Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 29acb072-d497-44e6-ac1c-a053c0a468a0
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Meteorological Monitoring Programs for Nuclear Power Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY DG-1164 , Third Proposed Revision 1, published 10/2006 Draft ES 926-4 , Second Proposed Revision 1, entitled "Meteorological Measurement Program for Nuclear Power Plants," published 04/1986 Draft SS 926-4 , First Proposed Revision 1, entitled "Meteorological Programs In Support of Nuclear Power Plants," published 09/1980 Revision 0, entitled "Onsite Meteorological Programs," was issued as Safety Guide 23
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0625/ML062540408.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.23
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ry Guide 1.23) because the only additional meteorological channel specified in the third proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.23 is precipitation. 4. Conclusion Based on this regulatory analysis, the staff recommends that the NRC revise Regulatory Guide 1.23. The staff concludes that the proposed action will add assurance that the meteorological data collected by applicants and licensees are adequate to represent onsite meteorological conditions. BACKFIT ANALYSIS This draft regulatory guide provides licensees and applicants with new guidance that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in collecting meteorological data at nuclear power plant sites. The application of this guide is voluntary. Licensees may continue to use the original version of this regulatory guide if they so choose. No backfit, as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, “Backfitting,” is either intended or implied. 12 Copies may be purchased from the American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, Illinois 60526 [phone: (708)352-6611; fax: (708)352-0499]. Purchase information is available through the ANS Web site at http://www.ans.org/store/vc-stnd. 13 NUREG/CR-6613 was developed by Sandia National Laboratories and published by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Copies are also available for inspection or copying for a fee from the NRC’s Public Document Room at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD; the PDR’s mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555; telephone (301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4209; fax (301) 415-3548; email PDR@nrc.gov. In addition, copies are available at current rates from the U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328, telephone (202) 512-1800; or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, http://www.ntis.gov, telephone (703) 487-4650. 14 The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 is available electronically through