[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71705-71706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27956]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 1.212.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mekonen Bayssie, Regulatory Guide 
Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-0703 or e-mail to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a new guide 
in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed 
to describe and make available to the public information such as 
methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific 
parts of the agency'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.
    Regulatory Guide 1.212, ``Sizing of Large Lead-Acid Storage 
Batteries,'' was issued with a temporary identification as Draft 
Regulatory Guide, DG-1183. This guide describes a method that the staff 
of the NRC considers acceptable for use in complying with requirements 
and regulations on the criteria for the sizing of large lead-acid 
storage batteries for use in nuclear power plants. Specifically, the 
method described in this regulatory guide relates to requirements set 
forth in Title 10, Section 50.55a, ``Codes and Standards,'' of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 50.55a) (as amended by the Federal 
Register notice of April 13, 1999) and General Design Criteria (GDC) 1 
and 17, as set forth in Appendix A, ``General Design Criteria for 
Nuclear Power Plants,'' to 10 CFR part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of 
Production and Utilization Facilities'':
     10 CFR 50.55a(a)(1) requires that structures, systems, and 
components be designed, fabricated, erected, constructed, tested, and 
inspected to quality standards commensurate with the importance of the 
safety function to be performed.
     GDC 1, ``Quality Standards and Records,'' requires that 
structures, systems, and components important to safety shall be 
designed, fabricated, erected, and tested to quality standards 
commensurate with the importance of the safety functions to be 
performed.
     GDC 17, ``Electric Power Systems,'' requires that an 
onsite electric power

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system and an offsite electric power system shall be provided to permit 
functioning of structures, systems, and components important to safety.

II. Further Information

    In July 2008, DG-1183 was published with a public comment period of 
60 days from the issuance of the guide. The public comment period 
closed on September 5, 2008. There were no public comments received. 
Electronic copies of Regulatory Guide 1.212 are available through the 
NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at Room O-1F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-
2738. 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) 397-4209, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of November 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea D. Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E8-27956 Filed 11-24-08; 8:45 am]
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