NRC reports nine safety incidents in fiscal 2025

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's annual safety report records nine abnormal occurrences in fiscal 2025, including four medical events and no cases at commercial nuclear power plants. Released June 16, the report is the agency's yearly public record of events it judged significant for health or safety.

Effective date: June 16, 2026

An abnormal occurrence, in the commission’s terms, is an unscheduled incident or event it considers significant for public health or safety. This year’s total breaks down into seven events involving Agreement State licensees and two involving NRC licensees.

What landed in the tally

The report does not read like a crisis ledger. It is a formal accounting of events the NRC or an Agreement State identified under criteria set by the commission.

Four of the abnormal occurrences were medical events. The others included one loss of an industrial radiography source, two overexposures of declared pregnant radiation workers, one significant breakdown in radiological controls, and one unintended fetal or embryo exposure during a medical procedure.

The report also says no events at commercial nuclear power plants met the abnormal-occurrence criteria.

Why the annual count matters

Agreement States are states that have formal agreements with the NRC to regulate certain radioactive material within their borders. That means the report is a shared public record, not just an internal agency memo.

For readers near regulated facilities, the point is the snapshot itself. It shows which kinds of incidents crossed the commission’s threshold for unusual and significant, and it gives lawmakers and the public a yearly way to track the system without turning every event into a separate policy fight.

Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docket ID: NRC-2026-2179 CFR parts: 10, 35 Effective date: June 16, 2026 Contact: Bridget Curran • Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research • 301-415-1003 • Bridget.Curran@nrc.gov • Washington, DC 20555-0001