To ensure the safe operation of nuclear power plants.

To promote the development of nuclear energy.

To regulate the nuclear industry.

To provide financial assistance to nuclear power plant operators.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The Department of Energy (DOE)

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Construction permit, operating license, and decommissioning license.

Design approval, construction permit, and operating license.

Site approval, construction permit, and operating license.

Environmental assessment, construction permit, and operating license.

To authorize the construction of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the operation of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the transfer of ownership of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the construction of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the operation of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the transfer of ownership of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the construction of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the operation of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant.

To authorize the transfer of ownership of a nuclear power plant.

The public has no role in the nuclear plant licensing process.

The public can provide input to the NRC during the licensing process.

The public can challenge the NRC's licensing decisions in court.

All of the above.

The design of the nuclear power plant.

The construction of the nuclear power plant.

The operation of the nuclear power plant.

The decommissioning of the nuclear power plant.

All of the above.

To review and approve nuclear power plant designs.

To inspect nuclear power plants under construction.

To issue operating licenses for nuclear power plants.

To enforce nuclear safety regulations.

All of the above.

To submit nuclear power plant designs to the NRC for review.

To construct nuclear power plants in accordance with NRC regulations.

To operate nuclear power plants in accordance with NRC regulations.

To decommission nuclear power plants in accordance with NRC regulations.

All of the above.

States have no role in the nuclear plant licensing process.

States can provide input to the NRC during the licensing process.

States can challenge the NRC's licensing decisions in court.

States can regulate the construction and operation of nuclear power plants within their borders.

All of the above.

The federal government has no role in the nuclear plant licensing process.

The federal government provides funding for nuclear power plant construction.

The federal government regulates the construction and operation of nuclear power plants.

The federal government provides oversight of the nuclear plant licensing process.

All of the above.

The international community has no role in the nuclear plant licensing process.

The international community provides funding for nuclear power plant construction.

The international community regulates the construction and operation of nuclear power plants.

The international community provides oversight of the nuclear plant licensing process.

All of the above.

Nuclear plant licensing will become more stringent in the future.

Nuclear plant licensing will become less stringent in the future.

Nuclear plant licensing will remain the same in the future.

It is impossible to predict the future of nuclear plant licensing.

All of the above.