Energy Reorganization Act of 1974

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United States federal statute energy law nuclear law

The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 is a U.S. federal law that restructured the nation’s nuclear energy program, notably splitting regulatory and promotional functions and creating the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Label	Occurrences
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 canonical	8
Energy Reorganization Act	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ energy law ⓘ nuclear law ⓘ
abolishedAgency	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ surface form: Atomic Energy Commission
appliesTo	civilian uses of nuclear materials ⓘ commercial nuclear power plants ⓘ
assignedFunction	licensing of civilian nuclear facilities ⓘ management of nuclear research and development programs ⓘ regulation of nuclear materials ⓘ regulation of nuclear reactor safety ⓘ
assignedFunctionTo	Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ surface form: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
codifiedIn	United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdAgency	Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ surface form: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
dateEnacted	1974-10-11 ⓘ
enactedBy	93rd United States Congress ⓘ
establishedIndependenceOf	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ surface form: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
focusesOn	civilian nuclear power ⓘ federal energy organization ⓘ
historicalContext	concerns about conflict of interest in nuclear promotion and regulation ⓘ post-World War II expansion of nuclear power ⓘ
influencedCreationOf	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Energy
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
longTitle	An Act to reorganize and consolidate certain functions of the Federal Government in a new Energy Research and Development Administration and in a Nuclear Regulatory Commission in order to promote more efficient management of such functions. ⓘ
policyArea	energy policy ⓘ nuclear regulation ⓘ science and technology policy ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to improve safety oversight of civilian nuclear activities ⓘ to reorganize federal energy research and development ⓘ to separate nuclear regulatory and promotional responsibilities ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 93-438 ⓘ
relatedTo	Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ⓘ Department of Energy Organization Act ⓘ
reorganized	United States nuclear energy program ⓘ
separatedFunction	nuclear promotional functions ⓘ nuclear regulatory functions ⓘ
signedBy	Gerald Ford ⓘ
signingPresident	Gerald Ford ⓘ
subjectMatter	energy research and development ⓘ nuclear energy ⓘ nuclear safety regulation ⓘ
transferredFunctionsFrom	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ surface form: Atomic Energy Commission
transferredPromotionalFunctionsTo	Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
transferredRegulatoryFunctionsTo	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ surface form: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
typeOfReorganization	executive branch reorganization ⓘ
yearEnacted	1974 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission → foundedBy → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ

United States Atomic Energy Commission → dissolutionLegalBasis → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ

Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (nuclear-related regulations) → legalAuthorityFrom → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ

subject surface form: Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 → relatedTo → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ

Energy Research and Development Administration → legislatedBy → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ

Public Law 93-438 → officialName → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ

Public Law 93-438 → shortName → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Energy Reorganization Act

United States nuclear energy program → governedByLaw → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ

93-438 → hasTitle → Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ