US-IAEA Nuclear Safeguards Paper Trail Extended
Published Date: 12/12/2025
Notice
Summary
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is renewing its approval to collect info about how the U.S. and the International Atomic Energy Agency keep nuclear materials safe. This affects companies and agencies handling nuclear stuff, ensuring they follow updated rules without extra costs. You’ve got until February 9, 2026, to share your thoughts on this important safety check!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated Annual Compliance Burden
The NRC estimates 20 annual responses (10 reporting responses plus 10 recordkeepers), 10 annual respondents, and 3,234 hours needed each year to comply with this information collection (OMB control number 3150-0055).
Continued Reporting and Inspections
Under 10 CFR part 75, selected licensees must keep reporting and access rules in place. You must provide reports of nuclear material inventory and flow, permit IAEA inspections and complementary access under the Additional Protocol, give immediate notice to the NRC for possible loss of nuclear material, and give notice for specified imports and exports.
Adds Caribbean Territories Licensees
The renewed collection is extended to include about 6 entities subject to the U.S.-IAEA Caribbean Territories Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRC/366). Those licensees must provide inventory and flow reports, permit IAEA inspections, give immediate notice of possible loss, give import/export notice, and follow written material accounting and control procedures.
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