WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a proposed rule called: Voluntary Adoption of Revised Design Basis Accident Dose Criteria.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 28 by Carrie Safford, Secretary of the Commission.
Summary: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking, dated November 23, 2019, submitted by John G. Parillo. The petition requested that the NRC develop a rule that would allow nuclear power plant licensees to voluntarily adopt a revised accident dose acceptance criteria for the control room, exclusion area boundary, and the low population zone outer boundary. The petition further requested revisions to clarify footnotes discussing thes...