Records Management

The NRC Records Management Program is responsible for the development of policies and procedures for the creation and maintenance of records and information regardless of physical form or technology. Under the Office of the Chief Information Officer, the Digitization, Processing, and Records Branch ensures compliance with the Federal Records Act of 1950, as amended, by promoting the management of records and information throughout their life cycle in an economical, efficient and effective manner. Implementation of this program facilitates:

• the ability of NRC decision-makers to have the right information in support of mission accomplishments

• the creation and maintenance of records to protect the rights and interests of the Commission and NRC Stakeholders

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Management Directive 3.53, "NRC Records and Document Management Program," contains the requirements and responsibilities for conducting the NRC's records management program to ensure that the Commission is in compliance with federal laws and regulations, policies, and best practices. This directive also includes the management of documents and records in ADAMS.

Records maintained by the NRC are described in the disposition schedules listed in NUREG-0910, which provides mandatory instructions for how long to keep records (retention) and what to do with them afterwards (disposition). Federal records can only be destroyed, deleted, or transferred to another entity through the approval of a records disposition schedule by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). NRC Records Disposition Schedules approved by NARA can be accessed via the following links:

• NUREG-0910: NRC Comprehensive Records Disposition Schedule, Revision 4
  * For schedules approved prior to March 2005

• GRS: General Records Schedules
  * These schedules supersede the GRS schedule that is provided in NUREG-0910, Revision 4.

• New NRC Records Disposition Schedules:
  * For schedules approved after the publication of NUREG-0910, Revision 4

  • Adjudicatory Hearing Support Systems
  • Decommissioning Radioactive Material Sites and Terminating Licenses (CSTS and TLTS)
  • Emergency Response Data System (ERDS)
  • Financial Accounting and Integrated Management Information System (FAIMIS)
  • General Licensing Tracking System
  • Generic Issue Management Control System
  • High-Level Waste Disposal Licensing - Yucca Mountain Records
  • In-Service Inspection Database (ISI-DB)
  • Inspector General Records
  • Licensing - Adjudications and Hearings
  • License Tracking System (LTS) and Web-Based Licensing (WBL)
  • MD-715 Database (Personal Demographic Information)
  • National Sealed Source and Device Registry System (NSSDRS)
  • National Source Tracking System
  • Nuclear Material Event Database (NMED)
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission [Capstone Form]
  • Office of National Security and Incident Repsonse (NSIR) Case Files and Subject Files
  • Operations Center Information Management System (OCIMS)
  • Power Reactor Operating Experience Program (ITP, ROE and HFIS)
  • Rational Suite of Tools (Rational), including the NRC System of Information Control Database (NSICD)
  • Reactor Programs System (RPS)
  • Reciprocity Tracking System (RTS)
  • Regional License Information Tracking System
  • Research Information Management System (RIMS)
  • Strategic Workforce Planning System (SWPS) and Senior Executive Service (SES) Succession Planning System (SPS)
  • Transportation Approval Package Information System (TAPIS)
  • Waste Disposal Tracking System (WDTS)