NRC Yawns Through Boring Invoice Renewal Process
Published Date: 11/20/2025
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Summary
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is renewing its rules for how contractors send in invoices for NRC contracts. If you work with the NRC, this means continuing to follow the current invoice process, with a chance to share your thoughts by January 20, 2026. No big changes or extra costs are expected, just a smooth renewal to keep things running on time.
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Contractor Invoice Submission Renewal
If you are a contractor for the NRC, you must continue to submit invoices using the NRC invoice template and the Invoicing Processing Platform as part of an OMB information-collection extension (OMB No. 3150-0109). The NRC estimates 79 annual respondents, 717 annual responses, and a total of 717 hours needed annually to comply; comments on the renewal are due January 20, 2026.
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