Georgia State University College of Law Reading Room Law Library Student-Authored Works Law Library 12-1-2011 Challenging Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Findings Robert M. Berryman, P.E. Georgia State University College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/lib_student Part of the Law Commons Institutional Repository Citation Berryman,, Robert M. P.E., "Challenging Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Findings" (2011). Law Library Student-Authored Works. 34. https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/lib_student/34 This Article was created by a Georgia State University College of Law student for the Advanced Legal Research class. It has been preserved in its original form, and may no longer reflect the current law. It has been uploaded to the Digital Archive @ GSU in a free and open access format for historical purposes. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Challenging Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Findings - LibGuides at Georgia State University College of Law Challenging Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Findings Guide Information Last Updated: Jan 24, 2012 Guide Index Home Guide URL: http://libguides.law.gsu.edu/content.php?pid=258191 Primary Sources Tags: advanced_legal_research Secondary Sources RSS: Subscribe to Updates via RSS Interest Groups and Associations Home Overview The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granted broad authority relative to the regulation of commercial nuclear power plants. The NRC implements an inspection program consisting of both announced inspections and daily oversight conducted by resident inspectors. In the course of these NRC inspection activities, violations of regulatory requirements may be discovered. The NRC screens these violations of regulatory requirements using the significance determination process (SDP).