不过把“NRC”注解为“国家核能管理”不太准确,因为“NRC”是“Nuclear Regulatory Commission”,字面上看是“核管理委员会”,其实使命主要是“放射性物质管理”。
现在,美国管理“核能”的有另外的机构,而且还有好几个,分为破坏性使用核能跟非破坏性使用等等。
1975年以前,“NRC”是“国家核能管理委员会 the United States Atomic Energy Commission ”的一部分。
请看“自由的百科全书”维基百科:
NRC的使命
The NRC's mission is to regulate the nation's civilian use of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, to promote the common defense and security, and to protect the environment.
NRC的历史
The NRC was one component of the United States Atomic Energy Commission prior to 1975. When the U.S. AEC became the Energy Research and Development Administration in 1975, the NRC was formed as an independent commission to take over the role of oversight of nuclear energy matters, oversight of nuclear medicine, and nuclear safety. The development and oversight of nuclear weapons was transferred to the National Nuclear Security Administration, a subcomponent of ERDA. Research and promotion of civil uses of radioactive materials, such as for nuclear non-destructive testing, nuclear medicine, and nuclear power, was split into the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science & Technology within ERDA by the same act. (In 1977, ERDA became the United States Department of Energy).
链接:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission