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Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2026
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on March 12, 2026. Comments closed on April 13, 2026.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. The proposed amendments are necessary to comply with the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, which requires the NRC to recover, to the maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of its annual budget less certain amounts excluded from this fee recovery requirement. In addition, the NRC is proposing amendments to establish fixed caps on service fees to implement section 5(a) of Executive Order 14300, "Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission." The proposed fixed fee caps implementing Executive Order 14300 would drive increased efficiency and accountability in the NRC's licensing activities and other activities requested by applicants and licensees.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-04823
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Published
- March 12, 2026
- Comments due
- April 13, 2026
- Dates
- Submit comments by April 13, 2026. Because the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act requires the NRC to collect fees for fiscal year 2026 by September 30, 2026, the NRC must finalize any revisions to its fee schedules promptly and thus is unable to grant any extension request of the comment period.
- Docket
- NRC-2023-0212
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3150-AL12
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 15; 10 CFR 170; 10 CFR 171
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Claims; Intergovernmental relations; Nuclear energy; Nuclear materials; Nuclear power plants and reactors
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 35
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