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Generic Communications Program
The NRC communicates information to its licensees and interested stakeholders
through several types of documents. Some impose mandatory requirements
or actions. Others suggest methods for meeting these requirements on which
licensees may voluntarily act or communicate related technical or regulatory
information. Generic Communications transmit or request information and
may require action or response.
Several types of Generic Communications are listed below:
- Bulletins
address significant issues of great urgency and usually require action
or response.
- Generic
Letters transmit information and usually require action or response.
- Regulatory
Issue Summaries broadly transmit technical and regulatory information
and may not require action or response.
- Information
Notices relate to safety, safeguards, or environmental issues on
which licensees consider action as appropriate.
- Circulars
relate to safety, safeguards, or environmental issues and require no
reply.
- Administrative
Letters transmit information of a non-technical nature or request
administrative information on a voluntary basis.
Generic communications are the NRC's primary method of communicating
a common need or resolution approach to an issue or providing guidance
on issues pertaining to a matter of regulatory interest. Generic communications
also allow the NRC to communicate and share industry experiences, and
send information to specific classes of licensees and interested stakeholders.
The type of generic communication issued is determined during NRC evaluations
of the operating nuclear industry and regulatory activities. Once issued,
a generic communication is placed in the Agency Document Access and management
System (ADAMS) as an official NRC
record. The generic communication is then electronically sent out to subscribers
and posted to the NRC external Web site.
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