Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 37f53017-d71c-4f3c-a2a4-ab67a8270066
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Pre-Earthquake Planning, Shutdown, and Restart of a Nuclear Power Plant Following an Earthquake (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1826/ML18268A185.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.166
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE DG-1337 Proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide 1.166 Issue Date: June 2019 Technical Leads: Vladimir Graizer Thomas Weaver 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-1337. Alternatively, comments may be submitted to the Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 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 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. ML18268A185. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18268A187. PRE-EARTHQUAKE PLANNING, SHUTDOWN, AND RESTART OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOLLOWING AN EARTHQUAKE A. INTRODUCTION Purpose This regulatory guide (RG) describes guidance acceptable to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regarding pre-earthquake planning actions; actions necessary to determine the need to shut down a nuclear power plant; and the short- and long-term processes, inspections, and tests to demonstrate that a nuclear power plant is safe for restarting after a shutdown in