Draft NUREG: Training Review Criteria and Procedures
On July 22, 2026, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) solicited comments on draft NUREG-1220, Revision 2, "Training Review Criteria and Procedures." The public comment ...
On July 22, 2026, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) solicited comments on draft NUREG-1220, Revision 2, “Training Review Criteria and Procedures.” The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on August 21, 2026.
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The NRC has decided to extend the public comment to September 21, 2026, to allow more time for members of the public to prepare and submit their comments.
DATES:
The August 21, 2026, due date for comments on the draft NUREG published July 22, 2026 (91 FR 46175), is extended. Comments should be filed no later than September 21, 2026. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments by any of the following; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website.
Federal rulemaking website:
Go to
www.regulations.gov
and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-1849. Address questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov
to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-415-1003; email:
Bridget.Curran@nrc.gov.
For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the
For Further Information Contact
section of this document.
Mail comments to:
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Mail Stop: TWFN-5-A85, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Guidance and Publications Branch.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see “Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments” in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maggie Chauhan, telephone: 301-415-0365; email:
Maggie.Chauhan@nrc.gov
and Jeff Correll, telephone: 301-415-2414; email:
Jeffrey.Correll@nrc.gov.
Both are staff of the Office of Advanced Reactors at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-1849 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website:
Go to
www.regulations.gov
and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-1849.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
To begin the search, select “Begin ADAMS Public Search.” For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
Draft NUREG-1220, Revision 2, “Training Review Criteria and Procedures” is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML26195A017.
NRC's PDR:
The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website (
www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC-2026-1849 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
www.regulations.gov
as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On July 22, 2026, the NRC published a notice in the
Federal Register
(91 FR 46175) which provided members of the public an opportunity to submit comments on the draft NUREG-1220, Revision 2, “Training Review Criteria and Procedures”. This NUREG provides guidance to the NRC staff for reviewing training programs at nuclear power plants to verify that they are developed and maintained using a Systems Approach to Training (SAT). It describes the review criteria and evaluation methods used by the NRC staff for both initial training program reviews and ongoing training program inspections, and it summarizes the five SAT elements consistent with the framework outlined in ANSI/ANS-3.1-2014, as endorsed by Regulatory Guide 1.8, “Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants.”
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close August 21, 2026. The NRC is extending the public comment period on this document until September 21, 2026, to ensure meaningful public participation and uphold the agency's commitment to openness and transparency. Given overlapping and complex rulemakings currently open for comment, additional time prevents stakeholder fatigue, enables thorough technical and policy reviews, and allows for coordinated responses across related dockets. This extension supports high-quality, complete feedback and facilitates robust engagement from all interested parties, including public groups, industry experts, and tribal nations.
Comments should be filed no later than September 21, 2026.
www.regulations.gov
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html
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