Guidance for Implementation of 10 CFR 50.59, `Changes, Tests, and Experiments’

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1334, ``Guidance for Implementation of 10 CFR 50.59, `Changes, Tests, and Experiments.' '' This draft regulatory guide provides licensees and applicants with a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in complying with the Commission's regulations on the process by which licensees may make changes to their facilities and procedures, as described in the safety analysis report, without prior NRC approval, under certain conditions.