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Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 5 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29, ``Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants.'' This RG describes a...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 5 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29, ``Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants.'' This RG describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in identifying and classifying those features of light-water-reactor (LWR) nuclear power plants that must be designed to withstand the effects of the safe-shutdown earthquake (SSE).

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“Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants,” thefederalregister.org (July 15, 2016), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2016-16767/seismic-design-classification-for-nuclear-power-plants.