Summary
Providing fact sheets and background information.
On this page:
- Regulations & Legislation
- Fact Sheets & Brochures
- Backgrounder on Agreement States
- Backgrounder on Allegations
- Backgrounder on Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities
- Backgrounder on Biological Effects of Radiation
- Backgrounder on Blending of Low-Level Radioactive Waste
- Backgrounder on Byproduct Materials
- Backgrounder on Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident
- Backgrounder on Commercial Irradiators
- Backgrounder on Computer Modeling of Severe Accidents
- Backgrounder on Cyber Security
- Backgrounder on Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants
- Backgrounder on Dirty Bombs
- Backgrounder on Dry Cask Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Backgrounder on Effects of Electric Utility Deregulation
- Backgrounder on Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Fuel Facilities
- Backgrounder on Emergency Preparedness at Nuclear Power Plants
- Backgrounder on Environmental Monitoring at Nuclear Power Plants
- Backgrounder on Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants
- Backgrounder on Force-on-Force Security Inspections
- Backgrounder on High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Backgrounder on Improved Plant Safety Performance
- Backgrounder on Improvements Resulting From Davis-Besse Incident
- Backgrounder on Incident Response
- Backgrounder on Irradiated Gemstones
- Backgrounder on License for Depleted Uranium at U.S. Army Sites
- Backgrounder on Licensing Yucca Mountain
- Backgrounder on Medical Use of Radioactive Materials
- Backgrounder on Mixed Oxide Fuel
- Backgrounder on NRC Resident Inspectors Program
- Backgrounder on NRC Response to Lessons Learned from Fukushima
- Backgrounder on New Nuclear Plant Designs
- Backgrounder on Nuclear Insurance and Disaster Relief
- Backgrounder on Nuclear Power Plant Licensing Process
- Backgrounder on Nuclear Reactor Risk
- Backgrounder on Nuclear Security
- Backgrounder on Oversight of Nuclear Power Plants
- Backgrounder on Petition for Rulemaking Process
- Backgrounder on Plutonium
- Backgrounder on Polonium-210
- Backgrounder on Power Uprates for Nuclear Plants
- Backgrounder on Probabilistic Risk Assessment
- Backgrounder on Protection and Security of Radiation Sources
- Backgrounder on Radiation Safety (Health Physics) Inspections at Nuclear Power Reactors
- Backgrounder on Radioactive Waste
- Backgrounder on Radium
- Backgrounder on Reactor License Renewal
- Backgrounder on Reactor License Transfers
- Backgrounder on Reactor Operator Licensing
- Backgrounder on Reactor Pressure Vessel Issues
- Backgrounder on Realizing Efficiencies in the Reactor Oversight Process
- Backgrounder on Realizing Efficiencies in the Reactor Security Inspection Program
- Backgrounder on Research and Test Reactors
- Backgrounder on Risks Associated with Medical Events
- Backgrounder on Seismic Reviews at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
- Backgrounder on Smoke Detectors
- Backgrounder on Steam Generator Tube Issues
- Backgrounder on Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Backgrounder on Subsequent License Renewal
- Backgrounder on Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Materials
- Backgrounder on Tritium EXIT Signs
- Backgrounder on Tritium, Radiation Protection Limits, and Drinking Water Standards
- Backgrounder on Underground Pipes at Nuclear Reactors
- Backgrounder on Updating Disposal Rules for Low-Level Waste
- Backgrounder on Uranium Enrichment
- Backgrounder on Uranium Import Ban
- Backgrounder on Uranium Mill Tailings
- Backgrounder on Uranium Recovery
- Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident
- Drones and Nuclear Power Plant Security
- Negative Ion Products Containing Radioactive Material
- Underground Reactor Pipes and Tritium
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, November 03, 2026