NRC TO CONDUCT PUBLIC MEETING ON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE 

RESOLUTION PROGRAM IN ROCKVILLE, MD. NOV. 8

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting Nov. 8 to solicit feedback from 

its stakeholders on its Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program.

The ADR program is in the NRC’s Office of Enforcement, which oversees, manages, 

develops guidance for, and participates in this program. The ADR is an important aspect of the 

NRC’s enforcement program.

The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room T-2B3 in Two White Flint 

North at NRC Headquarters, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md. The meeting will be open to 

the public. Those persons not able to attend in person may participate via Webinar. 

The meeting will be composed of panel discussions addressing implementation of the 

ADR program and whether changes could be made to the program to make it more effective, 

transparent, and efficient. The panel will include members of the NRC, NRC-regulated 

industries, and the public. Panel discussions will be followed by opportunities for other meeting 

participants to ask questions and/or provide comments.

On Sept. 6, (76 FR 55136), the NRC announced its intention to hold a public meeting 

addressing implementation of its ADR Program in the Federal Register (ADAMS Accession 

number ML11237A115), and solicited nominations of individuals to participate on a panel to 

discuss various aspects of the program’s effectiveness, transparency and efficiency.

Prior to the meeting, attendees are requested to register with one of the contacts listed 

below so that sufficient accommodations can be made for their participation: 

Shahram Ghasemian, telephone: 301-415–3591 or by e-mail to Shahram.Ghasemian@nrc.gov;

or Maria Schwartz, telephone: 301-415–1888 or by e-mail to Maria.Schwartz@nrc.gov.

ADR encompasses a variety of voluntary processes that may be used as alternatives to 

litigation to resolve potential disputes. The most common examples of ADR include settlement 

following direct negotiation between opposing parties, mediation (negotiation mediated by a 

neutral third party), arbitration (where a neutral third party acts as an arbiter to issue a final 

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decision regarding a dispute), conciliation and facilitation. The NRC has elected to use mediation 

as its means to ADR. These ADR techniques often result in cordial, effective and fair resolution 

of disputed issues. 

Further information on participating via the Webinar can be found on the NRC public 

meeting schedule Web page along with any additional information about this meeting.

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