[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13338-13339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6520]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a proposed revision of a guide in its Regulatory Guide Series. 
Regulatory Guides are 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 evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, 
and data needed by the staff in its review of applications for permits 
and licenses.
    The draft guide is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-
1107, which should be mentioned in all correspondence concerning this 
draft guide. Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1107, ``Water Sources for Long-
Term Recirculation Cooling Following a Loss-of-Coolant Accident'' is 
being developed to describe methods acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing 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 clean up. 
Section 1.1.4 of DG-1107 contains discussions of active debris 
mitigation systems in lieu of the passive sump screens that are in many 
of the nuclear plants. Specifically, comments on alternative solutions 
to debris strainers for ensuring long-term cooling are solicited.
    This draft guide has not received complete staff approval and does 
not represent an official NRC staff position.
    Comments may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting 
data. Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Rules and 
Directives Branch,

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Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555; or they may be hand-delivered to the Rules and 
Directives Branch, ADM, at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. Copies 
of comments received may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. Comments will be most helpful if 
received by April 30, 2003.
    You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking 
web site through the NRC home page (http://www.nrc.gov). This site 
provides the ability to upload comments as files (any format) if your 
web browser supports that function. For information about the 
interactive rulemaking web site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 
415-5905; e-mail [email protected]. For information about Draft Regulatory 
Guide DG-1107, contact Dr. Bhagwat Jain at (301) 415-6778, e-mail 
[email protected].
    Although a deadline is given for comments on these draft guides, 
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time.
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection at the NRC's Public 
Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD; the PDR's mailing 
address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555; telephone (301) 415-4737 or 
(800) 397-42056; fax (301) 415-3548; e-mail [email protected]. Requests for 
single copies of draft or final regulatory guides (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: Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, or 
by fax to (301) 415-2289; e-mail [email protected]. Telephone 
requests cannot be accommodated. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, 
and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them.
    (5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of February, 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nilesh C. Chokshi,
Acting Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 03-6520 Filed 3-18-03; 8:45 am]
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