05/13/2026 at 10:00AM
On Wednesday, May 13, at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, will hold a hearing examining the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) proposed budget for fiscal year 2027.
Witnesses:
- Ho K. Nieh, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- David A. Wright, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Bradley R. Crowell, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Matthew J. Marzano, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Douglas W. Weaver, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The NRC’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request is $892,349K, including 2,606 full-time equivalents (FTE). In comparison to the FY 2026 Enacted Budget, the FY 2027 budget request decreases by 8.1 percent or $79,146K. FTE decrease by 7.0 percent or 196 FTE from the FY 2026 Enacted Budget to the FY 2027 budget request. As shown in Figure 1, the FY 2027 budget request reflects a decrease of 4.8 percent in total obligation authority and 18.2 percent in total FTE when compared to the FY 2018 Enacted Budget.
The Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG’s) component of the FY 2027 budget request is $14,245K, including 63 FTE, of which $12,900K is for auditing and investigation activities for NRC programs and $1,345K is for the auditing and investigation activities of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). This is a decrease of $4,550K or 24.2 percent when compared to the FY 2026 Enacted Budget.