Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: ae72d1f2-aba4-4afd-bf00-6a4263c3f3e9
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Control of Heavy Loads at Nuclear Facilities
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2100/ML21006A335.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.244
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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-1381. Alternatively, comments may be submitted to the Office of Administration, Mailstop: TWFN 7A-06M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. Comments must be submitted by the date indicated in the Federal Register notice. Electronic copies of this DG 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. ML21006A335. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21006A337. U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE DG-1381 Proposed new Regulatory Guide 1.244 Issue Date: April 2021 Technical Lead: Steven R. Jones CONTROL OF HEAVY LOADS AT NUCLEAR FACILITIES A. INTRODUCTION Purpose This regulatory guide (RG) describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to meet regulatory requirements for control of heavy loads at nuclear facilities, specifically to provide appropriate protection against equipment failure that could result in a heavy load drop. It endorses, with clarifications, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Standard (Std.) NML-1, “Rules for the