September 21, 2016 – 81 FR 64955-64956 – NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION – Shipping, Receiving, and Internal Transfer of Special Nuclear Material – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment Draft Regulatory Guide (DG) DG-5051, “Shipping, Receiving, and Internal Transfer of Special Nuclear Material.” This DG would consolidate in one document NRC guidance concerning the material control and accounting requirements pertaining to shipments, receipts, and internal transfers of special nuclear material. The DG is part of the NRC’s “Regulatory Guide” series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in
its review of applications for permits and licenses.

September 21, 2016 – 81 FR 64954-64955 – NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION – Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation for Earthquakes – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG)-1332, “Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation for Earthquakes.” This DG is proposed Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.12, “Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation for Earthquakes.” The NRC proposes to revise the guide to incorporate advances in seismic instrumentation and operating experience since Revision 2 of RG 1.12 was issued in 1997. The proposed revision describes the seismic instrumentation criteria, including instrumentation type, locations, characteristics, and maintenance, that the NRC staff considers acceptable for nuclear power plants.