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

Document 2025-03761 is a Proposed Rule published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the Federal Register on March 10, 2025. 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. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/10/2025-03761/draft-regulatory-guide-emergency-response-planning-and-preparedness-for-nuclear-power-reactors.

No. Document 2025-03761 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.