Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 776b9130-d4de-4c44-81a6-ecd8c36df0ca
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Safety-Related Steel Structures and Steel-Plate Composite
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2033/ML20339A558.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.243
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE DG-1304 Proposed new Regulatory Guide 1.243 Issue Date: February 2021 Technical Lead: M. Rolón This RG is being issued in draft form to involve the public in the development of regulatory guidance in this area. It has not received final staff review or approval and does not represent an NRC final staff position. Public comments are being solicited on this DG and its associated regulatory analysis. Comments should be accompanied by appropriate supporting data. Comments may be submitted through the Federal rulemaking Web site, http://www.regulations.gov, by searching for draft regulatory guide DG-1304. Alternatively, comments may be submitted to the Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555- 0001. Comments must be submitted by the date indicated in the Federal Register notice. Electronic copies of this DG, previous versions of DGs, and other recently issued guides are available through the NRC’s public Web site under the Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC Library at https://nrcweb.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/. The DG is also available through the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, under Accession No. ML20339A558. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20339A559. SAFETY-RELATED STEEL STRUCTURES AND STEEL-PLATE COMPOSITE WALLS FOR OTHER THAN REACTOR VESSELS AND CONTAINMENTS A. INTRODUCTION Purpose This regulatory guide (RG) describes a method acceptable to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for compliance with NRC regulations for the design, fabrication, and erection of safety-related steel structures and steel-plate composite (SC) walls for other than reactor vessels and containments. This guide endorses, with exceptions and clarifications, the procedures and