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Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 8.5
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
8.5, ‘‘Criticality and Other Interior
Evacuation Signals.’’
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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[NRC–2011–0062]
Sheena A. Whaley, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and
Safeguards, Technical Support Branch,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone:
301–492–3200; or by e-mail to
Sheena.Whaley@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is withdrawing
Regulatory Guide 8.5, ‘‘Criticality and
Other Interior Evacuation Signals,’’
Revision 1, issued March 1981.
Regulatory Guide 8.5 endorses the
American National Standards Institute/
American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS)
Standard N2.3–1979 ‘‘Immediate
Evacuation Signal for Use in Industrial
Installations,’’ published September 13,
1979.
In 1986, the ANS Standards
Subcommittee combined ANSI/ANS–
N2.3–1979 with ANSI/ANS–8.3–1986,
‘‘Criticality Accident Alarm System’’ and
withdrew ANSI/ANS–N2.3–1979. In
December 2010 the NRC issued Revision
2 of Regulatory Guide 3.71, ‘‘Nuclear
Criticality Safety Standards for Fuels
and Material Facilities’’ which endorses
multiple ANSI/ANS standards
including ANSI/ANS–8.3–1997,
(Reaffirmed in 2003).
The combining of ANSI/ANS–N2.3
and ANSI/ANS–8.3 by the ANS and the
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endorsement of ANSI/ANS–8.3 by the
NRC in Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide
3.71 has made Regulatory Guide 8.5
unnecessary. Consequently, the NRC is
withdrawing it and recommends using
the guidance in ANSI/ANS–8.3–1997 as
endorsed with exceptions by Revision 2
of Regulatory Guide 3.71 instead.
II. Further Information
The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide
8.5 does not alter any prior or existing
licensing commitments based on their
use. The guidance provided in this
regulatory guide is no longer necessary.
Regulatory guides may be withdrawn
when their guidance no longer provides
useful information, or is superseded by
technological, congressional actions, or
other events.
Guides are revised for a variety of
reasons, and the withdrawal of a
regulatory guide should be thought of as
the final revision of the guide. Although
a regulatory guide is withdrawn, current
licensees may continue to use it, and
withdrawal does not affect any existing
licenses or agreements. Withdrawal
means that the guide should not be used
for future NRC licensing activities.
Changes to existing licenses can be
accomplished using other regulatory
products.
Regulatory guides and publicly
available NRC documents are available
electronically through the Electronic
Reading Room on the NRC’s public Web
site at: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
doc-collections/. The documents can
also be viewed on-line for free or
printed for a fee in the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) at 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD; the
mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–4737, or 1–800–397–4209; fax
301–415–3548; or 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 3rd day
of February, 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Branch Chief, Regulatory Guide Development
Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2011-0062]
Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 8.5
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 8.5, ``Criticality and Other
Interior Evacuation Signals.''
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheena A. Whaley, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Technical
Support Branch, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-492-3200; or
by e-mail to Sheena.Whaley@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing
Regulatory Guide 8.5, ``Criticality and Other Interior Evacuation
Signals,'' Revision 1, issued March 1981. Regulatory Guide 8.5 endorses
the American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society
(ANSI/ANS) Standard N2.3-1979 ``Immediate Evacuation Signal for Use in
Industrial Installations,'' published September 13, 1979.
In 1986, the ANS Standards Subcommittee combined ANSI/ANS-N2.3-1979
with ANSI/ANS-8.3-1986, ``Criticality Accident Alarm System'' and
withdrew ANSI/ANS-N2.3-1979. In December 2010 the NRC issued Revision 2
of Regulatory Guide 3.71, ``Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards for
Fuels and Material Facilities'' which endorses multiple ANSI/ANS
standards including ANSI/ANS-8.3-1997, (Reaffirmed in 2003).
The combining of ANSI/ANS-N2.3 and ANSI/ANS-8.3 by the ANS and the
endorsement of ANSI/ANS-8.3 by the NRC in Revision 2 of Regulatory
Guide 3.71 has made Regulatory Guide 8.5 unnecessary. Consequently, the
NRC is withdrawing it and recommends using the guidance in ANSI/ANS-
8.3-1997 as endorsed with exceptions by Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide
3.71 instead.
II. Further Information
The withdrawal of Regulatory Guide 8.5 does not alter any prior or
existing licensing commitments based on their use. The guidance
provided in this regulatory guide is no longer necessary. Regulatory
guides may be withdrawn when their guidance no longer provides useful
information, or is superseded by technological, congressional actions,
or other events.
Guides are revised for a variety of reasons, and the withdrawal of
a regulatory guide should be thought of as the final revision of the
guide. Although a regulatory guide is withdrawn, current licensees may
continue to use it, and withdrawal does not affect any existing
licenses or agreements. Withdrawal means that the guide should not be
used for future NRC licensing activities. Changes to existing licenses
can be accomplished using other regulatory products.
Regulatory guides and publicly available NRC documents are
available electronically through the Electronic Reading Room on the
NRC's public Web site at: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. The documents can also be viewed on-line for free or
printed for a fee in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) at 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD; the mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4737, or 1-800-397-4209;
fax 301-415-3548; or 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 3rd day of February, 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Branch Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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