# 2025-20930: Nuclear Regulators: These Plant Changes Are Totally Safe

2025-20930, Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations, is a Federal Register notice from Nuclear Regulatory Commission published 2025-11-25, effective 2025-11-25 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20930
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20930
- Title: Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 53396
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-11-25
- Comments close: 2025-12-26
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Nuclear Regulators: These Plant Changes Are Totally Safe

## Summary

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is sharing updates on changes to nuclear plant licenses that don’t pose safety risks. These updates affect plant operators and the public by allowing quicker license fixes without delays, with a chance to comment or request hearings by late December and January. This keeps nuclear plants running smoothly and safely without costly hold-ups.

## Abstract

Pursuant to section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.

## Effects PRIA read

- License Amendments Can Be Issued Immediately: mixed, medium. The NRC can issue amendments to operating or combined licenses and make them immediately effective if it determines the change involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC). The Commission normally waits 60 days after publication but may issue an amendment sooner (for example if delay would…
- Public Comment and Hearing Deadlines Set: benefit, low. This notice sets a 30-day comment window and deadlines for petitions: comments must be filed by December 26, 2025, and requests for a hearing or petitions to intervene must be filed by January 26, 2026. The notice covers proposed and issued amendments from September 12, 2025 through October 9, 2025.

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## Sources
- [2025-20930 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20930/monthly-notice-applications-and-amendments-to-facility-operating-licenses-and-combined-licenses)
- [2025-20930 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20930.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20930 (as of 2026-06-08).