Capacity Assessment: For Statistics, Research, Evaluation, and Other Analysis: Fiscal Year 2023 (NUREG-2251, Volume 2)

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Date Published: September 2023

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the agency) is an independent agency established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, which began operations in 1975 as a successor to the Atomic Energy Commission. The NRC is required by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 to generate a capacity assessment, which is an accounting of the NRC’s capacity to carry out the evidence-building activities needed to meet its mission-related functions (i.e., to license and regulate the Nation’s civilian use of radioactive materials, to provide for the reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety, and to promote the common defense and security and to protect the environment) and its general capacity to disseminate and use evidence. This capacity assessment relies on a structured, iterative approach for assessing and building the agency’s capacity (e.g., staffing, funding, infrastructure, and processes) to carry out evidence-building activities (e.g., analysis, research, and evaluation) necessary to support agency functions. The purpose of this approach is to identify areas where new or different investments could strengthen or improve the agency’s ability to meet its mission and strategic goals. The current year, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, marks the NRC’s second annual capacity assessment, which builds on the 27 findings documented in FY 2022 and identifies new areas of focus related to the NRC’s capacity for evidence-building activities. The FY 2023 Capacity Assessment identifies five new crosscutting findings, as well as associated mitigating strategies, that represent opportunities to enhance the NRC’s ability to perform evidence-building activities to support associated key agency functions.