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Nuclear Regulation: NRC's Relationship with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

RCED-91-122 Published: May 16, 1991. Publicly Released: Jun 17, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) relationship with the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), focusing on whether NRC: (1) used INPO evaluation reports instead of its own oversight of the nuclear power industry; and (2) relied on INPO communications to alert industry of potential nuclear plant safety problems instead of issuing its own information notices.

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Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Nuclear Regulatory Commission To ensure that the public has full access to all information about potential safety problems, the Chairman, NRC, should issue information notices without regard to whether they include the same or similar information as INPO communications.
Closed – Implemented
The recommendation has been implemented.

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Agency reportsIndependent regulatory commissionsInformation disclosureNuclear facility safetyNuclear powerplant safetyProprietary dataReporting requirementsSafety regulationSafety standardsNuclear power