Nuclear Regulatory Commission March 10, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a scoping process to gather information necessary to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts for the subsequent license renewal (SLR) of the Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-22 for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 (Monticello). The NRC is seeking public comment on this action and has scheduled a public scoping meeting that will take place in person in Monticello, Minnesota on March 22, 2023, followed by a public scoping webinar meeting at a later date.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1374, ``Criteria for Programmable Digital Devices in Safety-Related Systems of Nuclear Power Plants.'' This DG is proposed Revision 4 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.152, ``Criteria for Use of Computers in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants.'' DG-1374 describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet regulatory requirements for promoting high functional reliability, design quality, and a secure development and operational environment (SDOE) for the use of programmable digital devices (PDDs) in the safety-related systems of nuclear power generating stations.