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Title page 1

Contents 5

ABSTRACT 4

NRC AT A GLANCE 10

NRC BY THE NUMBERS 12

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS FY 2024 16

PHOTOS: THE NRC ON THE JOB 24

1. NRC: AN INDEPENDENT REGULATORY AGENCY 28

ABOUT THE NRC 29

MISSION STATEMENT 30

MAJOR ACTIVITIES 32

NRC RULEMAKING PROCESS 33

RADIATION PROTECTION 35

THE NRC'S ENTERPRISEWIDE STRATEGY ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 36

ORGANIZATIONS AND FUNCTIONS 37

FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET 40

NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH 42

50 YEARS OF NUCLEAR REGULATION 44

WORLDWIDE ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER 47

INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY 2021-2025 48

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES 49

2. NUCLEAR REACTORS 51

U.S. ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER 52

U.S. COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS 53

OVERSIGHT OF U.S. COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS 57

REACTOR LICENSE RENEWAL 58

NONPOWER PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION FACILITIES 61

NEW COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR LICENSING 63

NEW LICENSING OF NONPOWER PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION FACILITIES 69

3. NUCLEAR MATERIALS 70

MATERIALS LICENSES 71

MEDICAL AND ACADEMIC 72

INDUSTRIAL 73

TRANSPORTATION 74

MATERIALS SECURITY 74

NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE 75

FUEL CYCLE FACILITIES 78

4. RADIOACTIVE WASTE 81

LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL 82

HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT 83

TRANSPORTATION 89

DECOMMISSIONING 90

5. SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 94

FACILITY SECURITY 95

CYBERSECURITY 96

MATERIALS SECURITY 97

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 97

INCIDENT RESPONSE 99

EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATIONS 99

INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATIONS 100

6. APPENDICES 101

Abbreviations 102

APPENDIX A. Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors 105

APPENDIX B. New Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Applications 122

APPENDIX C. Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors Undergoing Decommissioning and Permanently Shut Down Formerly Licensed to Operate 124

APPENDIX D. Canceled Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors 10 CFR Part 50-Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities 128

APPENDIX E. Commercial Nuclear Power Reactor Operating Licenses-Issued by Year 134

APPENDIX F. Commercial Nuclear Power Reactor Operating Licenses-Expiration by Year, 2024-2063 134

APPENDIX G. Operating Nuclear Research and Test Reactors Regulated by the NRC 135

APPENDIX H. Nuclear Research and Test Reactors under Decommissioning Regulated by the NRC 136

APPENDIX I. Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Licensing History 1955-2024 137

APPENDIX J. Materials Licenses by State 139

APPENDIX K. Major U.S. Fuel Cycle Facility Sites 140

APPENDIX L. Dry Spent Fuel Storage Designs: NRC-Approved for Use by General Licensees 141

APPENDIX M. Dry Cask Spent Fuel Storage Licensees 142

APPENDIX N. U.S. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Membership 147

APPENDIX O. NRC-Regulated Complex Materials Sites Undergoing Decommissioning 148

APPENDIX P. Federally Recognized Tribal Reservations and Trust Lands within a 50-Mile Radius of an Operating Nuclear Power Plant 149

APPENDIX Q. States with NRC Grant Award Recipients, Fiscal Year 2023 150

APPENDIX R. International Activities: LIST OF IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENSES ISSUED, FISCAL YEAR 2024: APPENDIX P 153

APPENDIX S. List of Some Major Uses of Radioisotopes in the United States 155

APPENDIX T. List of QR Codes and Web Links to Topics of Interest 158

Figures 8

Figure 1. How the NRC Regulates 29

Figure 2. NRC Rulemaking Process 33

Figure 3. Radiation Doses and Regulatory Limits 35

Figure 4. The NRC's Enterprisewide Strategy on Artificial Intelligence 36

Figure 5. NRC Organizational Chart 38

Figure 6. NRC Regions 39

Figure 7. NRC Total Budget Authority, FYs 2014-2024 40

Figure 8. NRC FY 2024 Distribution of Budget Authority; Recovery of Enacted Budget 41

Figure 9. NRC Research Funding, FY 2024 43

Figure 10. Nuclear Share of Electricity Generated by Country 47

Figure 11. U.S. Gross Electricity Share by Energy Source 52

Figure 12. NRC-Licensed Operating Nuclear Reactor Uprates 52

Figure 13. U.S. Operating Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors 54

Figure 14. Day in the Life of an NRC Resident Inspector 55

Figure 15. Reactor Oversight Framework 57

Figure 16. Reactor Oversight Action Matrix Performance Indicators 58

Figure 17. License Renewal Process 59

Figure 18. License Renewals Granted for Operating Nuclear Power Reactors 59

Figure 19. U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors-Years of Operation by the End of 2024 60

Figure 20. Size Comparison of Operating Commercial and Research Reactors 61

Figure 21. Locations of U.S. Nuclear Nonpower Production and Utilization Facilities 62

Figure 22. The Different NRC Classifications for Types of Reactors 64

Figure 23. New Reactor Licensing Process 65

Figure 24. Locations of New Nuclear Power Reactors with Active Applications and Approved Licenses 67

Figure 25. Locations of New NPUFs with Active Applications and Approved Licenses 69

Figure 26. U.S. Agreement States 71

Figure 27. NRC Approach to Source Security 74

Figure 28. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle 75

Figure 29. The In Situ Uranium Recovery Process 76

Figure 30. Locations of NRC-Licensed Uranium Recovery Facility Sites 77

Figure 31. Locations of NRC-Licensed Fuel Cycle Facilities 79

Figure 32. Simplified Fuel Fabrication Process 79

Figure 33. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal 82

Figure 34. Spent Fuel Generation and Storage after Use 84

Figure 35. Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel 86

Figure 36. Licensed and Operating Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations by State 88

Figure 37. Ensuring Safe Spent Fuel Shipping Containers 89

Figure 38. Reactor Phases of Decommissioning 90

Figure 39. Power Reactor Decommissioning Status 91

Figure 40. Locations of NRC-Regulated Sites Undergoing Decommissioning 93

Figure 41. Security Components 96

Figure 42. Emergency Planning Zones 98

Figure 43. The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale 100