[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 184 (Thursday, September 25, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46035-46036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18633]
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 184 / Thursday, September 25, 2025 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
[NRC-2025-0032]
Regulatory Guide: Emergency Response Planning and Preparedness
for Nuclear Power Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 7 to Regulatory Guide (RG) RG-1.101, ``Emergency Response
Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors.'' This revision
updates the list of NRC-developed and NRC-endorsed guidance documents
acceptable to meet the regulatory requirements for emergency response
planning and preparedness. This revision also provides generic guidance
for maintaining regulatory compliance for alert and notification
systems (ANS) when making significant design changes, as well as
provides guidance on a method to justify a 24-month frequency for
emergency plan reviews.
DATES: Revision 7 to RG 1.101 is available on September 25, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0032 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-2025-0032. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) 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 ADAMS Public 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 7 to RG 1.101 and the regulatory analysis may be found in
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML25065A240 and ML24019A196, respectively.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Rosales-Cooper, Office of
Nuclear Security and Incident Response, telephone: 301-287-9500; email:
[email protected], and Stanley Gardocki, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-1067; 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 7 to RG 1.101 was issued with a temporary
identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1423. The NRC is issuing
Revision 7 of RG 1.101 to endorse and update guidance that is available
to licensees and applicants on methods acceptable to the staff for
complying with the NRC's regulations for emergency response plans and
preparedness at nuclear power reactors in section 50.47 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Emergency plans,'' and
appendix E, ``Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and
Utilization Facilities,'' to 10 CFR part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities.'' This revision endorses Nuclear
Energy Institute (NEI) white paper, ``Enabling a Remote Response by
Members of an Emergency Response Organization,'' Revision 1, issued
September 2024, and NEI 99-01, Revision 7, ``Development of Emergency
Action Levels for Non-Passive Reactors,'' issued September 2024. In
addition, this revision of RG 1.101 provides guidance for maintaining
compliance with ANS requirements when making significant ANS design
changes and clarifies the continued use of Revision 0 of the NEI white
paper, ``Implementing a 24-Month Frequency for Emergency Preparedness
Program Reviews,'' issued November 2019.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1423 in the
Federal Register on March 10, 2025 (90 FR 11591) for a 30-day public
comment period. The public comment period closed on April 9, 2025.
Public comments on DG-1423 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML25065A246.
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 1.101 does not constitute backfitting as defined in
10 CFR 50.109, ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC Management
Directive (MD) 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue
Finality, and Information Requests''; constitute forward fitting as
that term is defined
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and described in MD 8.4; or affect the issue finality of any approval
issued under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants.'' As explained in Revision 7 of RG 1.101,
applicants and licensees generally are not required to comply with the
positions in the 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.
VI. Executive Order (E.O.) 12866
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determined that RG
1.101 Revision 7, is not a significant regulatory action under E.O.
12866.
Dated: September 23, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2025-18633 Filed 9-24-25; 8:45 am]
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