Editing Nuclear Regulatory Commission (section)

==Organization==
[[File:NRC Organizational Chart (32234530897).jpg|thumb|NRC Organizational Chart in February 2019]]
[[File:NRC Headquarters Campus site in Rockville, Md. (7845755802).jpg|thumb|The three building that comprise NRC's North Bethesda campus, with [[North Bethesda station]] in the right bottom corner]]
The NRC consists of the commission on the one hand and offices of the executive director for Operations on the other.<ref name=org>{{cite web|title=Organization & Functions|url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization.html|work=website|publisher=NRC|access-date=21 May 2014|date=27 November 2013}}</ref>
The commission is divided into two committees (Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes) and one Board, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, as well as eight commission staff offices (Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication, Office of Congressional Affairs, Office of the General Counsel, Office of International Programs, Office of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Executive Director for Operations).

[[Christopher T. Hanson]] is the chairman of the NRC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commfuncdesc.html|title=NRC: The Commission|website=www.nrc.gov|access-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> There are 14 Executive Director for Operations offices:
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, [[Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation]], Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Office of Enforcement, which investigates reports by [[nuclear power whistleblowers]], specifically the Allegations Program,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/allegations-resp.html |title= Allegations |date=28 June 2013|publisher=NRC}}</ref> Office of Investigations, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, Region I, Region II, Region III, Region IV, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Administration, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, and Office of Small Business and Civil Rights.

Of these operations offices, NRC's major program components are the first two offices mentioned above.

NRC's proposed FY 2024 budget is $9.949 million, with 2897.9 full-time equivalents (FTE), 90 percent of which is recovered by fees. This is an increase of $5.1million, compared to FY 2023.<ref name="budget">{{cite web |date=March 2014 |title=Congressional Budget Justification: Fiscal Year 2015 (NUREG-1100, Volume 40) |url=https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2406/ML24061A093.pdf |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=NUREG-1100, Volume 40 |publisher=NRC}}</ref>

NRC headquarters offices are located in unincorporated [[North Bethesda, Maryland]] (although the mailing address for two of the three main buildings in the complex list the city as [[Rockville, MD]]), and there are four regional offices.

===Regions===
{{main|Regions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission}}
[[File:Figure 2- Map of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regions and 37 Agreement States (14450812744) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Map of the NRC regions]]

The NRC territory is broken down into four geographical regions; until the late 1990s, there was a Region V office in [[Walnut Creek, California]] which was absorbed into Region IV, and Region V was dissolved.

* [[:Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I|Region I]], located in [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania]], oversees the [[northeastern United States|northeastern states]].
* [[:Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II|Region II]], located in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], oversees most of the [[southeastern United States|southeastern states]].
* [[:Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III|Region III]], located in [[Lisle, Illinois]], oversees the [[midwestern United States|Midwest]].
* [[:Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV|Region IV]], located in [[Arlington, Texas]], oversees the  [[western United States|western]] and [[South Central United States|south central states]].

In these four regions NRC oversees the operation of [[List of nuclear reactors#United States|US nuclear reactors]], namely 94 power-producing reactors,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/power.html|title=Power Reactors}}</ref> and 31 non-power-producing, or research and test reactors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/map-nonpower-reactors.html|title = Map of Research and Test Reactor Sites}}</ref> Oversight is done on several levels. For example:

* Each power-producing reactor site has resident inspectors, who monitor day-to-day operations.
* Numerous special inspection teams, with many different specialties, routinely conduct inspections at each site.

=== Agreement States ===
Agreement States have entered into agreements with the NRC that give them the authority to license and inspect byproduct, source, or special nuclear materials used or possessed within their borders. Any applicant, other than a Federal agency or Federally recognized Indian tribe, who wishes to possess or use licensed material in one of these Agreement States should contact the responsible officials in that State for guidance on preparing an application. These applications should be filed with State officials, not with the NRC.