Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Nuclear power plants

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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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