Home > About NRC > How We Regulate > Enforcement > Enforcement Policy

Enforcement Policy

NRC's (Enforcement Policy , last updated: 01/14/2005) explains the NRC's policies and procedures in initiating enforcement actions and the responsibilities of the presiding officers and the Commission in reviewing these actions.

This policy statement is applicable to enforcement matters involving the radiological health and safety of the public, including employee health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment.

In a notice published in the Federal Register on March 16, 2005, the Commission announced its intent to use the NRC public Web site and and the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) to communicate its "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions - Enforcement Policy," to discontinue publication of the paper document, NUREG-1600, and to simplify the official policy statement title. The NRC is taking these actions because the policy statement is available electronically on the NRC public Web site and is widely known as the "NRC Enforcement Policy."

The following links on this page are to documents more recently revising the Enforcement Policy.

The following links on this page are to documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). See our Plugins, Viewers, and Other Tools page for more information. For successful viewing of PDF documents on our site please be sure to use the latest version of Adobe.

• January 7, 2008, Enforcement Policy revision
(Revision related to civil penalty authority over contractors and subcontractors for violations of employee protection regulations)
• April 18, 2006, Enforcement Policy revision
(Extension of Discretion Period of Interim for Certain Fire Protection Issues.)
• January 14, 2005, Enforcement Policy revision
(Extension for Interim Enforcement Discretion for Certain Fire Protection Issues.)
• November 15, 2004, Enforcement Policy revision
(Revision related to Notices of Enforcement Discretion.)
• October 26, 2004, Enforcement Policy revision
(Revision related to adjustment of civil monetary penalties based on inflation, effective November 26, 2004.)
• August 13, 2004, Enforcement Policy revision
(Interim Enforcement Regarding the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution.)
• June 16, 2004, Enforcement Policy revision
(Interim Enforcement Discretion Policy for Certain Fire Protection Issues.)
• February 18, 2004, Enforcement Policy revision
(Correction of previous Policy revision to include the deadline for submitting comments and correcting the methods for submitting comments.)
• January 5, 2004, Enforcement Policy revision
(Revision related to action against non-licensees for violations involving packaging and transportation.)

For previous revisions of the Enforcement Policy, see History of Enforcement Policy.

Privacy Policy | Site Disclaimer
Wednesday, April 02, 2008