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Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information

Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.

Registry statusNARA & DoD
MarkingNNPI
Organizational index groupDefense
Updated2026-05-15

This page exposes extracted CUI registry and authority analysis as crawlable text. The interactive explorer remains the operational workspace for filtering, comparison, and voice-agent aligned study.

Registry comparison

Field NARA Registry DoD Registry
Category description Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public. Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.
Category marking NNPI NNPI
Banner marking CUI No corresponding field
Basic or Specified Basic + Specified No corresponding field
Authorities 42 USC 2013, 50 USC 2511 42 USC 2013, 50 USC 2511
DoD applicable policies No corresponding field None listed
Required warning statement No corresponding field None listed
Required dissemination control CUI, CUI//SP-NNPI NOFORN
Examples No corresponding field Nuclear testing, ​Records relating to weapons of mass destruction, RDT&E of a nuclear deterrent
Registry date May 7, 2025 2026-05-15

Authority analysis

Authority title
Registry authority evidence compiled; primary authority text analysis pending
Authorities
Multiple registry authorities
Source currency
NARA last reviewed: May 7, 2025 | DoD detail accessed: 2026-05-15
How the authority operates
NARA registry status: Basic + Specified. Per-authority NARA status values: Basic, Specified. NARA banner marking evidence: CUI, CUI//SP-NNPI. DoD registry requires dissemination control: NOFORN. The registry evidence is preserved here; detailed primary-law or regulation text analysis remains pending for this category.

Trigger conditions

  • NARA category scope: Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.
  • DoD registry-required dissemination control: NOFORN

Covered information

  • Nuclear testing
  • ​Records relating to weapons of mass destruction
  • RDT&E of a nuclear deterrent
  • Registry-described information: Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.

Specified controls

Nara basic or specified
Basic + Specified
Nara authority rows
42 USC 2013 | status: Basic | banner: CUI | sanctions: 42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c) || 50 USC 2511 | status: Specified | banner: CUI//SP-NNPI
Nara banner markings
CUI, CUI//SP-NNPI
Nara sanctions
42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c)
Dod required dissemination control
NOFORN

Safeguarding and dissemination controls

NARA Registry
CUI, CUI//SP-NNPI
DoD Registry
NOFORN
Authority analysis
DoD registry lists NOFORN. Confirm whether the control is mandatory for the specific document, transaction, or dissemination context.
Basic or Specified
Use the registry assertions, NARA authority rows, DoD authorities, DoD policies, warning statements, required dissemination controls, and examples first. Where the cited authority does not specify a handling detail, apply CUI Basic safeguards and dissemination rules so long as they do not conflict with the authority or agency-specific controls.

Related authorities

Authority-by-authority detail

42 USC 2013

Listed by: NARA Registry, DoD Registry, Related authorities

Designation evidence

  • NARA authority row: 42 USC 2013 | status: Basic | banner: CUI.
  • NARA sanctions field: 42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c).
  • DoD authority row: 42 USC 2013. DoD lists this citation for the category; this DoD detail page does not display a separate Basic/Specified field.
  • Related authority evidence: 42 USC 2013 | status: Basic | banner: CUI | sanctions: 42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c)
  • Related authority evidence: DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
  • Registry designation context: Basic + Specified, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling. The linked authority text contains violation, penalty, sanction, or enforcement language that may affect consequences for mishandling.
  • Registry designation for this category is Basic + Specified with banner CUI.

Extracted authority meaning

  • Page 4704 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 2012
  • Registry designation context: Basic + Specified, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling. The linked authority text contains violation, penalty, sanction, or enforcement language that may affect consequences for mishandling.

Operating conditions

  • NARA category scope used with this authority: Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.
  • DoD category scope used with this authority: Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.
  • 42 USC 2013 | status: Basic | banner: CUI | sanctions: 42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c)
  • DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
  • NARA registry status: Basic + Specified. Per-authority NARA status values: Basic, Specified. NARA banner marking evidence: CUI, CUI//SP-NNPI. DoD registry requires dissemination control: NOFORN. The registry evidence is preserved here; detailed primary-law or regulation text analysis remains pending for this category.
  • NARA category scope: Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.
  • DoD registry-required dissemination control: NOFORN
  • Extracted authority condition: Purpose of chapter It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for— (a) a program of conducting, assisting, and fostering research and development in order to encourage maximum scientific and industrial progress; (b) a program for the dissemination of un- classified scientific and technical information and for the control, dissemination, and declas- sification of Restricted Data, subject to appro- priate safeguards, so as to encourage scientific and industrial progress; (c) a program for Government control of the possession, use, and production of atomic en- ergy and special nuclear material, whether owned by the Government or others, so di-
  • Extracted authority condition: L. 88–489, § 20, Aug. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 607, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [amending this section and sections 2013, 2073 to 2078, 2135, 2153, 2201, 2233 and 2234 of this title, repealing section 2072 of this title, and en- acting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 2072 of this title] shall be deemed to dimin- ish existing authority of the United States, or of the Atomic Energy Commission under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [this chapter], to regulate source, byproduct, and special nuclear material and production and utilization facilities, or to control such materials and facilities exported from the United States by imposition of governmental guarantees and security safeguards with respect thereto, in order to as- sure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public, or to reduce the re- sponsibility of the Atomic Energy Commission to achieve such objectives.’’ § 2013.
  • Extracted authority condition: Sections 4 to 10 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 759–766, which related to production of fissionable ma- terial, prohibited acts, ownership and operation of pro- duction facilities, irradiation of materials, and manu- facture of production facilities; control of fissionable materials; military application of atomic energy; li- cense requirements for utilization of atomic energy, re- ports to Congress, and issuance of licenses; force and ef- fect of international agreements; property of Commis- sion and its exempt status from taxation; and control of information, were classified to sections 1804 to 1810, respectively, of this title, prior to the general amend- ment of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954.
  • Extracted authority condition: (e) The term ‘‘byproduct material’’ means— (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radio- active by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material; (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the ex- traction or concentration of uranium or tho- rium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content; (3)(A) any discrete source of radium-226 that is produced, extracted, or converted after ex- traction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research ac- tivity; or (B) any material that— (i) has been made radioactive by use of a particle accelerator; and (ii) is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; and (4) any discrete source of naturally occur- ring radioactive material, other than source material, that— (A) the Commission, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other appropriate Federal agen- cy, determines would pose a threat similar to the threat posed by a discrete source of radium-226 to the public health and safety or the common defense and security; and (B) before, on,...

Safeguarding and dissemination controls

  • NARA registry control evidence: status Basic; banner marking CUI.
  • DoD required dissemination control: NOFORN
  • Nara basic or specified: Basic + Specified
  • Nara authority rows: 42 USC 2013 | status: Basic | banner: CUI | sanctions: 42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c) || 50 USC 2511 | status: Specified | banner: CUI//SP-NNPI
  • Nara banner markings: CUI, CUI//SP-NNPI
  • Nara sanctions: 42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c)
  • Dod required dissemination control: NOFORN
  • DoD registry lists NOFORN. Confirm whether the control is mandatory for the specific document, transaction, or dissemination context.
  • Use the registry assertions, NARA authority rows, DoD authorities, DoD policies, warning statements, required dissemination controls, and examples first. Where the cited authority does not specify a handling detail, apply CUI Basic safeguards and dissemination rules so long as they do not conflict with the authority or agency-specific controls.
  • Extracted authority control: Purpose of chapter It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for— (a) a program of conducting, assisting, and fostering research and development in order to encourage maximum scientific and industrial progress; (b) a program for the dissemination of un- classified scientific and technical information and for the control, dissemination, and declas- sification of Restricted Data, subject to appro- priate safeguards, so as to encourage scientific and industrial progress; (c) a program for Government control of the possession, use, and production of atomic en- ergy and special nuclear material, whether owned by the Government or others, so di-
  • Extracted authority control: (e) The term ‘‘byproduct material’’ means— (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radio- active by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material; (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the ex- traction or concentration of uranium or tho- rium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content; (3)(A) any discrete source of radium-226 that is produced, extracted, or converted after ex- traction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research ac- tivity; or (B) any material that— (i) has been made radioactive by use of a particle accelerator; and (ii) is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; and (4) any discrete source of naturally occur- ring radioactive material, other than source material, that— (A) the Commission, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other appropriate Federal agen- cy, determines would pose a threat similar to the threat posed by a discrete source of radium-226 to the public health and safety or the common defense and security; and (B) before, on,...
  • Extracted authority control: L. 88–489, § 20, Aug. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 607, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [amending this section and sections 2013, 2073 to 2078, 2135, 2153, 2201, 2233 and 2234 of this title, repealing section 2072 of this title, and en- acting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 2072 of this title] shall be deemed to dimin- ish existing authority of the United States, or of the Atomic Energy Commission under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [this chapter], to regulate source, byproduct, and special nuclear material and production and utilization facilities, or to control such materials and facilities exported from the United States by imposition of governmental guarantees and security safeguards with respect thereto, in order to as- sure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public, or to reduce the re- sponsibility of the Atomic Energy Commission to achieve such objectives.’’ § 2013.
  • Extracted authority control: (f) The necessity for protection against pos- sible interstate damage occurring from the oper- ation of facilities for the production or utiliza- tion of source or special nuclear material places the operation of those facilities in interstate commerce for the purposes of this chapter.
  • Extracted authority control: (d) The processing and utilization of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material must be regulated in the national interest and in order to provide for the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the pub- lic.
  • Extracted authority control: (i) In order to protect the public and to en- courage the development of the atomic energy industry, in the interest of the general welfare and of the common defense and security, the United States may make funds available for a portion of the damages suffered by the public from nuclear incidents, and may limit the liabil- ity of those persons liable for such losses.

Authority excerpts

Most relevant extracted authority passage

Purpose of chapter It is the purpose of this chapter to effectuate the policies set forth above by providing for— (a) a program of conducting, assisting, and fostering research and development in order to encourage maximum scientific and industrial progress; (b) a program for the dissemination of un- classified scientific and technical information and for the control, dissemination, and declas- sification of Restricted Data, subject to appro- priate safeguards, so as to encourage scientific and industrial progress; (c) a program for Government control of the possession, use, and production of atomic en- ergy and special nuclear material, whether owned by the Government or others, so di-

Extracted authority passage 2

(e) The term ‘‘byproduct material’’ means— (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radio- active by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material; (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the ex- traction or concentration of uranium or tho- rium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content; (3)(A) any discrete source of radium-226 that is produced, extracted, or converted after ex- traction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research ac- tivity; or (B) any material that— (i) has been made radioactive by use of a particle accelerator; and (ii) is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after August 8, 2005, for use for a commercial, medical, or research activity; and (4) any discrete source of naturally occur- ring radioactive material, other than source material, that— (A) the Commission, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of any other appropriate Federal agen- cy, determines would pose a threat similar to the threat posed by a discrete source of radium-226 to the public health and safety or the common defense and security; and (B) before, on,...

Extracted authority passage 3

L. 88–489, § 20, Aug. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 607, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this Act [amending this section and sections 2013, 2073 to 2078, 2135, 2153, 2201, 2233 and 2234 of this title, repealing section 2072 of this title, and en- acting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 2072 of this title] shall be deemed to dimin- ish existing authority of the United States, or of the Atomic Energy Commission under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [this chapter], to regulate source, byproduct, and special nuclear material and production and utilization facilities, or to control such materials and facilities exported from the United States by imposition of governmental guarantees and security safeguards with respect thereto, in order to as- sure the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public, or to reduce the re- sponsibility of the Atomic Energy Commission to achieve such objectives.’’ § 2013.

Extracted authority passage 4

(f) The necessity for protection against pos- sible interstate damage occurring from the oper- ation of facilities for the production or utiliza- tion of source or special nuclear material places the operation of those facilities in interstate commerce for the purposes of this chapter.

Extracted authority passage 5

(d) The processing and utilization of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material must be regulated in the national interest and in order to provide for the common defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the pub- lic.

Extracted authority passage 6

Sections 4 to 10 of act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 759–766, which related to production of fissionable ma- terial, prohibited acts, ownership and operation of pro- duction facilities, irradiation of materials, and manu- facture of production facilities; control of fissionable materials; military application of atomic energy; li- cense requirements for utilization of atomic energy, re- ports to Congress, and issuance of licenses; force and ef- fect of international agreements; property of Commis- sion and its exempt status from taxation; and control of information, were classified to sections 1804 to 1810, respectively, of this title, prior to the general amend- ment of act Aug. 1, 1946, by act Aug. 30, 1954.

50 USC 2511

Listed by: NARA Registry, DoD Registry, Related authorities

Designation evidence

  • NARA authority row: 50 USC 2511 | status: Specified | banner: CUI//SP-NNPI.
  • DoD authority row: 50 USC 2511. DoD lists this citation for the category; this DoD detail page does not display a separate Basic/Specified field.
  • Related authority evidence: 50 USC 2511 | status: Specified | banner: CUI//SP-NNPI
  • Related authority evidence: DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
  • Registry designation context: Basic + Specified, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling. The linked authority text contains violation, penalty, sanction, or enforcement language that may affect consequences for mishandling.
  • Registry designation for this category is Basic + Specified with banner CUI.

Extracted authority meaning

  • Page 371 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 2511
  • Registry designation context: Basic + Specified, CUI. The linked authority text contains category-scope or applicability language that helps determine when the information falls within this CUI category. The linked authority text contains disclosure, access, protection, release, dissemination, or distribution-control language relevant to handling. The linked authority text contains violation, penalty, sanction, or enforcement language that may affect consequences for mishandling.

Operating conditions

  • NARA category scope used with this authority: Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.
  • DoD category scope used with this authority: Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.
  • 50 USC 2511 | status: Specified | banner: CUI//SP-NNPI
  • DoD lists this authority for the category; the linked authority text is extracted below when available.
  • NARA registry status: Basic + Specified. Per-authority NARA status values: Basic, Specified. NARA banner marking evidence: CUI, CUI//SP-NNPI. DoD registry requires dissemination control: NOFORN. The registry evidence is preserved here; detailed primary-law or regulation text analysis remains pending for this category.
  • NARA category scope: Related to the safety of reactors and associated naval nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing standards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, operators, and the general public.
  • DoD registry-required dissemination control: NOFORN
  • Extracted authority condition: (b) administration of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, including oversight of program support in areas such as security, nuclear safeguards and trans- portation, public information, procurement, logistics, and fiscal management.
  • Extracted authority condition: Within the Department of the Navy, the Sec- retary of the Navy shall assign to the director respon- sibility to supervise all technical aspects of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion work, including: (a) research, development, design, procurement, spec- ification, construction, inspection, installation, certifi- cation, testing, overhaul, refueling, operating practices and procedures, maintenance, supply support, and ulti- mate disposition, of naval nuclear propulsion plants, including components thereof, and any special mainte- nance and service facilities related thereto; and (b) training programs, including Nuclear Power Schools of the Navy, and assistance and concurrence in the selection, training, qualification, and assignment of personnel reporting to the director and of Govern- ment personnel who supervise, operate, or maintain naval nuclear propulsion plants.
  • Extracted authority condition: 7158), including assigned civil- ian power reactor programs, and any naval nuclear pro- pulsion functions of the Department of Energy, includ- ing: (a) direct supervision over the Bettis and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories, the Expended Core Facil- ity and naval reactor prototype plants; (b) research, development, design, acquisition, speci- fication, construction, inspection, installation, certifi- cation, testing, overhaul, refueling, operating practices and procedures, maintenance, supply support, and ulti- mate disposition, of naval nuclear propulsion plants, including components thereof, and any special mainte- nance and service facilities related thereto; (c) the safety of reactors and associated navel [naval] nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing stand- ards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, op- erators, and the general public; (d) training, including training conducted at the naval prototype reactors of the Department of Energy, and assistance and concurrence in the selection, train- ing, qualification, and assignment of personnel report- ing to the director and of personnel who supervise, op- erate, or maintain naval nuclear propulsion plants;...
  • Extracted authority condition: No. 12344, Feb. 1, 1982, 47 F.R. 4979, provided: By the authority vested in me as President and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, with recognition of the crucial im- portance to national security of the Naval Nuclear Pro- pulsion Program, and for the purpose of preserving the basic structure, policies, and practices developed for this Program in the past and assuring that the Pro- gram will continue to function with excellence, it is hereby ordered as follows: S ECTION1.

Safeguarding and dissemination controls

  • NARA registry control evidence: status Specified; banner marking CUI//SP-NNPI.
  • DoD required dissemination control: NOFORN
  • Nara basic or specified: Basic + Specified
  • Nara authority rows: 42 USC 2013 | status: Basic | banner: CUI | sanctions: 42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c) || 50 USC 2511 | status: Specified | banner: CUI//SP-NNPI
  • Nara banner markings: CUI, CUI//SP-NNPI
  • Nara sanctions: 42 USC 2168(b) 42 USC 2168(c)
  • Dod required dissemination control: NOFORN
  • DoD registry lists NOFORN. Confirm whether the control is mandatory for the specific document, transaction, or dissemination context.
  • Use the registry assertions, NARA authority rows, DoD authorities, DoD policies, warning statements, required dissemination controls, and examples first. Where the cited authority does not specify a handling detail, apply CUI Basic safeguards and dissemination rules so long as they do not conflict with the authority or agency-specific controls.
  • Extracted authority control: (b) administration of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, including oversight of program support in areas such as security, nuclear safeguards and trans- portation, public information, procurement, logistics, and fiscal management.
  • Extracted authority control: The director shall have direct access to the Secretary of En- ergy and other senior officials in the Department of En- ergy concerning naval nuclear propulsion matters, and to all other personnel who supervise, operate or main- tain naval nuclear propulsion plants and support facili- ties for the Department of Energy.
  • Extracted authority control: The director shall have direct access to the Secretary of the Navy and other senior officials in the Depart- ment of the Navy concerning naval nuclear propulsion matters, and to all other Government personnel who supervise, operate, or maintain naval nuclear propul- sion plants and support facilities.
  • Extracted authority control: E XECUTIVEORDERNO. 12344 TOREMAIN INFORCE Except as otherwise specified in section 2406 of this title and notwithstanding any other provision of title XXXII of Pub.
  • Extracted authority control: The director shall be ap- pointed to serve a term of eight years, except that the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Navy may, with mutual concurrence, terminate or extend the term of the respective appointments.
  • Extracted authority control: 7158), including assigned civil- ian power reactor programs, and any naval nuclear pro- pulsion functions of the Department of Energy, includ- ing: (a) direct supervision over the Bettis and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories, the Expended Core Facil- ity and naval reactor prototype plants; (b) research, development, design, acquisition, speci- fication, construction, inspection, installation, certifi- cation, testing, overhaul, refueling, operating practices and procedures, maintenance, supply support, and ulti- mate disposition, of naval nuclear propulsion plants, including components thereof, and any special mainte- nance and service facilities related thereto; (c) the safety of reactors and associated navel [naval] nuclear propulsion plants, and control of radiation and radioactivity associated with naval nuclear propulsion activities, including prescribing and enforcing stand- ards and regulations for these areas as they affect the environment and the safety and health of workers, op- erators, and the general public; (d) training, including training conducted at the naval prototype reactors of the Department of Energy, and assistance and concurrence in the selection, train- ing, qualification, and assignment of personnel report- ing to the director and of personnel who supervise, op- erate, or maintain naval nuclear propulsion plants;...
  • Extracted authority control: A civilian serving as director shall be com- pensated at a rate to be specified at the time of ap- pointment.

Authority excerpts

Most relevant extracted authority passage

(b) administration of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, including oversight of program support in areas such as security, nuclear safeguards and trans- portation, public information, procurement, logistics, and fiscal management.

Extracted authority passage 2

The director shall have direct access to the Secretary of En- ergy and other senior officials in the Department of En- ergy concerning naval nuclear propulsion matters, and to all other personnel who supervise, operate or main- tain naval nuclear propulsion plants and support facili- ties for the Department of Energy.

Extracted authority passage 3

The director shall have direct access to the Secretary of the Navy and other senior officials in the Depart- ment of the Navy concerning naval nuclear propulsion matters, and to all other Government personnel who supervise, operate, or maintain naval nuclear propul- sion plants and support facilities.

Extracted authority passage 4

E XECUTIVEORDERNO. 12344 TOREMAIN INFORCE Except as otherwise specified in section 2406 of this title and notwithstanding any other provision of title XXXII of Pub.

Extracted authority passage 5

The director shall be ap- pointed to serve a term of eight years, except that the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Navy may, with mutual concurrence, terminate or extend the term of the respective appointments.

Extracted authority passage 6

Within the Department of the Navy, the Sec- retary of the Navy shall assign to the director respon- sibility to supervise all technical aspects of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion work, including: (a) research, development, design, procurement, spec- ification, construction, inspection, installation, certifi- cation, testing, overhaul, refueling, operating practices and procedures, maintenance, supply support, and ulti- mate disposition, of naval nuclear propulsion plants, including components thereof, and any special mainte- nance and service facilities related thereto; and (b) training programs, including Nuclear Power Schools of the Navy, and assistance and concurrence in the selection, training, qualification, and assignment of personnel reporting to the director and of Govern- ment personnel who supervise, operate, or maintain naval nuclear propulsion plants.