Enforcement Policy
The Enforcement Policy is applicable to enforcement matters involving the radiological health and safety of the public, including employee health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment. However, the medical event reporting interim enforcement policy applies only to medical events occurring under an NRC licensee's permanent implant brachytherapy program.
The current revision of the Enforcement Policy, dated August 12, 2025 is available in ADAMS at ML25224A097.
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02/24/26 | Key topic areas include clarifying and relocating the current Policy on lost or missing sources to a new separate section; removing the significance determination process qualitative color descriptions; revising guidance on miscellaneous actions involving individuals; adding a new section for independent spent fuel storage installations; revising several severity level violation examples, including examples for import/export activities, licensed reactor operators, materials operations, and fuel cycle operations; and sunsetting Interim Enforcement Policy 9.2, “Enforcement Discretion for Permanent Implant Brachytherapy Medical Event Reporting (10 CFR 35.3045),” for permanent implant brachytherapy medical reporting requirements. |
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08/12/25 | Addition of Interim Enforcement Policy for Enforcement Discretion for General Licensee Adoption of Certificate of Compliance Holder-Generated Changes under 10 CFR 72.48 |
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08/23/24 | Addition of Interim Enforcement Policy for Enforcement Discretion for Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material (10 CFR Part 37) |
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01/12/24 | Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties for 2024 |
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01/13/23 | Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties for 2023 |
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01/14/22 | Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties for 2022 |
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01/15/20 | Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties for 2020 |
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05/28/19 | Revising Section 4.1, "Considerations in Determining Enforcement Actions Involving Individuals," of the Policy to indicate that the NRC typically will not consider Fitness-for-Duty (FFD) Drug and Alcohol (D&A) related violations for enforcement unless the licensee's FFD program has apparent deficiencies. |
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05/15/18 | Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties for 2018 |
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11/01/16 | Risk inform Section 6.13, "Information Security;" implement the Construction Reactor Oversight Process; and miscellaneous modifications to: (1) Section 7.0, "Glossary," (2) Section 6.0, "Violation Examples," and (3) Section 2.3.4, "Civil Penalty." |
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07/01/16 | Adjusted the maximum civil penalty |
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For previous revisions of the Enforcement Policy, see History of Enforcement Policy.
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Friday, February 27, 2026
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Friday, February 27, 2026