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NRC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants
Synonyms:
NRC; Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("NRC" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)