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The Sunset Rule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 8, 2026.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of January 8, 2026, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 3, 2025, except for one provision that is being withdrawn. This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations to insert a conditional sunset date into certain regulations in response to Executive Order 14270, "Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy." The NRC is withdrawing an amendment that would have established a conditional sunset date to the NRC's provisions for aircraft impact assessment.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-00175
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date; partial withdrawal
- Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Published
- January 8, 2026
- Dates
- Partial Withdrawal: As of January 8, 2026, amendatory instruction 42 published on December 3, 2025, at 90 FR 55621, is withdrawn.
- Docket
- NRC-2025-0479
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3150-AL39
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 19; 10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 21; 10 CFR 25; 10 CFR 26; 10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 32; 10 CFR 34; 10 CFR 35; 10 CFR 36; 10 CFR 37; 10 CFR 39; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 51; 10 CFR 52; 10 CFR 54; 10 CFR 55; 10 CFR 60; 10 CFR 61; 10 CFR 62; 10 CFR 63; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 71; 10 CFR 72; 10 CFR 73; 10 CFR 74; 10 CFR 75; 10 CFR 76; 10 CFR 81; 10 CFR 95; 10 CFR 110; 10 CFR 140; 10 CFR 150; 10 CFR 160; 10 CFR 170; 10 CFR 171
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 1
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