WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a proposed rule called: Approval of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Unconditioned Code Cases.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 26 by Gregory Bowman, Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
Summary: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference a regulatory guide that approves unconditioned code cases published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). This action would allow nuclear power plant applicants and licensees to use the code cases as voluntary alternatives to engineering standards for nuclear power plant components. These standards ...