Nuclear Regulatory Commission August 2, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants
Document Number: 2021-16343
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-08-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 6 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29, ``Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants.'' This RG describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in identifying and classifying those features of light-water-reactor nuclear power plants that must be designed to withstand the effects of the safe- shutdown earthquake. Revision 6 corrects a minor error in the numbering of the elements in Section C, ``Staff Regulatory Guidance.''
Evaluations of Explosions Postulated To Occur at Nearby Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants
Document Number: 2021-16340
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-08-02
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG)-1388, ``Evaluations of Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants.'' This DG is proposed Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.91. RG 1.91 describes methods that the NRC finds acceptable for applicants and licensees of nuclear power reactors to use in evaluating postulated accidental explosions at nearby facilities and transportation routes.
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