CFR 10-1.42-2014 Energy. Part1:Statement of organization and general information. Subpart B:Headquarters. Section1.42:Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
(a) The Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) is responsible for regulating activities that provide for the safe and secure production of nuclear fuel used in commercial nuclear reactors; the safe storage, transportation, and disposal of lowlevel and high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; the transportation of radioactive materials regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act); and all other medical, industrial, academic, and commercial uses of radioactive isotopes. The NMSS ensures safety and security by implementing a regulatory program involving activities including licensing, inspection, assessment of environmental impacts for all nuclear material facilities and activities, assessment of licensee performance, events analysis, enforcement, and identification and resolution of generic issues. The NMSS is also responsible for developing all new regulations and amending existing regulations for all nuclear material facilities and activities regulated by NMSS.
CFR 10-1.42-2014 history
2014CFR 10-1.42-2014 Energy. Part1:Statement of organization and general information. Subpart B:Headquarters. Section1.42:Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.