NRC History References

1. Controlling the Atom: The Beginnings of Nuclear Regulation 1946-1962 (1984) (NUREG-1610).
2. Containing the Atom: Nuclear Regulation in a Changing Environment, 1963-1971 (1992) (NUREG-1933).
3. Permissible Dose: A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century (2000)
4. Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective (2004)
5. The Road to Yucca Mountain: The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States (2009)
6. Safe Enough? A History of Nuclear Power and Accident Risk. (2021)

Controlling the Atom has been reprinted by the NRC and is available from the Government Printing Office as NUREG-1610. Containing the Atom has also been reprinted by the NRC and is available as NUREG-1933. Permissible Dose, Three Mile Island and The Road to Yucca Mountain are available from the University of California Press.

Booklets

The NRC has published two booklets. A Short History of Nuclear Regulation, 1946-2009 (NUREG/BR-0175, Rev. 2) summarizes major issues in the NRC's history. No Undue Risk: Regulating the Safety of Operating Nuclear Power Plants (NUREG/BR-0518) is a history of important reactor safety improvements brought about by the NRC at operating nuclear power plants.