Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings

What it does

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, agency, or Commission) is proposing to revise the agency's rules of practice and procedure to streamline contested adjudications in NRC licensing proceedings in response to the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 (ADVANCE Act) and Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

4 parts of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

10 CFR 2, 10 CFR 51, 10 CFR 52, 10 CFR 54

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3150-AL58 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

• March 11, 2026 Public meeting. Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings
• Nov. 3, 2026 Final rule. Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings

What happens next and when

Submit comments by April 2, 2026. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only of comments received before this date.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket NRC-2025-1501 on Regulations.gov
• Title 10 on eCFR

The record as published

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