Washington (CNN) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering a plan to reduce the number of inspections it conducts, according to a document posted to its website.

For example, the document says one inspection can be changed from "a biennial to a triennial inspection."

"These changes will result in the staff performing an appropriate level of oversight with less regulatory burden and expenditure of resources by focusing oversight on issues of greater safety significance," the plan says.

The Associated Press first reported the proposal.

The document, which is dated June 28 and posted on Tuesday, said some of the changes require commission approval. It says some can be implemented without commission approval and others "require additional internal discussion" by the commission's staffers.

Read More