President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing the reclassification of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This reclassification, along with the growing number of states that allow medical and recreational marijuana use, further complicates the legal landscape surrounding marijuana for NRC-regulated entities required to maintain a fitness-for-duty program.
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NUCLEAR ENERGY AND MATERIALS
NUCLEAR ENERGY AND MATERIALS
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently issued its Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences for fiscal year 2020. The report documents key aspects of those events that the NRC considers “Abnormal Occurrences” (AOs) and allows the regulated community to review the operating experience of reactor, medical, and industrial users of radioactive materials. AOs are unscheduled events that the NRC determines to be significant from the standpoint of public health or safety.