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Title: Nuclear Regulatory Commission: more aggressive leadership needed

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5513173· OSTI ID:5513173

The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 which established the Nuclear Regulatory Commission required GAO to evaluate the Commission's performance by January 18, 1980. This report responds to that requirement. GAO concluded that, although improvements have been made, the Commission's nuclear regulatory performance can be characterized best as slow, indecisive, cautious - in a word, complacent. This has largely resulted from a lack of aggressive leadership as evidenced by the Commissioners' failure to establish regulatory goals, control policymaking, and most importantly, clearly define their roles in nuclear regulation.

Research Organization:
General Accounting Office (GAO), Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
5513173
Report Number(s):
EMD-80-17; TRN: 80-005016
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Report to the Congress of the United States by the Comptroller General
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English