Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 244ba017-304c-4f86-818e-a1339242d8c1
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Evaluating Deviations and Reporting Defects and Noncompliance Under 10 CFR Part 21 + HISTORY - HISTORY 11/2023 – DG-1416 , Proposed Revision 1 07/2017 – DG-1291 , Proposed Revision 0 (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2318/ML23187A549.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-11
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Section ID: RG-1.234
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE DG-1416 Proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.234 Issue Date: November 2023 Technical Lead: Deanna Zhang 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 website, http://www.regulations.gov, by searching for draft regulatory guide DG-1416. 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, previous versions of DGs, and other recently issued guides are available through the NRC’s public website under the Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC Library at https://nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/index.html. 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. ML23187A549. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23187A550. EVALUATING DEVIATIONS AND REPORTING DEFECTS AND NONCOMPLIANCE UNDER 10 CFR PART 21 A. INTRODUCTION Purpose This regulatory guide (RG) describes methods that the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) considers acceptable for complying with the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 21, “Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance” (Ref. 1). Applicability This RG applies only to applicants, licensees, dedicating entities, and their