G/TBT/N/USA/1998  
23 May 2023  
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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) [2029]  
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]: Describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC to meet 
regulatory requirements for the environmental qualification of safety related actuators in 
production and utilization facilities.  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, ot herwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Safety -
related actuators; Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS code(s): 19.020); 
Characteristics and design of machines, apparatus, equipment (ICS code(s ): 21.020); 
Nuclear power plants. Safety (ICS code(s): 27.120.20); Electrical accessories (ICS 
code(s): 29.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Regulatory 
Guide: Qualification of Safety -Related Actuators in Produc tion and Utilization Facilities; (2 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Draft guide; request for comment by 21 June 2023 - The U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory 
guide (DG), DG -1386, "Qual ification of Safety -Related Actuators in Production and 
Utilization Facilities." This DG is the proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.73 
"Qualification Tests for Safety -Related Actuators in Nuclear Power Plants." This DG 
describes an approach that  is acceptable to the staff of the NRC to meet regulatory 
requirements for the environmental qualification of safety related actuators in production 
and utilization facilities. It endorses, with exceptions, additions, and clarifications, the 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standard (Std.) 382 -2019, "IEEE 
Standard for Qualification of Safety -Related Actuators for Nuclear Power Generating 
Statio ns and Other Nuclear Facilities."  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/USA/1998  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 32693, 22 May 2023; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 50 and 52:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-22/html/2023 -10834.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-05-22/pdf/2023 -10834.pdf  
This draft guide; request for comment is identified by Docket Number NRC -2023-0088. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC -2023-0088/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are ask ed 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 21 June 2023 will be shared with the regulator and 
will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  21 June 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_09778_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_09778_01_e.pdf