[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 161 (Friday, August 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54407-54408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17132]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2026-1849]
Draft NUREG: Training Review Criteria and Procedures
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft report; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On July 22, 2026, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
solicited comments on draft NUREG-1220, Revision 2, ``Training Review
Criteria and Procedures.'' The public comment period was originally
scheduled to close on August 21, 2026.
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The NRC has decided to extend the public comment to September 21, 2026,
to allow more time for members of the public to prepare and submit
their comments.
DATES: The August 21, 2026, due date for comments on the draft NUREG
published July 22, 2026 (91 FR 46175), is extended. Comments should be
filed no later than September 21, 2026. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following; however,
the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal
rulemaking website.
Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-1849. 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.
Mail comments to: Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, Mail Stop: TWFN-5-A85, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Guidance and Publications Branch.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maggie Chauhan, telephone: 301-415-
0365; email: [email protected] and Jeff Correll, telephone: 301-
415-2414; email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office
of Advanced Reactors at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-1849 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-1849.
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]. Draft NUREG-1220, Revision 2, ``Training
Review Criteria and Procedures'' is available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML26195A017.
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.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2026-1849 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On July 22, 2026, the NRC published a notice in the Federal
Register (91 FR 46175) which provided members of the public an
opportunity to submit comments on the draft NUREG-1220, Revision 2,
``Training Review Criteria and Procedures''. This NUREG provides
guidance to the NRC staff for reviewing training programs at nuclear
power plants to verify that they are developed and maintained using a
Systems Approach to Training (SAT). It describes the review criteria
and evaluation methods used by the NRC staff for both initial training
program reviews and ongoing training program inspections, and it
summarizes the five SAT elements consistent with the framework outlined
in ANSI/ANS-3.1-2014, as endorsed by Regulatory Guide 1.8,
``Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants.''
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close August
21, 2026. The NRC is extending the public comment period on this
document until September 21, 2026, to ensure meaningful public
participation and uphold the agency's commitment to openness and
transparency. Given overlapping and complex rulemakings currently open
for comment, additional time prevents stakeholder fatigue, enables
thorough technical and policy reviews, and allows for coordinated
responses across related dockets. This extension supports high-quality,
complete feedback and facilitates robust engagement from all interested
parties, including public groups, industry experts, and tribal nations.
Comments should be filed no later than September 21, 2026.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)
Dated: August 19, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Brown,
Chief, Advanced Reactor Oversight Branch, Division of Advanced Reactor
Programs, Office of Advanced Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2026-17132 Filed 8-20-26; 8:45 am]
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