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Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
(RG) 1.165, ‘‘Identification and
Characterization of Seismic Sources and
Determination of Safe Shutdown
Earthquake Ground Motion.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca L. Karas, Geosciences &
Geotechnical Engineering Branch 1,
Division of Site & Environmental
Reviews, Office of New Reactors, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone
301–415–7533 or e-mail
Rebecca.Karas@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is withdrawing RG
1.165, ‘‘Identification and
Characterization of Seismic Sources and
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Determination of Safe Shutdown
Earthquake Ground Motion,’’ dated
March 1997. RG 1.165 provides general
procedures to satisfy the requirements
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, part 100.23, ‘‘Geologic and
Seismic Siting Criteria’’ (10 CFR 100.23)
for siting and licensing new reactors or
new reactor plant sites. It has been
replaced with RG 1.208, ‘‘A
Performance-Based Approach to Define
the Site-Specific Earthquake Ground
Motion.’’
The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
1.165 does not alter the licensing basis
of any currently operating reactor or any
of the currently issued early site permits
under 10 CFR part 52, subpart A. The
siting decision is final for all licenses
and early site permits that were
reviewed and approved prior to this
withdrawal of this guide. Additionally,
the withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
1.165 does not affect the approval of any
currently approved design certification
under 10 CFR part 52, Appendix B. The
design basis for each design
certification, including seismic and
earthquake design, were established and
approved as part of the issuance of each
design certification and, in accordance
with 10 CFR 52.63, may not be changed
except through rulemaking amending a
design certification rule.
The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
1.165 may affect applications, design
certifications or design certification
amendments currently under active
consideration by the NRC or any future
applications for new, amended, or
renewed design certifications. If the
applications were prepared (or are being
prepared) to comply with RG 1.165, the
NRC may request the applicant to
demonstrate how the proposed design
compares with a design meeting the
guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.208.
Finally, withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
1.165 may affect the NRC’s
consideration of any current combined
license application under 10 CFR part
52, subpart C if the application was
prepared to meet the withdrawn
regulatory guide. The NRC may request
that the applicant demonstrate how the
proposed design meeting the guidance
in Regulatory Guide 1.165 compares
with a design meeting the guidance in
new Regulatory Guide 1.208.
Regulatory Guide 1.165 is being
withdrawn and replaced with the
improved guidance in RG 1.208 which
incorporates new developments in
ground motion estimation models;
updated models for earthquake sources;
methods for determining site response;
and new methods for defining a sitespecific, performance-based ground
motion response spectrum (GMRS).
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The outmoded guidance in RG 1.165
was based on site and region-specific
investigations combined with a
probabilistic seismic hazard assessment.
The new guidance in RG 1.208
incorporates developments in ground
motion estimation models and new
methods for defining site specific
ground motion response spectrum
which allows for approximately
consistent performance of structures,
systems, and components across a range
of seismic environments.
II. Further Information
The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
1.165 does not alter any prior or existing
licensing commitments based on its use.
The guidance provided in this
regulatory guide is no longer necessary.
Regulatory guides may be withdrawn
when their guidance is superseded by
congressional action or no longer
provides useful information.
Regulatory guides are available for
inspection or downloading through the
NRC’s public Web site under
‘‘Regulatory Guides’’ in the NRC’s
Electronic Reading Room at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections. Regulatory guides are also
available for inspection at the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR), Room O–
1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852–
2738. The PDR’s mailing address is US
NRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555–0001.
You can reach the staff by telephone at
301–415–4737 or 800- 397–4209, by fax
at 301–415–3548, and by e-mail to
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Regulatory guides are not
copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
of April, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert G. Carpenter,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development
Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2010-0167]
Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.165, ``Identification and
Characterization of Seismic Sources and Determination of Safe Shutdown
Earthquake Ground Motion.''
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca L. Karas, Geosciences &
Geotechnical Engineering Branch 1, Division of Site & Environmental
Reviews, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone 301-415-7533 or e-mail
Rebecca.Karas@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing RG
1.165, ``Identification and Characterization of Seismic Sources and
Determination of Safe Shutdown Earthquake Ground Motion,'' dated March
1997. RG 1.165 provides general procedures to satisfy the requirements
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 100.23, ``Geologic
and Seismic Siting Criteria'' (10 CFR 100.23) for siting and licensing
new reactors or new reactor plant sites. It has been replaced with RG
1.208, ``A Performance-Based Approach to Define the Site-Specific
Earthquake Ground Motion.''
The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 1.165 does not alter the
licensing basis of any currently operating reactor or any of the
currently issued early site permits under 10 CFR part 52, subpart A.
The siting decision is final for all licenses and early site permits
that were reviewed and approved prior to this withdrawal of this guide.
Additionally, the withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 1.165 does not affect
the approval of any currently approved design certification under 10
CFR part 52, Appendix B. The design basis for each design
certification, including seismic and earthquake design, were
established and approved as part of the issuance of each design
certification and, in accordance with 10 CFR 52.63, may not be changed
except through rulemaking amending a design certification rule.
The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 1.165 may affect applications,
design certifications or design certification amendments currently
under active consideration by the NRC or any future applications for
new, amended, or renewed design certifications. If the applications
were prepared (or are being prepared) to comply with RG 1.165, the NRC
may request the applicant to demonstrate how the proposed design
compares with a design meeting the guidance in Regulatory Guide 1.208.
Finally, withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 1.165 may affect the NRC's
consideration of any current combined license application under 10 CFR
part 52, subpart C if the application was prepared to meet the
withdrawn regulatory guide. The NRC may request that the applicant
demonstrate how the proposed design meeting the guidance in Regulatory
Guide 1.165 compares with a design meeting the guidance in new
Regulatory Guide 1.208.
Regulatory Guide 1.165 is being withdrawn and replaced with the
improved guidance in RG 1.208 which incorporates new developments in
ground motion estimation models; updated models for earthquake sources;
methods for determining site response; and new methods for defining a
site-specific, performance-based ground motion response spectrum
(GMRS).
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The outmoded guidance in RG 1.165 was based on site and region-
specific investigations combined with a probabilistic seismic hazard
assessment. The new guidance in RG 1.208 incorporates developments in
ground motion estimation models and new methods for defining site
specific ground motion response spectrum which allows for approximately
consistent performance of structures, systems, and components across a
range of seismic environments.
II. Further Information
The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 1.165 does not alter any prior
or existing licensing commitments based on its use. The guidance
provided in this regulatory guide is no longer necessary. Regulatory
guides may be withdrawn when their guidance is superseded by
congressional action or no longer provides useful information.
Regulatory guides are available for inspection or downloading
through the NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' in the
NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections. Regulatory guides are also available for inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), Room O-1 F21, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738. The PDR's mailing
address is US NRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555-0001. You can reach the
staff by telephone at 301-415-4737 or 800- 397-4209, by fax at 301-415-
3548, and by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of April, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert G. Carpenter,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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