; and (B) the guidance that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will provide to staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure effective performance of such mission. (b) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Section 203 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5843 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking (a) There and inserting the following: (a) Establishment; appointment of director There ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (i) by striking (b) Subject and inserting the following: (b) Functions of director Subject ; and (ii) by striking delegate including: and inserting delegate, including the following: ; and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking for the discharge of the and inserting to fulfill the licensing and regulatory oversight ; (3) in subsection (c), by striking (c) Nothing and inserting the following: (d) Responsibility for safe operation of facilities Nothing ; and (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Licensing process In carrying out the principal licensing and regulation functions under subsection (b)(1), the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation shall— (1) establish techniques and guidance for evaluating applications for licenses for nuclear reactors to support efficient, timely, and predictable reviews of applications for such licenses to enable the safe and secure use of nuclear reactors; (2) maintain the techniques and guidance established under paragraph (1) by periodically assessing and, if necessary, modifying such techniques and guidance; and (3) obtain approval from the Commission if establishment or modification of the techniques and guidance established under paragraph (1) or (2) involves policy formulation. . 102. Nuclear licensing efficiency (a) Efficient licensing reviews (1) General Section 181 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2231 ) is amended— (A) by striking The provisions of and inserting the following: (a) The provisions of