Exceptions From Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination

What it does

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations on foreign ownership, control, or domination (FOCD) of utilization facilities to comply with section 301 of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024. The statute has designated certain exceptions from the FOCD provision set forth in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. This direct final rule affects applicants and licensees of utilization facilities that are owned, controlled, or dominated by a foreign entity.

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

What changed in the regulation

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

10 CFR 50, 10 CFR 54

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published 34 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 28 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3150-AL32 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• April 23, 2026 Proposed rule; request for comment. Exceptions From Foreign Ownership, Control or Domination

Since then:

• June 5, 2026 Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date. Exceptions From Foreign Ownership, Control, or Domination

What happens next and when

The final rule is effective July 7, 2026, unless significant adverse comments are received by May 26, 2026. If the direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely notice of the withdrawal will be published in the Federal Register. Comments received on this direct final rule will also be considered to be comments on a companion proposed rule published in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket NRC-2024-0218 on Regulations.gov
• Title 10 on eCFR

The record as published

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