US·Regulatory Docket·NRC

NRC-2023-0172

Pending

Draft Regulatory Guide: Preemption Authority, Enhanced Weapons Authority, and Firearms Background Checks

Filed 2024-04-24Last update 2023-10-30

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-5081, "Preemption Authority, Enhanced Weapons Authority, and Firearms Background Checks." This DG-5081 is proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 5.86 of the same name. This DG provides an approach acceptable to the NRC staff for use by licensees under NRC regulations, "Physical Protection of Plants and Materials," regarding stand-alone preemption authority, combined preemption authority and enhanced weapons authority, and firearms background checks.