[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66951-66952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26804]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 
DG-1187.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Philip, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 415-6211 or e-
mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a draft regulatory guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' 
series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the 
public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff 
for implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques 
that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated 
accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses.
    The draft regulatory guide (DG), titled, ``Concrete Radiation 
Shields and Generic Shield Testing for Nuclear Power Plants,'' is 
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1187, which should be 
mentioned in all related correspondence. DG-1187 is proposed Revision 1 
of Regulatory Guide 1.69.
    This guide describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers 
acceptable for use in complying with the regulations for concrete 
radiation shields for nuclear power plants.
    As stated in Title 10, Section 20.1201, ``Occupational Dose Limits 
for Adults,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 20.1201), 
licensees shall control the occupational dose to individual adults to 
the limits stated therein. Furthermore, 10 CFR 20.1101(b) provides that 
licensees shall use, to the extent practicable, procedures and 
engineering controls based upon sound radiation principles to achieve 
occupational doses and doses to members of the public that are as low 
as reasonably achievable. General Design Criterion 1, ``Quality 
Standards and Records,'' of Appendix A, ``Quality Design Criteria for 
Nuclear Power Plants,'' to 10 CFR part 50, ``Licensing of Production 
and Utilization Facilities,'' requires that structures, systems, and 
components important to safety be designed, fabricated, erected, and 
tested to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the 
safety function to be performed. Appendix B, ``Quality Assurance 
Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants,'' to 10 
CFR part 50 requires that measures be established to ensure design 
control and inspection and test controls. Appendix B also requires that 
activities affecting quality be accomplished under suitably controlled 
conditions. This guide describes some bases acceptable to the NRC staff 
for implementing the above requirements with regard to the design and 
construction of concrete radiation shields in nuclear power plants.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-1187. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-1187 in the subject line. Comments submitted in writing or 
in electronic form will be made available to the public in their 
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS).
    Personal information will not be removed from your comments. You 
may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    2. E-mail comments to: [email protected].
    3. Hand-deliver comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing 
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 
4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    4. Fax comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 
415-5144.
    Requests for technical information about DG-1187 may be directed to 
Jacob Philip at (301) 415-6211 or e-mail to [email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by January 9, 2009. 
Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical 
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, 
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.
    Electronic copies of DG-1187 are available through the NRC's public 
Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory Guides'' 
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies are also available in 
ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No. 
ML082190117.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at 
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of November, 2008.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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