G/TBT/N/USA/1972  
13 March 2023  
(23-1847) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) [2003]  
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  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other  [X]: The NRC issues regulatory guides in draft form to solicit public comment and 
involve the public in developing the agency's regulatory positions.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in ad dition, where applicable):  
Programmable digital devices in safety -related systems of nuclear power plants; Quality 
(ICS code(s): 03.120); Nuclear power plants. Safety (ICS code(s): 27.120.20); IT 
applications in other fields (ICS code(s): 35.240.99)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Regulatory 
Guide: Criteria for Programmable Digital Devices in Safety -Related Systems of Nuclear 
Power Plants; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed guide; request for comment - The U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide 
(DG), DG -1374, "Criteria for Programmable Digital Devices in Safety -Related Systems of 
Nuclear Power Plants." This DG is proposed Revision 4 o f Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.152, 
"Criteria for Use of Computers in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants." DG -1374 
describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet regulatory requirements 
for promoting high functional reliability, design qu ality, and a secure development and 
operational environment (SDOE) for the use of programmable digital devices (PDDs) in 
the safety -related systems of nuclear power generating stations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems w here 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Quality 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 14957, 10 March 2023; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 50 and 52:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-10/html/2023 -04805.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-10/pdf/2023 -04805.pdf  
This proposed rule is identified by Docket Number NRC -2022-0143. The Docket Folder is 
available on Regulations.gov at https://www. regulations.gov/docket/NRC -2022-
0143/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 10 April 2023 will be shared with the regulator 
and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the 
comment period.  
Draft regulatory guides have not  received complete staff review and, therefore, they do 
not represent official NRC staff positions. In finalizing the guides, the staff considers all 
comments received during the public comment period, as appropriate. For further 
information, refer to the NRC Regulatory Guide page at https://www.nrc.gov/reading -
rm/doc -collections/reg -guides/index.html . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  10 April 2023  
11. 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/2023/TBT/USA/23_1878_00_e.pdf