COVID-19 Guidance for Visitors to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Facilities or NRC-Sponsored Events

Visitors to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) facilities or NRC-sponsored events 

should use this document to appropriately plan their visit. Members of the public1 entering to

obtain a public service or benefit, 2 must follow required workplace safety protocols3 while

accessing the facility. Visitors are encouraged to perform a self-health assessment prior to 

accessing NRC facilities or NRC-sponsored events.

Current NRC Visitor Protocols4 Based on COVID-19 Hospital Admission Levels

When the COVID-19 

Hospital Admission Level is

LOW in the county where a

facility is located

Masks: Mask-wearing is not required in that facility, 

regardless of vaccination status.

NRC encourages individuals, regardless of vaccination 

status, to consider avoiding crowding and physically 

distancing themselves from others in indoor common areas 

and meeting rooms.

COVID-19 Test: Not required.

When the COVID-19 

Hospital Admission Level is 

MEDIUM in the county 

where a facility is located

Masks: Mask-wearing is not required in that facility, 

regardless of vaccination status. (If you are at "high-risk" for 

severe illness, talk to your health care provider about maskwearing.)

NRC encourages individuals, regardless of vaccination 

status, to consider avoiding crowding and physically 

distancing themselves from others in indoor common areas 

and meeting rooms.

COVID-19 Test: Not required.

When the COVID-19 

Hospital Admission Level is

HIGH in the county where a

facility is located

Masks: Mask-wearing is required in that facility, regardless 

of vaccination status and consistent with CDC and Safer 

Federal Workforce Task Force guidance on mask-wearing.

NRC encourages individuals, regardless of vaccination 

status, to consider avoiding crowding and physically 

distancing themselves from others in indoor common areas 

and meeting rooms.

COVID-19 Test: Not required.
• 1Members of the public are defined as any individual who is not an NRC 

employee or contractor.

• 2A public service or benefit for the NRC includes accessing the Public Document 

Room and attending NRC publicly noticed meetings.

• 3Delivery drivers, couriers, U.S. Postal Service employees, Federal Express 

employees, United Parcel Service employees, and other “transient visitors,” meaning 

visitors accessing a Federal facility for less than approximately 15 minutes who interact 

with very few people, are not required to present a completed Certification of 

Vaccination form, even when the local COVID-19 Hospital Admission Level in the

county where the Federal facility is located is MEDIUM or HIGH. They are required to

follow required safety protocols while accessing the facility.

• In applying these protocols:

• persons in and on property must, at all times, comply with official signs of 

a prohibitory, regulatory, or directory nature, and with the lawful direction of 

Federal police officers and other authorized individuals (41 CFR 102 -

74.385).

• individuals may wear a mask if they choose regardless of COVID-19 

Hospital Admission Level.

• consistent with CDC recommendations and Safer Federal Workforce 

Task Force guidance for quarantine and isolation, people with symptoms, a 

positive test or close contact to someone with COVID-19 should wear a 

mask for the required period of time.

Updated June 1, 2023