[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26993]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Regulatory Guides; Issuance, Availability
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued six new guides 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.
The new regulatory guides provide guidance on methods acceptable to
the NRC staff on complying with the NRC's regulations for promoting
high functional reliability and design quality in software used in
safety systems of nuclear power plants. The guides endorse industry
consensus standards of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers. The guides and the standards they endorse are Regulatory
Guide 1.168, ``Verification, Validation, Reviews, and Audits for
Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power
Plants,'' which endorses IEEE Std 1012-1986, ``IEEE Standard for
Software Verification and Validation Plans,'' and IEEE Std 1028-1988,
``IEEE Standard for Software Reviews and Audits'; Regulatory Guide
1.169, ``Configuration Management Plans for Digital Computer Software
Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' endorses IEEE Std
828-1990, ``IEEE Standard for Software Configuration Management
Plans,'' and ANSI/IEEE Std 1042-1987, ``IEEE Guide to Software
Configuration Management'; Regulatory Guide 1.170, ``Software Test
Documentation for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of
Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses IEEE Std 829-1983, ``IEEE
Standard for Software Test Documentation'; Regulatory Guide 1.171,
``Software Unit Testing for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety
Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses IEEE Std 1008-1987,
``IEEE Standard for Software Unit Testing'; Regulatory Guide 1.172,
``Software Requirements Specifications for Digital Computer Software
Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses IEEE
Std 830-1993, ``IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements
Specifications'; and Regulatory Guide 1.173, ``Developing Software Life
Cycle Processes for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of
Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses IEEE Std 1074-1995, ``IEEE
Standard for Developing Software Life Cycle Processes.''
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 and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative 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, both active and draft guides, may be obtained
free of charge by writing the Office of Administration, Attn: Printing,
Graphics and Distribution Branch, USNRC, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or
by fax at (301) 415-5272. 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 15th day of September 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Malcolm R. Knapp,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 97-26993 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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