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Executive Order 12657

Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance in emergency preparedness planning at commercial nuclear power plants

Signed by Ronald Wilson Reagan on November 18, 1988.

Later amended
Signed recordNovember 18, 1988

The date the President signed it.

Publication record53 FR 47513

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater amended

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Reference number
eo-12657
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Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 12657: Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance in emergency preparedness planning at commercial nuclear power plants [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12657

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 12657: Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance in emergency preparedness planning at commercial nuclear power plants." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12657.

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 12657: Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance in emergency preparedness planning at commercial nuclear power plants}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12657}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-12657; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1988.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Later record

What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Amends EO 11490, October 28, 1969; EO 12148, July 20, 1988; EO 12241, September 29, 1980
Amended by EO 13286, February 28, 2003

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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