirements during the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE) on May 14....more

5/20/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Emergency Management Plans , Energy Policy , Exemptions , Fires , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Power Plants , Regulatory Requirements

Update: NRC Releases Specific Guidance on Requesting Exemptions from Emergency Preparedness Requirements

The NRC Staff released specific guidance to all licensees on how to request exemptions from emergency preparedness (EP) biennial exercise requirements on May 14. The guidance supplements the NRC’s April 30 teleconference,...more

5/20/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Emergency Management Plans , Energy Policy , Exemptions , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Power Plants

NRC Issues Guidance to Research and Test Reactor Licensees on Relief from MC&A Requirements

The NRC issued a letter to the National Organization of Test, Research, and Training Reactors on April 30 regarding the NRC’s expedited review of requests for regulatory relief from certain material control and accounting...more

5/7/2020 / Accounting , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Energy Policy , Infrastructure , Internal Controls , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Recordkeeping Requirements , Regulatory Requirements , Relief Measures

NRC Announces Forthcoming Guidance, Exemptions from Emergency Preparedness Requirements

The NRC Staff hosted a public meeting via teleconference on April 30 to discuss regulatory relief from emergency preparedness (EP) requirements during the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE)....more

5/5/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Emergency Management Plans , Licensing Rules , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Public Meetings , Regulatory Requirements , Relief Measures

NRC Defers Annual Licensing Fees for 90 Days

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently approved a 90-day deferral of all annual fee invoices that would have been issued to NRC licensees (including holders of reactor, fuel cycle facility, and materials...more

4/15/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Energy Policy , Licensing Fees , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Relief Measures

CISA Guidance Expands Scope of ‘Essential’ Energy Workers Amid COVID-19

A week after first issuing guidance identifying the workers considered essential for critical industries in the United States during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity...more

4/2/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Critical Infrastructure Sectors , Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) , Emergency Management Plans , Essential Functions , Operators of Essential Services

COVID-19: NRC Announces Opportunity to Seek Exemption From Part 26 Work Hour Controls

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it is prepared to grant upon request from individual Part 50 licensees, exemptions to the work-hour...more

3/31/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Exemptions , Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Relief Measures , Wage and Hour

NRC to Issue COVID-19 Enforcement Guidance

The NRC recently hosted a public meeting—exclusively via teleconference—to discuss regulatory implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for power reactor licensees. Of particular note, the NRC Staff is developing...more

3/23/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Nuclear Regulatory Commission

‘Essential Critical Workforce’ Guidance for the Nuclear Industry

Functioning critical infrastructure is crucial during the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency for public health and safety reasons. ...more

3/22/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Critical Infrastructure Sectors , Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) , Nuclear Power , Operators of Essential Services , Public Health

CISA Issues COVID-19 Guidance on Essential Nuclear & Electric Industry Workers