On January 11, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) published a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the enforcement of NRC cyber security regulations and NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards at commercial nuclear power plants. This MOU provides further detail on what the NRC and NERC view as their separate responsibilities regarding cyber security at nuclear power plants, and explains how they will coordinate execution of these responsibilities going forward. Read more…