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Institutions·Severity 3 — Serious

Final rule: Streamlining Contested Adjudications in Licensing Proceedings

Agencies: Nuclear Regulatory Commission — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, agency, or Commission) is revising the agency's rules of practice and procedure to streamline contested adjudications in NRC licensing proceedings in response to the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 (ADVANCE Act) and Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. — [topic:executive order]

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    Federal Register

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    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/03/2026-22443/streamlining-contested-adjudications-in-licensing-proceedings
    “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, agency, or Commission) is revising the agency's rules of practice and procedure to streamline contested adjudications in NRC licensing proceedings in response to the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 (ADVANCE Act) and Executive Order 14300, Ordering the Reform of…”

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Independent voices from different starting points, on the record about this kind of action. The framework grades behavior, not party — these quotes come from people who would say the same thing under any administration.

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“Conservatism is supposed to be about institutions. If you are tearing the institutions down, you are not doing conservatism.”

Adam Kinzinger

Former Republican congressman from Illinois; House Jan 6 Committee member.

Kinzinger has restated this principle across multiple post-2021 appearances. Public statements (consolidated)