[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5087-5088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01540]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 2024 / Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 50 and 52
[NRC-2023-0088]
Regulatory Guide: Qualification of Safety-Related Actuators in
Production and Utilization Facilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.73, ``Qualification of Safety-
Related Actuators in Production and Utilization Facilities.'' This RG
describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC to
meet regulatory requirements for the qualification of safety-related
actuators for production and utilization facilities.
DATES: Revision 2 to RG 1.73 is available on January 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0088 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0088. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individuals listed in the For Further
Information Contact section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Revision 2 to RG 1.73 and the regulatory analysis may be found in
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML23198A311 and ML23055B028, respectively.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amir Mobasheran, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-8112; email:
[email protected] and Kayleh Hartage, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-3563; email: [email protected].
Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC is issuing a revision in the NRC's ``Regulatory Guide''
series. This series was developed to describe methods that are
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the
agency's regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in
evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe
information that the staff needs in its review of applications for
permits and licenses.
The proposed Revision 2 to RG 1.73 was issued with a temporary
identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, (DG)-1386 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML23055B024). This revision endorses, with exceptions, additions,
and clarifications, the methods described in the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard (Std.) 382-2019,
``IEEE Standard for Qualification of Safety-Related Actuators for
Nuclear Power Generating Stations and Other Nuclear Facilities.''
II. Additional Information
The NRC published notice of the availability of DG-1386 in the
Federal Register on May 22, 2023 (88 FR 32693), for a 30-day public
comment period. The public comment period closed on June 21, 2023.
Public comments on DG-1386 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available under ADAMS under Accession No. ML23198A312.
As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671),
this document is being published in the ``Rules'' section of the
Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under 1 CFR
chapter I.
III. Congressional Review Act
This RG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not
found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.
IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality
Issuance of RG 1.73 Revision 2, would not constitute backfitting as
defined in Sec. 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR), ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC Management Directive
(MD) 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality,
and Information Requests''; affect issue finality of any approval
issued under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certificates, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants''; or constitute forward fitting as defined in
MD 8.4, because, as explained in this RG, licensees would not be
required to comply with the positions set forth in this RG.
V. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides
A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the
NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs.
Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html.
Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to
the ``Regulatory Guide'' series.
Dated: January 22, 2024.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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