96-1152. Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
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[Page 2269]
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[FR Doc No: 96-1152]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a revision to a guide 
in its Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to 
describe and make available to the public such information as methods 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
Commission's regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating 
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff 
in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.152, ``Criteria for Digital 
Computers in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' describes a 
method acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the Commission's 
regulations for promoting high functional reliability and design 
quality for the use of digital computers in safety systems of nuclear 
power plants. This guide endorses the Institute of Electrical and 
Electronics Engineers Standard Std 7-4.3.2-1993, ``Standard Criteria 
for Digital Computers in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Generating 
Stations.''
    Comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time. Written comments may be submitted to 
the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of 
Information and Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Single copies 
of regulatory guides may be obtained free of charge by writing the 
Office of Administration, Attention: Distribution and Services Section, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by 
fax at [phone]. Issued guides may also be purchased from the 
National Technical Information Service on a standing order basis. 
Details on this service may be obtained by writing NTIS, 5285 Port 
Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Regulatory guides are not 
copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11 day of December 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Morrison,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 96-1152 Filed 1-24-96; 8:45 am]
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