[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]
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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
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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]
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