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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

Foreword

Chapter I — Commission Responsibilities

Collegial Functions

	Policy, Rulemaking and Adjudication
		Appointments
		Personnel Appointment Process
	Chairman Duties
	Emergency Response
		Emergency Response Training
	Individual Commissioner Responsibilities
	Commission Administrative Procedures
	Changes to or Waiver of Commission ProceduresChapter II — Decision Documents

SECY Papers
	Format for Staff Papers and Action Memoranda to the Commission
	Action Memoranda (COMs and COMSECYs)
	Staff Requirements Memoranda
	Release of Documents Under FOIA
	Management and Disposition of Commissioner RecordsChapter III — Voting

Votes on SECY Papers

	Action Dates
		Submission of Votes to the Secretary
		Recording of Commissioner Votes While Away from the Office
		Handling of Separate Views on Commission Documents Published in the Federal Register
		Handling of Separate Views in Commission Adjudicatory Decisions
	Comments on Draft Congressional Letters and Press Releases Associated with Decision Documents
	Votes on Action Memoranda (COMs and COMSECYs)
	Votes at Commission Meetings
	Continuances and Extensions of Time
	Closure Process
	Commission Voting Record (CVR)
	Tracking of Requirements and Tasks
	Motions for Reconsideration of a Decision
	Return or Withdrawal of Papers Submitted to the CommissionChapter IV — Commission Meetings/Hearings

Government in the Sunshine Act
	Development of Commission Schedule
	Guidelines for Stakeholder Participation in Commission Meetings
	Format for Commission Meetings
	Open/Public Commission Meetings
		Closed Commission Meetings
		Non-Sunshine Act Discussions
	Conduct of Commission Meetings
	Meeting-Related Documents
	Documents in Advance of Meetings
		Documents at Meetings
	Staff Requirements Memoranda (SRM)
	Briefings of the Commission Assistants
	Conduct of Mandatory Hearings on Applications for Combined Licenses and Construction Permits for
	Medical Isotope Production and Utilization Facilities
	Before the Hearing
		The Hearing
		Commission Decision after the Hearing
		Schedule for Uncontested Hearings
		Template - Notice of HearingChapter V — Institutional Correspondence

Incoming Correspondence

	Receipt and Review by the Office of the Secretary
	Guidelines for Commission Response
	Action Assigned by the Office of the Secretary
		Requests for Additional Response Preparation Time
	Commission Daily Reading File
	Outgoing Correspondence
	Procedures for Commission Correspondence
		Procedures for Chairman's Correspondence
		Dispatch of Outgoing Correspondence and Information CopiesChapter VI — Transmittal of Sensitive Documents to Congress

Guidelines and ProceduresChapter VII — Congressional Hearings

Preparation of Testimony and Supporting Information

	Planning Meetings
		Preparation of Testimony and Supporting Information
	Commitments and Post-Hearing QuestionsAppendices

Procedures for Obtaining Nominations for NRC's Advisory Committees
	Procedures for Handling Withheld Documents in Commissioners' Offices Under FOIA
	Notation Vote Response Sheet
	Basis for Determining Voting Results
	Resolution of 2-2 Vote
	Specialized Procedures when Commission Review Time for Adjudicatory Actions is Limited
	Staff Requirements Memorandum and Commission Voting Record
	Procedures for Staff Presentations at Commission Meetings
	Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances
	Security Procedures for Conducting Classified Meetings/Hearings
	Record of Non-Sunshine Act Discussion
	Correspondence Response Sheets
	Commission Office and Staff Instructions for Processing Congressional Requests for Documents
	The Budget Process
	List of Positions for Which the Commission is the Awarding Authority for Performance Awards

      
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