Policy and licensing / United States (federal)
Proposed modernization of NRC radiation-protection standards
NRC proposed revisions to its radiation-protection standards on 15 July 2026, with comments due 31 August. The proposal includes rules used in reactor licensing and draft implementing guidance. No final rule or effective date is established by this notice, and it grants no reactor permission.
- Category
- Bills, proposed rules and consultations
- Status
- Proposed — not in effect
- Instrument
- proposed rule · 91 FR 43456, FR Doc. 2026-14208, docket NRC-2025-1140, RIN 3150-AL47
- Issued by
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Affects
- NRC licensing
- Effective date
- Not recorded
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- NRC: proposed radiation-protection framework revisions (Proposed rule and draft implementing guidance)
- Record reviewed · next review
- 2026-10-17 · 2027-01-15 (dates our review of this record; not a statement of the measure's present legal effect)
Legal and geographic scope
Proposed revisions to 10 CFR Parts 19, 20, 34, 35, 40, 50, 53, 61, 71 and 72 and draft implementing guidance. This crosscutting proposal includes reactor licensing but is not a project-specific applicability finding.
Not approved or still pending
The opened notice is a proposal. It establishes no final rule, effective date, approved design or project permission. The 31 August 2026 comment deadline it sets is in the past. No later extension notice was reviewed here.
Dated lifecycle
- 15 Jul 2026 · actual · day · Proposed (NRC: proposed radiation-protection framework revisions)
Related instruments
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
- NRC: proposed radiation-protection framework revisions (government_primary, published 15 Jul 2026, accessed 2026-10-17)