Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: e0d690ec-277f-4fe2-b92f-7f95d0f589a7
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparing Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics (Rev. 0)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2133/ML21334A158.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
Chapter: 
Section ID: RG-1.245
CFR Part: 
CFR Title: 

Content:
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATORY GUIDE 1.245, REVISION 0 Issue Date: January 2022 Technical Lead: Patrick Raynaud Written suggestions regarding this guide or development of new guides may be submitted through the NRC’s public Web site in the NRC Library at https://nrcweb.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/, under Document Collections, in Regulatory Guides, at https://nrcweb.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Electronic copies of this RG, previous versions of RGs, and other recently issued guides are also available through the NRC’s public Web site in the NRC Library at https://nrcweb.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/, under Document Collections, in Regulatory Guides. This RG is also available through the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading- rm/adams.html, under ADAMS Accession Number (No.) ML21334A158. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21034A261. The associated draft guide DG-1382 may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21034A328, and the staff responses to the public comments on DG-1382 may be found under ADAMS Accession No ML21306A292. PREPARING PROBABILISTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS SUBMITTALS A. INTRODUCTION Purpose This regulatory guide (RG) describes a framework to develop the contents of a licensing submittal that the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) considers acceptable when performing probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) analyses in support of regulatory applications. Applicability This RG applies to nonreactor and reactor licensees that elect to use PFM as part of the technical basis for a licensing action. PFM could be used in a wide variety of applications to meet a wide range of regulations; consequently, it is not possible to provide a comprehensive list of such applications. However, the staff anticipates that this RG could apply to nonreactor and reactor licensees