[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 15547-15548] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-8204] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Draft Regulatory Guides and Standard Review Plan Sections; Issuance, Availability The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued four guides in its Regulatory Guide Series along with three sections of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The Regulatory Guide 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 Commission's regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff in its review of applications for permits and licenses. These regulatory guides and standard review plan sections are in support of amendments to 10 CFR Parts 21, 50, 52, 54, and 100 (61 FR 65157) that update the criteria used in decisions regarding power reactor siting, including geologic, seismic, and earthquake engineering considerations for future nuclear power plants. Regulatory Guide 1.165, ``Identification and Characterization of Seismic Sources and Determination of Safe Shutdown Earthquake Ground Motion,'' provides general guidance on procedures acceptable to the NRC staff on conducting geological, geophysical, seismological, and geotechnical investigations; identifying and characterizing seismic sources; conducting probabilistic seismic hazard analyses; and determining the safe shutdown earthquake ground motion for a nuclear power plant. Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.12, ``Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation for Earthquakes,'' describes seismic instrumentation type, location, operability, and characteristics that are acceptable to the NRC staff for satisfying the requirements of the Commission's regulations. Regulatory Guide 1.166, ``Pre-Earthquake Planning and Immediate Nuclear Power Plant Operator Postearthquake Actions,'' provides guidance acceptable to the NRC staff for a timely evaluation after an earthquake of the recorded seismic instrumentation data and for determining whether plant shutdown is required. Regulatory Guide 1.167, ``Restart of a Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by a Seismic Event,'' provides guidance acceptable to the NRC staff for performing inspections and tests of nuclear power plant equipment and structures prior to restart of a plant that has been shut down by a seismic event. Revision 3 of Standard Review Plan Section 2.5.1, ``Basic Geologic and Seismic Information,'' describes the kinds of basic geological, seismological, and geophysical information and review procedures necessary to evaluate a nuclear power station site. Revision 3 of Standard Review Plan Section 2.5.2, ``Vibratory Ground Motion,'' describes procedures to assess the ground motion potential of seismic sources at the site and to assess the safety shutdown earthquake. Revision 3 of Standard Review Plan Section 2.5.3, ``Surface Faulting,'' describes the geosciences information and review procedures needed to asses the significance of faults to the suitability of the site. A document entitled ``Resolution of Public Comments on Draft Regulatory Guides and Standard Review Plan Sections Pertaining to the Proposed Seismic and Earthquake Engineering Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants'' explains the NRC's disposition of the comments received on the draft regulatory guides and standard review plan sections. A copy of this document has been placed in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC. Single copies are available from Dr. Andrew J. Murphy, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6010. The Office of Management and Budget has verified the determination that these regulatory guides and Standard Review Plan sections do not constitute a major rule. Regulatory guides and the Standard Review Plan are available for inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests for single copies of draft documents (which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic distribution list for single copies of future draft guides in specific divisions should be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Distribution and Mail Services Section. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated. Regulatory guides and standard review plans are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them. (5. U.S.C. 552(a)) Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of March 1997. [[Page 15548]] For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. David L. Morrison, Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 97-8204 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-M