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  1. ANS Standards Committee Procedures Manual for Consensus Committees
  2. Policy Manual for the ANS Standards Committee
  3. Standards Committee Rules and Procedures
  4. ANS Standards Style Manual—1st Edition (for trial use)
  5. Incorporating Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Approaches/Attributes in ANS Standards (for trial use)
  6. Standards Development Checklist
  7. ANS Standards Development Process Overview
  8. Standards Development Flow Chart
  9. Review of Draft Approval Process for Working Group Chairs
  10. Policy for Specifying Requirements, Recommendations, and Permission in a Standard
  11. ANS Standards Committee Glossary of Definitions and Terminology
  12. Template for an ANS Standard
  13. Recent Problem Areas Identified During Recent Ballots of New Standards
  14. Approaches to Staffing Working Groups

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  1. ANSI 2021 Essential Requirements
  2. An Introduction to the Preparation of ANSI/ANS Standards and Their Role in the Licensing Process
  3. NEI 07–06, The Nuclear Regulatory Process

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