Congressional Budget Justification: Fiscal Year 2027 (NUREG-1100, Volume 42)

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Publication Information

Date Published: April 2026

Office of the Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

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Overview

The mission of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is to protect public health and safety and advance the nation’s common defense and security by enabling the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies and radioactive materials through efficient and reliable licensing, oversight, and regulation for the benefit of society and the environment.  

The NRC’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request is $892,349K, including 2,606 full-time equivalents (FTE), and represents an effort to align the workforce with the agency’s priorities and goals while maintaining the agency’s ability to fulfill its mission. In comparison to the FY 2026 Enacted Budget, the FY 2027 budget request decreases by 8.1 percent or $79,146K. FTE decrease by 7.0 percent or 196 FTE from the FY 2026 Enacted Budget to the FY 2027 budget request. As shown in Figure 1, the FY 2027 budget request reflects a decrease of 4.8 percent in total obligation authority and 18.2 percent in total FTE when compared to the FY 2018 Enacted Budget.

The Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG’s) component of the FY 2027 budget request is $14,245K, including 63 FTE, of which $12,900K is for auditing and investigation activities for NRC programs and $1,345K is for the auditing and investigation activities of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). This is a decrease of $4,550K or 24.2 percent when compared to the FY 2026 Enacted Budget.