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NRC chairman: safety and speed can be complementary; agency will be 'enabling'
Summary
Chairman Nee told Utah listeners the NRC intends to remove unnecessary regulatory friction to speed projects while sharpening focus on what matters for safety, describing the agency as a solution‑oriented regulator.
In Utah, Chairman Nee rejected the premise that faster licensing necessarily means weaker oversight, telling the governor and attendees that the NRC will sharpen its focus on the elements that matter for safety while eliminating procedural activities that do not change safety outcomes. "It's not pressure, governor, it's purpose," he said, adding that the agency will be "solution oriented" and look to work "smarter, not harder."
Nee pointed to routine inspection programs and license renewals as examples of continued safety oversight even as the agency expedites processes that cause delay without improving safety. He closed by saying the 'new NRC' will deliver safety decisions with credibility, efficiency and speed and "is not going to be an impediment to deployment of nuclear technologies in The United States."
