Draft Regulatory Guide: Emergency Response Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 10 CFR Part 50 [NRC-2025-0032] ( printed page 11591) AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft guide; request for comment. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-1423, “Emergency Response Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors.” This DG is proposed Revision 7 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.101, “Emergency Response Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors.” This proposed revision would endorse Revision 1 of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) white paper, “Enabling a Remote Response by Members of an Emergency Response Organization,” dated September 2024, and Revision 7 of NEI 99-01, “Development of Emergency Action Levels for Non-Passive Reactors,” dated September 2024. DATES: Submit comments by April 9, 2025. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration of only comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website. Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0032. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-415-1003; email: Bridget.Curran@nrc.gov . For technical ques…