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NRC

NRC

21 7.5
A United States government group that gives permission and makes rules for nuclear power plants
  • proper noun
translation icon : Comisión Reguladora Nuclear (NRC)
  • The black points represent National Science Foundation data. The blue points represent NRC data.
  • NRC report
  • NRC Committee
  • NRC consensus

Examples

  • This is the a brief from an NRC report that was just issued in January.

  • For example, the NRC reported 36,027 new Ph.D.s for all academic fields for 1990.

    Academic text (1992)

  • We ask that you do not call the NRC emergency line unless it is an emergency.

    Blog text (19)

  • For those who regularly follow NRC, Region II is leading the agency in construction inspection.

    Blog text (19)

  • Various individuals described the procedure by which the NRC may intervene in special circumstances in especially serious local disputes.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Anybody who wants to can file a protest after it's all done and all the questions are addressed by the NRC and the NRC is satisfied.

  • The National Academies include the National Academy of Sciences, the IOM, the NRC, and the National Academy of Engineering.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The Taulbee Survey uses the 1995 National Research Council (NRC) rankings to form four groups:

    Academic text (2011)

  • There is no mandatory right of appeal, but the parties may ask the NRC to exercise its discretionary appellate jurisdiction.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The NRC is responsible for ensuring the safety of nuclear power plants across the United States.

Synonyms

regulatory agency
vsNRC
  • Formal
11 4.0

A government group that checks companies and makes them follow safety rules to protect people

is a specific federal body created in 1974 focused on nuclear plants
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
vsNRC
  • Formal
8 4.4

A United States government agency that licenses and checks safety at nuclear power plants

means the same but is the common abbreviated form used in writing

Surface Forms

NRC main

Etymology

NRC is short for the three words Nuclear, Regulatory, and Commission; Nuclear means 'power from atoms', Regulatory means 'making rules', and Commission means a 'group set to do a job', so the NRC is the U.S. government group that makes safety rules and checks nuclear power plants.