ML20057E568
| ML20057E568 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/30/1993 |
| From: | Linton T, Souder J NRC |
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| References | |
| NUREG-BR-0057, NUREG-BR-0057-V07-N3, NUREG-BR-57, NUREG-BR-57-V7-N3, NUDOCS 9310120300 | |
| Download: ML20057E568 (4) | |
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NRC Regulatory Standards l
NRC regulatory standards are primarily of two types:
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- 1. Regulations. Compiled in Title 10, Chapter 1, of the Code of I
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Regulatory Guides. They describe methods acceptable to the i
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lineate techniques used by the staff in evaluating specific prob-l lems or postulated accidents, and provide guidance to appli-cants and licensees.
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Regulations When the NRC proposes new or amended regulations, they are published in the Federal Register. Except in limited circumstances, E
interested persons are allowed time to comment before they are l
adopted, a step required by the Administrative Procedure Act.
h Following the public comment period, the regulations are revised, i
p where appropriate, to reflect the comments received.
b Once adopted by the NRC, the regulations are published in the i
Federal Register in final form, with the date on which they become S
effective. After publication, the regulations are codified and annual-l g
j ly incorporated into the Code of Federal Regadations.
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The CFR is a codification of the rules published in the Federal i
Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The CFR is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each title is divided into t
g chapters which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Title 10 g
of the CFR is the energy title. Chapter 1 of Title 10 contains the 4
codified regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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The bound annual compilation of Title 10, Chapter 1, of the CFR is j
available in each LPDR collection. It is published in two volumes, which should be shelved with the accession lists and other reference E
materials in the LPDR collection.
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Regulatory guides serve several purposes. Some regulatory guides lay out the steps taken by the staff in evaluating specific situations.
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licenses. Many NRC guides refer to or endorse national standards y;
(also know as " consensus" standards or " voluntary" standards) that g
are developed by recognized organizations, often with NRC partici-p pation. The NRC makes use of a national standard in the regulatory process only after independent review by the NRC staff and after review of public comment on the NRC's planned use of the standard.
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The NRC encourages comments and suggestions for Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste meetings:
improvements in regulatory guides and, before staff (301) 492-4600 review is completed, issues them for comment to many individuals and organizations, along with va-Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards meetmgs: (301) 492-4600 j
I lue/ impact statements that set forth the objectives of each guide and both its expected effectiveness and Commission meetings: (301) 504-1297 its likely impact in terms of resources and effort in-volved.
NRC/ DOE meetings: (800) 841-0286 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation meetings:
Regulatory guides issued prior to 1987 are available (301) 504-3839 on microfiche at power reactor LPDRs in a micro-fiche drawer labeled " Regulatory Guides." The reg-Open Enforcement Conferences:(800) 952-9674 ulatory guides there are in numerical order. Regula-Region I (King of Prussia, PA) meetings: (800) tory guides issued since January 1981 can also be 337-6906 found in the NUDOCS microfiche at power reactor and high-level waste LPDR libraries.
The Open Enforcement Conference trial program was described in LPDR UPDA7E, Volume 7, Num-ber 2, Fall 1992. The bulletin board mentioned in the LPDRs with on-line access to NUDOCS can search article is still under development.
for the regulatory guides using the reference number search, selecting "contains" (%%) rather than
" equals" as the operator and entering the regulatory guide number in this format: RGXX.XXX%. (Ex-Grids for Microfiche ample: RGOLO34%) Many regulatory guides have revisions. By using "contains" rather than " equals" Reader Printers as the operator,you will find all of the revisions.
Staff at power reactor and high-level radioactive waste LPDRs should check the NRC-furnished mi-Power reactor LPDRs without access to NUDOCS er fiche reader printer to make sure there is a 48X can call the NRC LPDR staff to get the microfiche grid on the carrier. NUDOCS microfiche produced addresses of regulatory guides. The latest version of in the early 1980 s do not have numbers on the mi-active guides may also be purchased from the Gov-crofiche between the frames. Without a gnd, it is ernment Printing Office at the current GPO price.
ve1y difficult to locate a particular frame on these Information on current GPO prices may be ob-nuerofiche.
l tained by contacting the Superintendent of Docu-ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington,DC 20013-7082, telephone (202)
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needing them.To locate a particular frame, place the grid beneath the carrier. Place the microfiche in the Active guides may also be purchased from the Na.
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Recorded Announcements The more recent NUDOCS microfiche have num-bers between the frames and finding a particular at NRC frame on these microfiche does not present a prob-lem. If you need a grid for your NRC microfiche Following is a list of the available recorded an-reader printer, or if you have library equipment with nouncements pertaining to NRC activities. Some are 48X magnification that is used by LPDR patrons toll-free (800 numbers), others are local telephone and would like a grid for it, please call the LPDR j
numbers (301 area code is in Maryland).
staff at 800-638-808L i
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