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Reporting Safety Concerns to the NRC (NUREG/BR-0240, Rev. 2)

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Date Published: July 2003

Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

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Introduction

All individuals should feel free to communicate to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) any safety or wrongdoing concerns. It is the policy of the NRC to encourage workers at regulated nuclear facilities to take technical safety concerns to their own management first. However, workers can bring safety concerns directly to the NRC at any time. It is the agency's responsibility to respond to those concerns in a timely manner and to protect the identity of the individual to the greatest degree possible.

This brochure provides information on how nuclear workers--such as yourself--can report safety concerns to the NRC, what degree of protection can be afforded to a worker's identity, and the NRC process for handling a worker's allegation of discrimination that may result from reprisals by licensees, their contractors, or subcontractors.

In this brochure, safety concerns encompass potential safety issues, violations of NRC requirements, nonconformances with licensee or certificate holder requirements, harassment and intimidation, and a work environment that discourages workers from raising safety concerns.