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[NRC–2010–0009] 

Final Regulatory Guide: Issuance, 

Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and 

Availability of Regulatory Guide (RG) 

5.71, ‘‘Cyber Security Programs for 

Nuclear Facilities.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl 

J. Sturzebecher, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: (301) 251–7494 or email Karl.Sturzebecher@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC or Commission) is 

issuing a new 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. 

RG 5.71, ‘‘Cyber Security Programs for 

Nuclear Facilities,’’ was issued with a 

temporary identification as Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–5022. This 

regulatory guide provides guidance to 

applicants and licensees on satisfying 

the requirements of 10 CFR 73.54. The 

information contained within this guide 

represents the results of research 

conducted by the NRC Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research concerning cyber 

security program development and the 

collective body of knowledge and 

experience that has been developed 

through all of the actions identified 

above. In addition, this guide embodies 

the findings by standards organizations 

and agencies, such as the International 

Society of Automation, the Institute of 

Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and 

the National Institute of Standard and 

Technology, as well as guidance from 

the U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

RG 5.71 provides a framework to aid 

in the identification of those digital 

assets that must be protected from cyber 

attacks. These identified digital assets 

are referred to as critical digital assets 

(CDAs). Licensees should address the 

potential cyber security risks of CDAs 

by applying the defensive architecture 

and the collection of security controls 

identified in this regulatory guide. 

The RG 5.71 framework offers 

licensees and applicants the ability to 

address the specific needs of an existing 

or new system. The goal of this 

regulatory guide is to harmonize the 

well-known and well-understood set of 

security controls (based on NIST cyber 

security standards) that address 

potential cyber risks to CDAs to provide 

a flexible programmatic approach in 

which the licensee or applicant can 

establish, maintain, and successfully 

integrate these security controls into a 

site-specific cyber security program. 

II. Further Information 

The Agency released DG–5022, which 

contained safeguards information, 

directly to stakeholders, who provided 

comments on July 18, 2008, December 

12, 2008, and January 14, 2009. The 

responses to stakeholder’s comments are 

located in the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System under Accession Number 

ML090340185. Electronic copies of RG 

5.71 are available through the NRC’s 

public Web site under ‘‘Regulatory 

Guides’’ at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR) located at 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 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) 

397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–3548, and 

by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and Commission approval 

is not required to reproduce them. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of January, 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea D. Valentin, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

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Procedures Subcommittee Meeting; 

Notice of Meeting 

The ACRS Planning and Procedures 

Subcommittee will hold a meeting on 

February 3, 2010, Room T2–B1, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 

The entire meeting will be open to 

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to 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

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ACRS, and information the release of 

which would constitute a clearly 

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privacy. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

shall be as follows: 

Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 12 

p.m.–1 p.m. 

The Subcommittee will discuss 

proposed ACRS activities and related 

matters. The Subcommittee will gather 

information, analyze relevant issues and 

facts, and formulate proposed positions 

and actions, as appropriate, for 

deliberation by the full Committee. 

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