Evidence Building Plan: Fiscal Year 2023 (NUREG-2252, Volume 2)

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Date Published: September 2023

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Abstract

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 develop an agency evidence-building plan. An evidence-building plan is a systematic approach for identifying and addressing priority questions relevant to the agency’s programs, policies, and regulations. More broadly, it is a coordination tool to engage stakeholders in evidence planning and building to help achieve an agency’s mission. The evidence-building plan is intended to emphasize and foster an agency culture of learning and continuous improvement. Once an evidence-building plan is implemented, decision-makers can use the resulting evidence to guide choices to improve the agency programs, policies, and regulations. The evidence-building plan includes nine priority questions to support agency needs and fiscal year (FY) 2022–2026 strategic goals and objectives. This FY 2023 update provides information regarding developments since the initial publication of the plan in FY 2022, including the status of the NRC’s actions established to address each of the priority questions.