Policy and licensing / United States (federal)
Executive Order 14300: reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Directive to the NRC, signed 23 May 2025, with an 18-month target (late November 2026) for final revised rules. It grants no licence itself.
- Category
- Laws, rules and executive directives
- Status
- In effect
- Instrument
- executive order · Executive Order 14300, 90 FR 22587 (signed 23 May 2025)
- Issued by
- President of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Affects
- NRC licensing
- In effect from
- 2025-05-23
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- Federal Register 90 FR 22587 (29 May 2025): Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Federal Register)
- Last checked · next review
- 2026-10-03 · 2026-11-24
Legal and geographic scope
Directs the NRC to reform its regulations and licensing practices, including final rules and guidance to conclude a wholesale revision within 18 months of the order.
Not approved or still pending
Revised NRC rules under the order are partly proposed; see the proposed rules linked here.
Dated lifecycle
- 2025-05-23 · Signed (Federal Register 90 FR 22587 (29 May 2025): Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- 2025-05-29 · Published (Federal Register 90 FR 22587 (29 May 2025): Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Related instruments
- Proposed licensing requirements for microreactors and comparable reactors (implemented by)
- Proposed modernization of reactor licensing, safety oversight and siting practices (implemented by)
Projects or designs named by the source
- None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.
Sources
- Federal Register 90 FR 22587 (29 May 2025): Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-03)