[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81550-81551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32831]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a new guide in its 
Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to describe and 
make available to the public such information as methods acceptable to 
the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the Commission's 
regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating specific 
problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff in its 
review of applications for permits and licenses.
    Regulatory Guide 1.186, ``Guidance and Examples for Identifying 10 
CFR 50.2 Design Bases,'' provides guidance to licensees and applicants 
on the definition of design bases as they are defined in the NRC's 
regulations in 10 CFR 50.2.
    Comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time. Written comments may be submitted to 
the Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection or downloading at 
the NRC's web site at WWW.NRC.GOV> under Regulatory Guides and in NRC's 
Electronic Reading Room (ADAMS System) at the same site; Regulatory

[[Page 81551]]

Guide 1.186 is under Accession Number ML003754825. Single copies of 
regulatory guides may be obtained free of charge by writing the 
Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to (301)415-2289, or 
by email to [email protected]>. Issued guides may also be purchased 
from the National Technical Information Service on a standing order 
basis. Details on this service may be obtained by writing NTIS, 5285 
Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Regulatory guides are not 
copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of December 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ashok C. Thadani,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 00-32831 Filed 12-22-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-01-P