Home / Agencies / NRC / 2025-13606
Proposed Rule

Public Protective Actions During a General Emergency

Agency
NRC
Document Number
2025-13606
Published
July 21, 2025
Effective Date
-

Abstract

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will consider in its rulemaking process issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM-50-123, submitted by Thomas McKenna. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations to ensure protective actions in the event of a general emergency will likely do more good than harm.

Federal Register Source

This document is published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. Access the full regulatory text, preamble, and docket comments below.

View Full Text on FederalRegister.gov →

Opens in new tab · federalregister.gov

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the 2025-13606 Federal Register document?
Document 2025-13606 is a Proposed Rule published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the Federal Register on July 21, 2025. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will consider in its rulemaking process issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM-50-123, submitted by Thomas McKenna. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations to ensure protective actions in the event of a general emergency will likely do more good than harm. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/21/2025-13606/public-protective-actions-during-a-general-emergency.
Is document 2025-13606 an economically significant rule?
No. Document 2025-13606 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.

Other Rules from NRC

Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors; Correction
Final Rule · Jul 2026
Modernizing Reactor Licensing, Safety Oversight, and Siting Practices; Correction
Proposed · Jul 2026
Modernizing Package Certification Requirements
Proposed · Jul 2026
Reducing Barriers to Medical Use Licensing
Proposed · Jul 2026
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No. 10
Final Rule · Jul 2026
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No. 10
Proposed · Jul 2026
View all Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules →

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Related

Browse all → | Rankings →
Data sourced from official state legislatures, IAPP, NCSL, and federal regulatory trackers. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainRegWatch

Every figure on PlainRegWatch is rendered from curated state legislative and Federal Register source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Figures on this page come from the curated five-category archive. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Tracker scores and rule counts are curated records in five tracked categories - not enforcement strength, legal advice, a complete inventory of US law, or a live bill-status feed.