The NRC’s Office of Enforcement (OE) recently published its Enforcement Program Annual Report for Calendar Year 2022. In 2022, the NRC issued 73 escalated enforcement actions to licensees, non-licensees, and individuals. This is 13 more than in 2021, an increase of 22%, and is higher than the five-year average of 60. Even so, this remains below the highs seen in 2016 and 2017, which had more than 80 each year. Non-escalated enforcement actions also increased in 2022 for reactor and materials...
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