Annual Evaluation Plan: Fiscal Year 2025 (NUREG-2250, Volume 3)

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Date Published: February 2024

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Abstract

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the agency) is an independent agency established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. The NRC began operations in 1975 as a successor to the Atomic Energy Commission. The agency is required by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence Act) to develop an annual evaluation plan. This iteration of the annual evaluation plan provides summary information on evaluations that the NRC plans to initiate in fiscal year (FY) 2025, as well as the status of evaluations initiated in previous fiscal years. The Evidence Act defines an "evaluation" as "an assessment using systematic data collection and analysis of one or more programs, policies, and organizations intended to assess their effectiveness and efficiency." The evaluations being conducted will assist in answering priority questions established in the Evidence-Building Plan, addressing mitigating strategies for findings discussed in the NRC Capacity Assessment, or meeting other evaluation needs determined to be significant, such as those required by statute or those of high value to the agency. This evaluation plan includes the discussion of two newly planned evaluations to be initiated in FY 2025: an evaluation of the NRC’s external stakeholder engagement practices and an evaluation of the NRC Future-Focused Research Program. This evaluation plan also provides a summary of other evaluations that are either planned or currently in progress, as discussed in the NRC’s evaluation plans for prior fiscal years.