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Draft Regulatory Guides: Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants and Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards Due to Water Control Structure Failures and Incidents
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 15, 2024. Comments closed on August 14, 2024.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment two related draft Regulatory Guides (DG) namely DG-1290, Revision 1, "Design-Basis Floods for Nuclear Power Plants," proposed Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.59 of the same name and DG-1417, "Guidance for Assessment of Flooding Hazards due to Water Control Structure Failures and Incidents," proposed new RG 1.256. DG-1290 provides guidance for applicants for new nuclear power plants (NPPs) on acceptable methods for evaluating design-basis floods and DG-1417 provides guidance for applicants on flooding hazards due to failure or other incidents at man-made water control structures including, but not limited to, dams and levees.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-15479
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Draft guides; request for comment
- Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Published
- July 15, 2024
- Comments due
- August 14, 2024
- Dates
- Submit comments by August 14, 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-2024-0110
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 52; 10 CFR 100
- Pages
- 3
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