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The NRC issues licenses for the facilities noted and the operators of those facilities. Licenses may also be issued by individual state governments under NRC-approved regulatory programs. There are more than 8500 such licenses under the NRC s jurisdiction and approximately 15,000 under the jurisdiction of Agreement States, which regulate certain radioactive materials under agreements with the NRC. As of 1996, there are 109 licensed commercial nuclear power reactors in the United States, located at 71 sites in 33 states (see Nuclear REACTORS). However, several of these facilities are only partially constructed and further construction has been deferred. There are more than 5300 licensed nuclear power plant operators in the United States, each licensed for a specific reactor. Every operator must be requalified before renewal of a six-year license (14,15). 

Because mixed waste contains radionuclides and hazardous chemicals, it is subject to dual regulation under AEA and RCRA. Mixed waste generated in commercial activities is regulated under EPA or state RCRA requirements and NRC or comparable Agreement State requirements under AEA. Mixed waste generated by DOE is regulated by DOE under AEA and by EPA or a state under RCRA. This dual regulatory framework has created difficulties for mixed waste... 

The exemptions reflect EPA s assessment that NRC and Agreement State regulations for storage and disposal of low-level radioactive... 

Figure 7-1. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agreement States... 

Non-Agreement States Letter of intent to become an agreement state (20)... 

ORNL. 1998. State program directory. Agreement states. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Health Sciences Research Division, http //www.hsrd.ornl.gov/nrc/agstates.htm. ... 

The results from an individual profiling process at the employment offices are set out in a binding integration agreement. This written agreement states both the services that will be provided to the jobseeker as well as the jobseeker s obligation... 

Facilities The PET center and/or the cyclotron facility must be registered or licensed by the state for the manufacture of PET radiopharmaceuticals. However, the use of PET radiopharmaceuticals is regulated by the NRC or Agreement States. The license for medical use of radiopharmaceuticals is... 

In this case, the contract give is obliged to establish a technical agreement stating the nature and limits of the work of the contract acceptor. 

Agreement State programs were developed to bring a modicum of control to the state level, but they do not cover all handling of nuclear materials. For instance, all import and export of nuclear materials is controlled by the NRC, as is the constmction of any nuclear material production or utilization facility. Many waste disposal issues also fall under the aegis of the NRC. The NRC has the ultimate authority to control all nuclear materials deemed pertinent to the defense and security of the United States. More information on NRC and Agreement State regulations is online at http //www.hsrd.ornl.gov/nrc/index.html (Dec. 2005). 

Radiation safety staffing levels may vary widely among facilities on the basis of facility size, radioactivity levels, and number of samples processed. Each facility is required to have an RSO that meets the education, training and experience requirements by the NRC or DOE. The DOE protocol is for government laboratories while NRC and Agreement State licenses control other radionuclide-using entities, including commercial and academic laboratories. 

The NRC and Agreement States have specific license requirements for RSO education, training and experience. To practice this specialty, the RSO must meet the requirements of 10 CFR 35.900 series Subpart J—Training and Experience Requirements. Three different sets of experience can qualify an individual to become an RSO ... 

Agreement States States that have programs to assume partial NRC regulatory authority under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. This authority includes licensing and regulating radioactive byproduct materials source materials (uranium and thorium) and special nuclear materials. 

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