Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 8291b9eb-e4a7-4806-8b5b-1deca2ff1fe2
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Control Room Habitability at Light-Water Nuclear Power Reactors
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0207/ML020790125.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.196
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iding an environment in which control room personnel can take actions to mitigate the consequences of certain postulated accidents, thereby providing for the health and safety of the public. There are expected increases in resources needed to develop a CRE integrity testing program and to perform periodic testing, especially at facilities that do not have current technical specification surveillance requirements for CRE integrity. This expense would be incurred only by licensees that voluntarily commit to this regulatory guide. ! With the possible exception of applicant agencies, such as TVA or municipal licensees, no other governmental agencies are affected by the proposed regulatory guide. Pursuant to the categorical exclusion in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(16), the issuance of the proposed regulatory guide does not require an environmental review. Under the provisions of the National Technology Transfer Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-113, no voluntary consensus standard has been identified that could be used instead of the proposed regulatory guide (government-unique standard). The proposed regulatory guide was reviewed in regard to its impact on existing regulations and regulatory guidance. No changes in regulations are necessary to implement this regulatory guide. Regulatory Guide 1.52, “Design, Inspection, and Testing Criteria for Air Filtration and Adsorption Units of Post-Accident Engineered-Safety-Feature Atmosphere Cleanup Systems in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants" (Ref. RA-7), RA-6 needs updating in the future to incorporate new references. There is no short-term need to revise Regulatory Guide 1.52 since only the references need updating to current guides. The proposed new regulatory guide on CRH adequately addresses this issue for the short term. For plants that voluntarily commit to this new regulatory guide, changes to existing technical specification surveillance requirements would be necessary. This new regulatory guide was prepared in conjunction with