NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ISSUES NOTICE: REGULATORY ISSUE SUMMARY: PERSONNEL ACCESS AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-IMMIGRANT FOREIGN NATIONALS WORKING AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a notice called: Regulatory Issue Summary: Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Non-Immigrant Foreign Nationals Working at Nuclear Power Plants.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 9 by Brian Benney, Acting Chief, Generic Communications and Operating Experience Branch, Division of Reactor Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Summary: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2026-01, "Personnel Access Authorization Requirements For Non-Immigrant Foreign Nationals Working At Nuclear Power Plants, " to remind licensees of the NRC requirement that prior to granting or reinstating unescorted a...