Should Congress let a nuclear safety advisory committee skip reviewing some license applications?
Nuclear Advisory Committee Reform Act (H.R. 9613)
A nuclear safety advisory committee could skip license applications that raise nothing new or noteworthy and focus on novel reactor safety issues.
- Lets the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards decline some commercial, industrial, medical or research reviews
- Points the committee to safety significant reactor design issues it hasn't acted on before
- Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to keep policies for efficient, timely committee action