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NRC Regulatory Guides

The Regulatory Guide Series provides guidance to licensees and applicants on implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques used by the NRC staff in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff in its review of applications for permits or licenses.

NRC Regulatory Guides are issued in the following ten broad divisions:

1. Power Reactors
2. Research and Test Reactors
3. Fuels and Materials Facilities
4. Environmental and Siting
5. Materials and Plant Protection
6. Products
7. Transportation
8. Occupational Health
9. Antitrust and Financial Review
10. General
    

Comments on Draft Regulatory Guides

To submit comments electronically on a draft regulatory guide at NRC's Rulemaking Forum--

1. Save the guide of interest to your computer by selecting the appropriate link from the index of Draft Regulatory Guides. You may need to scroll to find the guide. When you save the file, be sure to record the location of the file on your computer for reference.
   
   
2. Make any comments on the guide and save them in a file on your computer. Record the location of this file on your computer for future reference.
   
   
3. Complete the Public Comments form. The Browse... button in the form enables you to upload your comment file.

Notes on Regulatory Guides:

• A guide number is composed of the division number followed by a period and a sequential number in that division (e.g., 1.25). A guide is further identified by revision numbers, as appropriate, and the date of issuance and, sometimes, its ADAMS Accession Number (an "ML" number in parentheses).
• A draft regulatory guide presents guidance that is issued for public comment while being developed. Comments are considered before finalizing the guide. Some draft guides are proposed revisions of existing guides.
• A draft guide number is composed of DG followed by a hyphen, the division number, and a sequential number in that division (e.g. DG-1070). A draft is sometimes identified by its ADAMS Accession Number (an "ML" number in parentheses).
• A guide available at this site has an underscored number.*
• Each division lists the titles of all the regulatory guides and all the draft guides.
• Obtain a printed copy of a regulatory guide or a draft guide, free of charge, by—
• Sending an email request to distribution@nrc.gov;
• Faxing a request to 301-415-2289; or
• Writing the Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
• See our Contact Us About Regulatory Guides form if you have a question about one of the guides listed.

*The footnote numbers in online versions may differ from the printed versions.

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