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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14108-14109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5971]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0274]

Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 1.34, 
Revision 1, ``Control of Electroslag Weld Properties.''

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary L. Stevens, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone (301) 251-7569 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision 
to an existing guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This 
series was developed to describe and make available to the public 
information such as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the agency's regulations, techniques 
that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated 
accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses.
    Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.34, ``Control of Electroslag Weld 
Properties,'' was issued with a temporary identification as Draft 
Regulatory Guide, DG-1223. This guide describes methods that the staff 
of the NRC considers acceptable for implementing requirements about the 
control of weld properties when fabricating electroslag welds for 
nuclear components made of ferritic or austenitic materials. This guide 
applies to light-water reactors.

II. Further Information

    In June 2009, DG-1223 was published with a public comment period of 
60 days from the issuance of the guide. The public comment period was 
extended until October 1, 2009. The staff's responses to the comments 
received are located in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML101670369. Electronic 
copies of Regulatory Guide 1.34, Revision 1 are available through the 
NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' at  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. The regulatory analysis may be 
found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML101670363.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) located at Room O-1F21, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738. The 
PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR 
can also be reached by telephone at (301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4209, 
by

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fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of March, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-5971 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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