Energy Reorganization Act of 1974

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The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 is a U.S. federal law that restructured the nation’s nuclear energy program, notably splitting regulatory and promotional functions and creating the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
energy law ⓘ
nuclear law ⓘ
abolishedAgency Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
appliesTo civilian uses of nuclear materials ⓘ
commercial nuclear power plants ⓘ
assignedFunction licensing of civilian nuclear facilities ⓘ
management of nuclear research and development programs ⓘ
regulation of nuclear materials ⓘ
regulation of nuclear reactor safety ⓘ
assignedFunctionTo Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdAgency Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
dateEnacted 1974-10-11 ⓘ
enactedBy 93rd United States Congress ⓘ
establishedIndependenceOf Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
focusesOn civilian nuclear power ⓘ
federal energy organization ⓘ
historicalContext concerns about conflict of interest in nuclear promotion and regulation ⓘ
post-World War II expansion of nuclear power ⓘ
influencedCreationOf United States Department of Energy ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
longTitle An Act to reorganize and consolidate certain functions of the Federal Government in a new Energy Research and Development Administration and in a Nuclear Regulatory Commission in order to promote more efficient management of such functions. ⓘ
policyArea energy policy ⓘ
nuclear regulation ⓘ
science and technology policy ⓘ
primaryPurpose to improve safety oversight of civilian nuclear activities ⓘ
to reorganize federal energy research and development ⓘ
to separate nuclear regulatory and promotional responsibilities ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 93-438 ⓘ
relatedTo Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ⓘ
Department of Energy Organization Act ⓘ
reorganized United States nuclear energy program ⓘ
separatedFunction nuclear promotional functions ⓘ
nuclear regulatory functions ⓘ
signedBy Gerald Ford ⓘ
signingPresident Gerald Ford ⓘ
subjectMatter energy research and development ⓘ
nuclear energy ⓘ
nuclear safety regulation ⓘ
transferredFunctionsFrom Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
transferredPromotionalFunctionsTo Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
transferredRegulatoryFunctionsTo Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
typeOfReorganization executive branch reorganization ⓘ
yearEnacted 1974 ⓘ

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