Rulemaking COE
This COE manages rulemaking projects to develop and revise requirements for new, advanced, and operating reactors; materials facilities and the processing, transport, and handling of nuclear materials, including uranium recovery activities and the fuel used in commercial nuclear reactors; and agency practice and procedure. The Rulemaking COE also develops regulatory analyses for rules and other regulatory decisions.
Environmental COE
This COE performs environmental reviews of agency licensing actions required by the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and other statutes to support NRC’s new, advanced, and operating reactors; non-power utilization facilities; and nuclear materials, including production of nuclear fuel used in commercial nuclear reactors. The Environmental COE reviews licensing actions for storage, transportation, and disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel and facilities undergoing decommissioning. The Environmental COE consults with other Federal agencies to ensure that federally protected ecological resources, such as endangered species, essential fish habitat and national marine sanctuaries, are protected. The Environmental COE also consults with State and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, Indian Tribes, and other interested parties concerning historic and cultural resources.
Financial COE
This COE performs reviews for NRC licensing actions and ensures regulatory compliance with financial qualifications and decommissioning funding assurance requirements. The financial COE prepares safety evaluations for both nuclear material and reactor licensees (including power reactor and research and test reactors), including: applications for new facilities, actions associated with license transfers, and exemption requests in which financial qualifications and decommissioning funding assurance requirements for licensees are assessed. The financial COE also ensures compliance with foreign ownership, control, or domination (FOCD) regulations and power reactor financial protection requirements in the form of insurance and indemnity coverage.
