Required Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Laboratories by Licensees, Applicants, and Suppliers To Verify the Effective Implementation of Their Quality Assurance Programs

Document 2024-14796 is a Final Rule published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the Federal Register on July 8, 2024. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2024-02, "Required Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Laboratories by Licensees, Applicants, and Suppliers to Verify the Effective Implementation of Their Quality Assurance Programs." RIS 2024-02 clarifies the agency's regulatory position regarding the required assessment of U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories by licensees, applicants, and vendors to verify the effective implementation of the laboratories' quality assurance programs. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/08/2024-14796/required-assessment-of-us-department-of-energy-laboratories-by-licensees-applicants-and-suppliers-to.

No. Document 2024-14796 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.