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Draft Regulatory Guide: Qualification of Fiber-Optic Cables, Connections, and Optical Fiber Splices for Use in Safety Systems for Production and Utilization Facilities
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 29, 2024. Comments closed on November 29, 2024.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-1427, "Qualification of Fiber-Optic Cables, Connections, and Optical Fiber Splices for Use in Safety Systems for Production and Utilization Facilities." DG-1427 is newly proposed Revision 0 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.257 and describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC for use in complying with NRC regulations that address the environmental qualification of fiber-optic cables, connections, and optical fiber splices in safety systems in production and utilization facilities.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-25038
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Draft guide; request for comment
- Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Published
- October 29, 2024
- Comments due
- November 29, 2024
- Dates
- Submit comments by November 29, 2024. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
- Docket
- NRC-2024-0161
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 52
- Pages
- 2
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