[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR1.1]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 1--STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Introduction
 
Sec. 1.1  Creation and authority.


    (a) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established by the Energy 
Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, Pub. L. 93-438, 88 Stat. 1233 
(42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.). This Act abolished the Atomic Energy 
Commission and, by section 201, transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission all the licensing and related regulatory functions assigned 
to the Atomic Energy Commission by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, Pub. L. 83-703, 68 Stat. 919 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). These 
functions included those of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel. 
The Energy Reorganization Act became effective January 19, 1975 (E.O. 
11834).
    (b) As used in this part:
    Commission means the five members of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission or a quorum thereof sitting as a body, as provided by section 
201 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended.
    NRC means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the agency established 
by title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, 
comprising the members of the Commission and all offices, employees, and 
representatives authorized to act in any case or matter.

[52 FR 31602, Aug. 21, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 29407, June 27, 1991]

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