With the anticipated rapid expansion of licensing activities, it is critical that the NRC licensing processes be efficient. Too often, however, the NRC diverts its time and attention into activities that have a negligible effect on safety. As a result, NRC’s review processes are ponderous, prolonged and unnecessarily resource intensive.
To show this tendency, NEI examined public records covering NRC review duration and cost for power uprates, license renewals, design certifications and early site permits—NEI found that review durations, review hours and costs increased significantly over time.
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