NRC changes license notice schedule to biweekly
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is changing how often it publishes notices about license applications and amendments that involve no significant hazards. Instead of issuing these notices monthly, it will publish them about every two weeks, and it is also changing the publication title to reflect that new schedule. This mainly affects nuclear reactor license holders, applicants, and anyone tracking NRC licensing actions. Companies and compliance teams that monitor these notices should update their review process and look for the new biweekly publication starting May 12, 2026.
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Key Changes
- NRC notices on no-significant-hazard license actions will be published about every 14 days instead of every 28 days.
- The publication title changes from a monthly notice to a biweekly notice.
- The new schedule and title take effect on May 12, 2026.
Obligations
What this law requires
Nuclear Regulatory Commission notices of applications and amendments involving no significant hazards considerations must be published on an approximately biweekly schedule, rather than monthly, starting with the revised publication schedule effective May 12, 2026.
The publication title must be changed from 'Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations' to 'Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations.'
Entities tracking NRC licensing actions should update internal review and monitoring processes to follow the new approximately every-14-days publication cadence instead of the prior monthly cadence.