The FY2027 President's Budget requests $61.3M for Nuclear Materials Users, within Nuclear Regulatory Comm's Total account. That is down 4.6% on the FY2026 figure of $64.2M, which is the enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $65.3M |
| FY2026 | enacted | $64.2M |
| FY2027 | request | $61.3M |
Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
Nuclear Regulatory Comm discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Nuclear Regulatory Comm's discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
' Reduced resources include allegations processing and enforcement activities at both the regional and headquarters levels. Additionally, there has been a decrease in regulatory support to Agreement States, as well as in the contract oversight and management of the National Materials Event Database (NMED) ' Resource reductions include several program areas, including the review of state regulations and regional State Agreement Officer support for the Integrated Material Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP), including Management Review Board activities due to process efficiencies. Support has also decreased for the grant to the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) for initiatives aimed at assuring radiation protection. Additionally, reductions were made to resources allocated to Tribal liaison These decreases are partially offset by increases primarily as a result of the following: ' Increase in contract support to carry out NRC's statutory responsibilities for oversight of U.S.-supplied nuclear technologies overseas, supporting global nuclear safety, security, and U.S. civil nuclear export Generally, budgeted resources for the Nuclear Materials Users Business Line impact annual fees. The major activities in the Nuclear Materials Users Business Line include the following: ' Support the agency's licensing of nuclear materials users, including the anticipated completion of ' Support the agency's oversight of nuclear materials users, including approximately 434 routine health and ' Facilitate the IMPEP; the coordination, review, and implementation of the Indiana and West Virginia Agreement State applications and the Wyoming Agreement State amendment application; the assessment of Agreement State incidents or events; engagement in cooperative regulatory development with States; coordination of State participation in agency training courses; responses to State technical assistance requests; activities related to allegations about Agreement State licensees or regulatory programs; interactions with the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors and Organization of Agreement States; facilitation of Agreement State participation in the NRC's WBL system; and development and maintenance of policies and procedures for the Agreement State program ($4,157K, 18 FTE). ' Support the annual NSTS inventory reconciliation; implementation of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 37, "Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material"; and intergovernmental coordination related to source security with entities such as the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security ' Implement the agency's Tribal Policy Statement, including outreach, guidance, and training for the NRC staff on Tribal issues; coordination with other Federal agencies on Tribal matters and NRC projects involving Tribal considerations; and updating contact databases and mapping tools ($672K, 3 FTE). 9 The list of activities described in the "Major Activities" section of each business line chapter in the FY 2027 budget request represents a subset of activities in the business line budget request. Resource amounts in parentheses will not add to the total resources for the business line.
Extracted from NRC, p. 12. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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