NRC Significant Enforcement Actions for Nuclear Licensees

Nuclear Regulatory Commission data lists significant enforcement actions, known as 'escalated' actions, issued to licensees, individuals, and non-licensees for non-compliance. The dataset includes tags for action types such as Civil Penalty, Confirmatory Order, and Severity Level, and covers violations related to Reactor, Materials, and Fuel Cycle Facilities.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency and distribution of Civil Penalty amounts across different Severity Level categories.
• Identify common Violation types associated with Confirmatory Orders issued to Reactor or Fuel Cycle Facilities licensees.
• Track enforcement trends for specific action types like 'Deliberately' committed violations over time.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the authoritative Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
• Includes specific, categorized tags for enforcement types such as Civil Penalty, Confirmatory Order, and Severity Level.
• Dataset was last updated in November 2024, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The total number of records (rows) and specific data columns are unknown, limiting preliminary analysis.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data structure and completeness before download.

Provenance

Source

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Collection Method

Issued by the NRC to document significant enforcement actions against licensees and individuals.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-11-18.