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The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
PDR Staff

The PDR is staffed The PDR is staffed staffed

by librarians from the 

Public Document Public Document

Room and the NRC 

Technical Library Technical Library

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
PDR Hours

Walk-in Hoursin Hours in Hours

7:45am – 4:15pm Eastern Time Monday – Friday

Phone Hours

8:00am – 4:00pm Eastern Time Monday – Friday

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
PDR Collection

A collection of more than 2 A collection collection of more than

2

million million publicly availabledocuments in hard copy, 

microfiche, or CD microfiche, or CD-ROMA complete archive of publicly publicly availableavailable NRC pre NRC pre-ADAMS 

documents that are retained 

as agency records in paper as agency records records in paper, 

microfiche, or in special 

cases other formats

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years

cases, other formats
PDR Collection

Our collection includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Media Monitor (clippings from Press releases (1947 tnews media and other printed sources concerning nuclear energy; 1975 to June 2007)

Regulatory Agenda (NURegulatory Agenda (NU1982 to present)Speeches (1955 to pre

NRC Commission Issuances (NUREG-0750; 1956 to present) 0750; 1956 to present)NRC Manual/Management 

( C 

Speeches Speeches (1955 to pre

pre

Title 10, Code of FederRegulations (10 CFR, PRegulations (10 CFR, P1977 to present) Directives (NR

C administrative 

policies and procedures)

Nuclear Regulatory Legislation (NUREG 0980 1984 t t)

1977 to present)U.S. Nuclear RegulatoCommission (NUREG Commission (NUREG-

AEC Annual Reports (1

(NUREG-0980; 1984 to presen o present) AEC Annual Reports Reports (1

U.S. Nuclear RegulatoCommission Inspection 

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
PDR Equipment

Four computers for Four computers computers for

searching ADAMS

Two microfiche reader / Two microfiche microfiche reader

/

printersprinters

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he rea

ders

Cost to print: 10¢ / page Cost to print: 10¢

/ page

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Locating NRC Documen

Search ADAMS, NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and ManagemeDocuments Documents Access and Manageme

Manageme

System, to locate the needed docum

PDR staff can provide assistance wiPDR staff can provide provide assistance assistance wi

searching ADAMS

Content and Advanced searching is availableavailableUsers can also browse by folders lisdaily ADAMS releases

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The current version of Web The current version of Web-based A

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Locating NRC Documen

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Source: Web-based ADAMS 

(WBA) – Folder View
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Source: Web-based ADAMS 

(WBA) – Content Searc Content Search
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The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years

Source: Web-based ADAMS 

(WBA) – Advanced Search
Locating NRC Documen

The Public Library in WBA provides The Public Library Library in WBA provides provides text records in PDF formatDocuments range from November 1Documents Documents range from November November 1present

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
Locating NRC Documen

The Public Legacy Library The Public Legacy Library Library

in WBA provides 

bibliographic records bibliographic records for

NRC documents

Documents predate November 1999 Documents Documents predate predate November November 1999 

most likely available on microfiche in 

PDR

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
Getting Copies of Non Getting Copies of Non-elect

elect

NRC Documents NRC Documents

Members of the public search the WMembers Members of the public search the W

Public Legacy Library to locate the n

documentdocumentMembers of the public contact the PPDR t ff if th t th d t i PDR s

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The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
Getting Copies of NRC Docu

Once a document in microfiche formOnce

a document document in microfiche microfiche form

found, its reproduction can be orderethe PDR

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
Getting Copies of NRC Docu

PDR staff will record PDR staff will record

billing and shipping 

information and information and

prepare a document request

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
Getting Copies of NRC Docu

The actual reproduction, billing and The actual reproduction, reproduction, billing billing and

shipping of documents is handled by Best Copy and Printing Incorporated (B

a company un a company und t t t th NRC der con

trac

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to the NRC

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
PDR Hours and Locatio

Hours (walk Hours (walk-in)

7:45am – 4:15pm Eastern Time 4:15pm Eastern Time Monday – Frida

y

Hours (phone)

8:00am – 4:00

pm Eastern Time 

Monday – Friday

LocationLocation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Regulatory Commission Commission

Public Document Room 

One White Flint North 

11555 Rockville Pike 

Room OWFN Room OWFN-1 F21 1 F21 

Rockville, MD 20852

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years
Contact the PDR

Phone

(301) 415(301) 415-4737(800) 397(800) 397-4209

E-mail

PDR Resource@nrc gov PDR.Resource@nrc.gov

Web PageWeb Page

http://www.nrc.gov/reading http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/pdr.html rm/pdr.html

U.S. MailU.S. Mail

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Document Room Mail Stop: OWFN Mail Stop: OWFN-1 F13 1 F13 

Washington, DC 20555

The NRC Public Document Room: Providing Access to Documents for Over 50 Years