Worker Safety and Health Requirements To Support Reform of Nuclear Reactor Testing

What it does

The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) proposes to amend its regulations for worker safety and health to expedite the review, approval, and deployment of advanced reactors under DOE's jurisdiction including qualified test reactors in DOE's reactor pilot program, consistent with a recent Executive order. The revisions would ensure that DOE's worker safety and health program continues to protect workers, while incorporating lessons learned from decades of operating experience and fostering nuclear innovation and technologies to the benefit of the United States. Additionally, the proposed rule would make minor updates to these regulations to improve clarity.

The Energy Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

10 CFR 851

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1901-AB74 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

• Feb. 26, 2026 Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of public comment period. Worker Safety and Health Requirements To Support Reform of Nuclear Reactor Testing; Reopening of Public Comment Period

What happens next and when

DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the proposal received no later than February 20, 2026. See section IV, "Public Participation," for details.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket DOE-HQ-2025-0243 on Regulations.gov
• Title 10 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register