The NRC is issuing this regulatory issue summary (RIS) to inform recipients of the status of the agency’s efforts to implement the requirements of Section 651(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) on “Treatment of Accelerator-Produced and Other Radioactive Material as Byproduct Material.” This RIS updates the information contained in RIS 2007-22, “Status Update for Implementation of NRC R...

We explore enforcement spillovers when sanctions at one entity influence behavior at other entities. Our model illustrates when spillovers arise from a regulatory channel and when they arise from a channel not previously emphasized: product markets. Our model motivates empirically-refutable hypotheses, which we test using data from Clean Water Act manufacturers. We find that penalties create po...

BACKGROUND Licensed physicians in Alberta are required to participate in the Physician Achievement Review (PAR) program every 5 years, comprising multi-source feedback questionnaires with confidential feedback, and practice visits for a minority of physicians. We wished to identify and classify issues requiring change or improvement from the family practice visits, and the responses to advice. ...

Explaining why the provision of public goods varies across jurisdictions is often complicated by the self-selection of jurisdictions into the population with provision authority. To address this problem we develop and estimate a multi-stage selection model in tandem with a public goods provision model. Our empirical application is to the State of California where counties are assigned primary r...

Instruments have to undergo evaluation at three levels. Firstly, the manufacturer has to evaluate in order to produce data on which to base performance claims-for example, for inclusion in sales literature or for submission to a regulatory authority, such as the Food and Drug Administration in the USA. Secondly, evaluation is done on behalf of would-be users by laboratories acting for governmen...

The Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) is the regulatory authority for nuclear activities in Sweden. It is responsible for the development of a Design Basis Threat (DBT), as a basis for regulations on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities. SKI has recently revised its regulations concerning Physical Protection of Nuclear Facilities. The starting point for this tas...

The proportion of US food that is imported is increasing; most seafood and half of fruits are imported. We identified a small but increasing number of foodborne disease outbreaks associated with imported foods, most commonly fish and produce. New outbreak investigation tools and federal regulatory authority are key to maintaining food safety.