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Notifying
Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and
7.2):
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Agency responsible:
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) [2172]
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and
website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from
above:
Please
submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov
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Notified
under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ],
other [X]: The NRC is issuing for
public comment a Draft Guides (DGs) 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.
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Products
covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS
numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Power systems for nuclear power plants; Nuclear power plants.
Safety (ICS code(s): 27.120.20); Power transmission and distribution networks
(ICS code(s): 29.240)
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Title,
number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Regulatory Guides: Criteria for Power Systems for Nuclear
Power Plants and Criteria for the Protection of Class 1E Power Systems and
Equipment for Nuclear Power Plants; (2 page(s), in English)
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Description
of content: Draft guides; request
for comment - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment two related draft Regulatory Guides (DGs) namely DG-1420, "Criteria
for Power Systems for Nuclear Power Plants," and DG-1354, "Criteria
for the Protection of Class 1E Power Systems and Equipment for Nuclear Power
Plants." DG-1420 is proposed Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.32 of
the same name and DG-1354 is newly proposed Revision 0 of RG 1.238. DG-1420
describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet regulatory
requirements for the design, operation, and testing of electric power systems
in nuclear power plants. DG-1354 describes an approach that is acceptable to
the NRC staff for use in complying with NRC regulations that address the
protection of Class 1E power systems and equipment at nuclear power plants.
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Objective
and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of human health or safety
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Relevant
documents:
89 Federal
Register (FR) 68787, 28 August 2024; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) Parts 50 and 52:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-28/html/2024-19187.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-28/pdf/2024-19187.pdf
This draft
guide; request for comment is identified by Docket Number NRC-2024-0140. The
Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC-2024-0140/document
and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received.
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by
searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to
submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point. Comments received
by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time on 27 September 2024 will
be shared with NRC and will also be submitted to the Docket on
Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.
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Proposed
date of adoption: To be determined
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined
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Final
date for comments: 27 September
2024
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Texts available from: National enquiry
point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website
addresses, if available, of other body:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_05717_00_e.pdf
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