Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 1ac32162-97f5-4f31-bb0b-e39d7e0e70ca
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Assessing and Managing Risk Before Maintenance Activities at Nuclear Power Plants
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003740117.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.182
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of the NRC'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 compliance with them is not required. Methods and solutions different from those set out in the guides 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 guides are encouraged at all times, and guides will be revised, as appropriate, to accommodate comments and to reflect new information or experience. Written comments may be submitted to the Rules and Directives Branch, ADM, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Regulatory guides are issued in ten broad divisions: 1, Power Reactors; 2, Research and Test Reactors; 3, Fuels and Materials Facilities; 4, Environmental and Siting; 5, Materials and Plant Protection; 6, Products; 7, Transportation; 8, Occupational Health; 9, Antitrust and Financial Review; and 10, General. Single copies of regulatory guides (which may be reproduced) may be obtained free of charge by writing the Distribution Services Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to (301)415-2289, or by email to DISTRIBUTION@NRC.GOV. Many regulatory guides are also available on the internet at NRC's home page at <WWW.NRC.GOV> or through NRC's Electronic Reading Room at the same web site. This Regulatory Guide 1.182 is ADAMS Accession Number ML003699426. May 2000 amendment to ensure that licensees assess and manage increases in risk associated with maintenance activities. In a series of public meetings, the NRC staff met with industry representatives to discuss the change in the rule in relation to proposed revisions to