---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1.45"
title: "10"
number: "1.45"
heading: "Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1.45"
---

# §1.45. Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.


The Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research—

- (a) Plans, recommends, and implements programs of nuclear regulatory research, standards development, and resolution of generic safety issues for nuclear power plants and other facilities regulated by the NRC;
- (b) Coordinates research activities within and outside the agency including appointment of staff to committees and conferences; and
- (c) Coordinates NRC participation in international standards-related activities and national volunteer standards efforts, including appointment of staff to committees.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 31602, Aug. 21, 1987, as amended at 63 FR 69544, Dec. 17, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 23, 25, 29, 161, 191 (42 U.S.C. 2033, 2035, 2039, 2201, 2241); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 203, 204, 205, 209 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5843, 5844, 5845, 5849); Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 552, 553); Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (Reorganization Plans).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 31602, Aug. 21, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 31602, Aug. 21, 1987, as amended at 63 FR 69544, Dec. 17, 1998]