Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 2704425a-c58a-45c4-93ab-8761721c3e7a
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Evaluation of Reactor Pressure Vessels with Charpy Upper-Shelf Energy Less Than 50 Ft-Lb
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003740038.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.161
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATORY GI OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH REGULATORY GUIDE 1.161 (Draft was DG-1023) EVALUATION OF REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS WITH CHARPY UPPER-SHELF ENERGY LESS THAN 50 FT-LB. USNRC nEGUIATOU GUIDES Regulatory Guides are Issued to describe and make available to the ptuIbio such Information as methods acceptable to the NRO staff for Implement ing specific parts of the Commission's regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the NRC staff In Its review of applications for permits and licenses. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations, and com pliance with them Is not required. Methods and solutions different from those set out In the guldes will be acceptable If they provide a basis for the findings requIsite to the Issuance or continuance of a permit or license by the Commission. This guide was Issued after consideration of comments received from the public. Comments and suggestions for Improvements in these guldes are encouraged at all times, and guides wii = be revised, as apprprrate, to accommodate comments and to reflect new Information or experience. June 1995 UIDE Written comments may be submitted to the Rules Review and Directives Branch, DFRPS, ADM, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conrvnsslon, Washing ton, DC 20555-0001. The guides are Issued In the following ten broad divisions: 1. Power Reactors S. Products 2. Research and Test Reactors 7. Transportation 3. Fuels and Materials Facilities 8. Occupational Health 4. Environmental and Siting :. Antitrust and Financial Review 5. Materials and Plant Protection 10. General Single copies of regulatory guides may be obtained free of charge by writ ing the Office of Administration, Attention: Distribution and Services Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 206565-0001; or by fax at (301)415-2260. Issued guides may also be purchased from the National Technical Infor matlon