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NERC & THE NRC SIGN AGREEMENT REGARDING OVERSIGHT OF CYBER SECURITY AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 11, 2010 – Oversight of cyber security at U.S. commercial nuclear power plants will be divided between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed recently by the two organizations.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in Order 706-B on March 19, 2009, clarified that the facilities within nuclear power plants that are not regulated by the NRC are subject to compliance with the NERC reliability standards approved in Order 706.
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