The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a revision of a guide in its Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to describe and make available to the public such information as methods acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques used by the staff in its review of applications for permits and licenses, and data needed by the NRC staff in its review of applications for permits and licenses.

Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.82, ``Water Sources for LongTerm Recirculation Cooling Following a Loss
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ofCoolant Accident,'' describes methods acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing regulatory requirements with respect to the sumps and suppression pools performing the functions of water sources for emergency core cooling, containment heat removal, or containment atmosphere cleanup. The guide also provides guidelines for evaluating the adequacy of the availability of the sump and suppression pool for longt ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-11-19-03-28884 Wed, Nov 19 2003 11:00:00 GMT