[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36770-36771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17796]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a revision to a guide 
in its Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to 
describe and make available to the public such information as methods 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
Commission's regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating 
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff 
in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.153, ``Criteria for Safety 
Systems,'' describes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying 
with the Commission's regulations with respect to the design, 
reliability, qualification, and testability of the power, 
instrumentation, and control portions of safety systems of nuclear 
power plants. This guide endorses the Institute of Electrical and 
Electronics Engineers Standard Std 603-1991, ``Criteria for Safety 
Systems of Nuclear Power Generating Stations'' (including the 
correction sheet dated January 30, 1995).
    Comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time. Written comments may be submitted to 
the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of 
Information and Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Single copies 
of regulatory guides may be obtained free of charge by writing the 
Office of Administration, Attention: Distribution and Services Section, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by 
fax at (301)415-2260. Issued guides may also be purchased from the 
National Technical Information Service on a standing order basis. 
Details on this service may be obtained by writing NTIS, 5285 Port 
Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Regulatory guides are not 
copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of June 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Themis P. Speis,
Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 96-17796 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]
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