ML20094D418

The Honor Law Graduate Program

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I I' h e N u &a r Regubpor y Ce w ssa NRC a th N ependentrequ IntrOduCt*lCn 1

wyem.ewin~sm aqu%n on u nucl car power fa!Io n and nat." a;s 4 RC a ls esta!nished n 1975 unds orowsions 0+ toe E nen Reor garuzation Act at 19 74 wruen l

abohshmf tw Atnm E ne qv Commssion and transferred to N RC the roquatre y m;>nnse:it ms e:d by inal agoncy The Depa, t ments of Demnse and E nm py are r es; ions o4 4 the, ditary appiications of nudear materials and f ach t ms t o a eat mq N RC Lonor oss r ecogn aed that, from a techmca!. economic ani! somi standpoint naciem energy had reached a state of develop ment wher > its rep ut a r denunded t% f uli attention of an independ ent roquiator y agent / it wa, also ' ecc;qmzed t he if nuch power was to become en unpc ta it ener gy source to the nation. it was essential tliat the nub'ir a,1d the regulated inMstr y have fu!l conf A nt e in r ts r equ h3 tion.

T he pr1 mrv nass on of N RC 3 to regulate the uses at nuciear energy so as 'o protect the rad;olog; cal !)ealth and saf et y ut the public, to maintain the safety and security of nuclear materia ls. to protect the environment and to assure that the pertinent antitr ust laws are fully coinplied with. To ca' y out this nu ssion N RC hn developed a compre hensive program of regulation, licensing and entcicement This pro gram mcludes the development and formai promulgation of regulations oppbcable to the uses of nuclear f acmt:es and matenals, the conduct of pulilic t ulemaking hearings, techn, cat review of all applications for hcenses to budd and operate r;uclear nower plants and tu use nuclear materiais, the conduct of pubhc hearmgs in connection with license apphcations, field mspections of an i. censed activities, enf orcernent actions, and the conduct of public hearings m connection with enforcr ment activities.

In addition, N RC is r esponsible f or the conduct of research programs required to carry out its hcensing and regulators responsituhties These programs are carned out in cooperation with both Federal and povate research organizations N RC is also directly responsible, in conforrmty with American foreign policy, for the exchant,e of technmal mformation on nuclear regulatory and related safety reseai-b mat ters with foreign governmems. E; well as with international organi zations and agencies It is also responsible for the processinj of applica tions for the export and impor t of nuclear mater als and f acihties.

Although a major portion of N RC's ef f ort is devoted to the hcensing and regulation of nuclear nowei reactors, the agency's responsibihties also coves a broad spectrum of actally concerned with nuc! ear mate ria's inciuding the regulation of ost of the nuclear "f uel cycle.'

Tins inciudes the miHing o' uranium oce its conversion into nuclear f uel mater hils and fabricat!on en funi Mements and their uses, as weh as the reprocessing. transportation, and disposition of spent fuel.

NRC also rego:ates the pr oduction and uses of a wide variety of nuclear materials mostly r adioisotopes for nedical industrial and commerc;a!

uses It is to the act vit ms descr ibed above that N RC empioyees dedicate their ef forts to help assure that N RC ncensed activities wiH not en danger put]hc health and safety, win provide adequate safeguards for nudear materials. mil protect against adver3e environrnental onpacts and wth he in conformity with tho antitrust la w s.

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SEPTEMBER 1,1984 COMMISSIONERS ADVISORY ATOMIC SAFETY ATOMIC SAFETY COMMITTEF ON AND LICENSING AND Ll CENSING R

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and meetings, and meetings with Fe feral, state and foreign of ficials.

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Federal recruitment programs. A Civil Service grade rating and/or exammation

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ducted in October. The second step involves inviting the most promising applicants

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to an applicant, the applicant will be inforn:ed as to which of fice the of fer applies.

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represent the NRC staf f in prehearing conferences, prepare NRC staf f witnesses,

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prepare and file appeal briofs, and participate in appellate arguments. In addi-tion, this Division represents the NRC staf f in public hearings directed by the 4

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