U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Electronic Reading Room"The mission of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is to enable the nation to safely use radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while ensuring that people and the environment are protected. The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection and enforcement of its requirements. The Electronic Reading Room web site contains information and the documents that are most pertinent to NRC regulatory activities. Many of the documents are in Basic References or Document Collections sections of the web site. The rest are available either from our record retrieval system, ADAMS, or from our Public Document Room found on the web site as well."