A performance-based regulatory approach to increase the efficiency of the regulatory process

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:5804467

Dey, M ^[1]

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1. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has adopted as a fundamental principle that all regulatory burdens must be justified and that its regulatory process must be efficient. The reasons for seeking to remove marginal-to-safety regulations are to eliminate or modify regulations where burdens are not commensurate with their safety significance and thus free up resources and improve the focus and effectiveness of the body of regulations. As a result, the NRC has for some time been pursuing programs consistent with this philosophy. It now plans to institutionalize a continuing effort of regulatory burden reduction to ensure such efforts are permanently integrated into its regulatory process. The NRC believes such efforts are important to its mission and the industry it regulates.

• OSTI ID: 5804467
• Report Number(s): CONF-930601-; CODEN: TANSAO
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 68; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting, San Diego, CA (United States), 20-24 Jun 1993; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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