[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5087-5088]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-01540]



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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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