Nuclear Secrets Get Their Own Bureaucratic Baby Book: NRC Form 790
Published Date: 12/11/2025
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Summary
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is renewing approval for NRC Form 790, which helps keep track of classified information. This affects anyone who handles or manages sensitive nuclear info, and the NRC wants your comments by February 9, 2026. No big changes or costs are expected—just keeping things running smoothly and safely.
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NRC Form 790 Required for Classification
If you are an NRC licensee, a licensee's contractor, or a certificate holder who classifies or declassifies NRC information, you must complete NRC Form 790 each time an authorized classifier makes a classification, declassification, or downgrade determination. The NRC estimates 60 annual responses from 2 respondents and about 5 hours of total annual burden, and it is requesting public comments by February 9, 2026.
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