US Congress Research Arm: Nuclear Agency Can Demand Proliferation Assessments

U.S. Congress Research Arm: Nuclear Agency Can Demand Proliferation Assessments

By Elaine M. Grossman
Global Security Newswire
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Congressional Research Service has found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can require domestic facility license applicants to evaluate any potential proliferation dangers related to their proposed work, despite NRC resistance to such an approach (see GSN, April 5).
“It would appear that the commission could reasonably conclude that it has sufficient existing authority to promulgate a regulation requiring that applicants provide the commission with a proliferation risk assessment as part of the license application process,” according to a March 27 CRS memo obtained by Global Security Newswire.