Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 103 / Tuesday, June 1, 2021 / Notices 29297 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2021–0042] 

Emergency Response Planning and 

Preparedness for Nuclear Power 

Reactors 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 6 

to Regulatory Guide (RG), RG 1.101, 

‘‘Emergency Response Planning and 

Preparedness for Nuclear Power 

Reactors.’’ This revision of RG 1.101 

endorses Revision 0 of the Nuclear 

Energy Institute (NEI) white paper, 

‘‘Implementing a 24-Month Frequency 

for Emergency Preparedness Program 

Reviews,’’ issued in November 2019, 

and Appendix A, ‘‘Recommended Drill 

and Exercise Objectives,’’ to NEI 06–04, 

‘‘Conducting a Hostile Action-Based 

Emergency Response Drill,’’ Revision 3, 

issued September 2016. In addition, this 

revision includes guidance found in 

previous revisions of RG 1.101, updated 

NRC guidance documents, and other 

documents previously endorsed by the 

NRC to consolidate the list of these 

guidance documents into a single 

revision of the RG. 

DATES: Revision 6 to RG 1.101 is 

available on June 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2021–0042 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may access publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2021–0042. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individuals listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number 

for each document referenced (if it is 

available in ADAMS) is provided the 

first time that a document is referenced. 

• Attention: The PDR, where you may 

examine and order copies of public 

documents, is currently closed. You 

may submit your request to the PDR via 

email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1– 

800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Revision 6 to RG 1.101 and the 

regulatory analysis may be found in 

ADAMS under Accession Nos. 

ML21111A090 and ML21004A168 

respectively. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 

required to reproduce them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Murray, Office of Nuclear 

Security and Incident Response, 

telephone: 301–287–9246, email: 

Charles.Murray@nrc.gov and Mekonen 

Bayssie, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research, telephone: 301–415–1669, 

email: Mekonen.Bayssie@nrc.gov. Both 

are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion 

The NRC is issuing a revision to an 

existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory 

Guide’’ series. This series was 

developed to describe and make 

available to the public information 

regarding methods that are acceptable to 

the NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the agency’s regulations, 

techniques that the NRC staff uses in 

evaluating specific issues or postulated 

events, and data that the NRC staff 

needs in its review of applications for 

permits and licenses. 

Revision 6 of RG 1.101 endorses and 

updates guidance that is available to 

licensees and applicants on methods 

acceptable to the NRC staff for 

complying with the NRC’s regulations 

for emergency response plans and 

preparedness at nuclear power reactors. 

This RG applies to light water reactors, 

including those of an advanced design 

(e.g., AP1000); small modular reactors 

and other new non-light water reactor 

technologies will have design-specific 

RGs to support development of their 

emergency plans. This revision endorses 

Revision 0 of the NEI white paper, 

‘‘Implementing a 24-Month Frequency 

for Emergency Preparedness Program 

Reviews,’’ issued November 2019 and 

Appendix A, ‘‘Recommended Drill and 

Exercise Objectives,’’ to NEI 06–04, 

‘‘Conducting a Hostile Action-Based 

Emergency Response Drill,’’ Revision 3, 

issued September 2016. This RG 

revision also includes guidance found 

in previous revisions of RG 1.101, 

updated NRC guidance documents, and 

other documents previously endorsed 

by the NRC to consolidate the list of 

these guidance documents into a single 

revision of the RG. 

Revision 6 of RG 1.101 was issued 

with a temporary identification of Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–1357 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML21007A330). 

II. Additional Information 

The NRC published a notice of 

availability of DG–1357 in the Federal 

Register on March 17, 2021, (86 FR 

14651) for a 30-day public comment 

period. The public comment period 

ended on April 16, 2021, and the NRC 

received one public comment 

submission. The public comment and 

the NRC’s response to the comment are 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML21111A091. 

III. Congressional Review Act 

This RG is a rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 

801–808). However, the Office of 

Management and Budget has not found 

it to be a major rule as defined in the 

Congressional Review Act. 

IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and 

Issue Finality 

Revision 6 of RG 1.101 describes 

methods acceptable to the NRC staff for 

complying with the NRC’s regulations to 

meet the regulatory requirements for 

emergency response planning and 

preparedness. Issuance of this RG does 

not constitute backfitting as defined in 

section 50.109 of the Code of Federal 

Regulation (10 CFR), ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and 

as described in NRC Management 

Directive (MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of 

Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue 

Finality, and Information Requests’’; 

constitute forward fitting as that term is 

defined and described in MD 8.4; or 

affect the issue finality of any approval 

issued under 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, 

certifications, and approvals for nuclear 

power plants.’’ As explained in RG 

1.101, applicants and licensees are not 

required to comply with the positions 

set forth in RG 1.101. 

Dated: May 25, 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Meraj Rahimi, 

Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic 

Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office 

of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

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