Press Release-09-094, NRC Proposed FY2010 Budget of $1.07 Billion Sent to Congress; Available on Web

Press Release-09-094: NRC Proposed FY2010 Budget of $1.07 Billion Sent to Congress; Available on Web

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Issue date:	05/27/2009
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: opa.resource@nrc.gov Site: http://www.nrc.gov No.09-094 May 27, 2009 NRC PROPOSED FY 2010 BUDGET OF $1.07 BILLION SENT TO CONGRESS; AVAILABLE ON WEB The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released its proposed Fiscal Year 2010 budget to Congress, requesting $1.07 billion to effectively regulate nuclear power plants and other users of nuclear materials in order to protect people and the environment. Details of the budget are available in NUREG-1100, Vol. 25, on NRCs Web site at: www.nrc.gov (at the Budget and Performance link at the bottom left-hand corner).

The budget includes $800 million for nuclear reactor safety, $205 million for nuclear materials and waste safety; $56 million for the high-level waste repository, and $10 million for the Inspector General. Compared to the FY 2009 budget, resources in FY 2010 for reactor safety increased by 1.5 percent and materials and waste safety increased by 6 percent.

The budget breakdown is as follows:

Nuclear Reactor Safety - $799.7M Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety - $261.2M New Reactors $248.3 Fuel Facilities $49.5 Licensing Tasks $237.4 Nuclear Material Users $90.6 License Renewal $ 35.7 Decommissioning and $37.3 International Activities $ 15.1 Low-Level Waste $00.0 Reactor Oversight $242.1 Spent Fuel Storage & Transportation $27.8 Incident Response $ 21.1 High-Level Waste Repository $56.0 By law, the NRC recovers approximately 90 percent of its budget from user fees less an appropriation from the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) and other activities which are not fee recoverable. As a result the NRCs FY 2010 budget request will be financed with approximately

$887.2 million from user fees and the NWF, resulting in a net appropriation of approximately

$183.9 million. This is an increase of $9 million over FY 2009.

Budget highlights are available in slides on NRCs Web site at:

http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/fy2010-press-brief-050709.pdf. A hard copy of the detailed budget

-sometimes called The Green Book- is available from the Office of Public Affairs, by calling (301) 415-8200 or e-mailing OPA.resource@nrc.gov.

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