[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58512-58513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24654]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0229]
Design of Structures, Components, Equipment, and Systems
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Standard review plan-draft section revision; request for
comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting
public comment on the following sections in Chapter 3, ``Design of
Structures, Components, Equipment, and Systems Reactor Coolant System
and Connected Systems'' of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the
Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR
Edition,'' Section 3.9.2, ``Dynamic Testing and Analysis of Systems,
Structures, and Components,'' Section 3.9.4, ``Control Rod Drive
Systems,'' Section 3.9.5, ``Reactor Pressure Vessel Internals,'' and
Section 3.9.6, ``Functional Design, Qualification, and Inservice
Testing Programs for Pumps, Valves, and Dynamic Restraints.''
DATES: Comments must be filed no later than November 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0229. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Notich, telephone: 301-415-3053;
email: [email protected]; or Nishka Devaser, telephone: 301-415-5196;
email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0229 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any
of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0229.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. For
the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials
referenced in this document are provided in the ``Availability of
Documents'' section.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0229 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your
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comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in you
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Further Information
The NRC seeks public comment on the proposed draft revisions of
Standard Review Plan (SRP) Sections 3.9.2, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, and 3.9.6.
These sections have been developed to assist the NRC staff review the
design of structures, components, equipment, and systems under parts 50
and 52 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). The
revisions to these SRP sections reflect no changes in staff position;
rather they clarify the original intent of these SRP sections using
plain language throughout in accordance with the NRC's Plain Writing
Action Plan. Additionally, these revisions reflect operating
experience, lessons learned, and updated guidance since the last
revision, and address the applicability of regulatory treatment of non-
safety systems where appropriate.
Following the NRC staff's evaluation of public comments, the NRC
intends to finalize the proposed revisions of the subject SRP Sections
in ADAMS and post them on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/.
III. Availability of Documents
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Current revision ADAMS Proposed revision
SRP Section accession No. ADAMS accession No. Redline ADAMS accession No.
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Section 3.9.2, ``Dynamic Testing Revision 3 Revision 4 ML15041A367
and Analysis of Systems, (ML070230008). (ML15041A281).
Structures, and Components''.
Section 3.9.4, ``Control Rod Drive Revision 3 Revision 4 ML15041A334
Systems''. (ML063190004). (ML15041A242).
Section 3.9.5, ``Reactor Pressure Revision 3 Revision 4 ML15041A320
Vessel Internals''. (ML070230009). (ML15041A234).
Section 3.9.6, ``Functional Design, Revision 3 Revision 4 ML15041A287
Qualification, and Inservice (ML070720041). (ML15040A052).
Testing Programs for Pumps,
Valves, and Dynamic Restraints''.
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IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality
Issuance of these draft SRP sections, if finalized, does not
constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, nor is it
inconsistent with any of the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part
52. These draft SRP sections do not contain any new requirements for
COL applicants or holders under 10 CFR part 52, or for licensees of
existing operating units licensed under 10 CFR part 50. Rather, it
contains additional draft guidance and clarification on staff review of
Preliminary Amendment Requests.
The NRC staff does not intend to impose or apply the positions
described in the draft SRP to existing licenses and regulatory
approvals. Hence, the issuance of a final SRP--even if considered
guidance within the purview of the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR
part 52--would not need to be evaluated as if it were a backfit or as
being inconsistent with issue finality provisions. If, in the future,
the NRC staff seeks to impose a position in the SRP on holders of
already issued licenses in a manner that does not provide issue
finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision, then
the staff must make the showing as set forth in the Backfit Rule or
address the criteria for avoiding issue finality as described in the
applicable issue finality provision.
The NRC staff does not, at this time, intend to impose the
positions represented in the draft SRP sections in a manner that is
inconsistent with any issue finality provisions. If, in the future, the
staff seeks to impose a position in the draft SRP in a manner that does
not provide issue finality as described in the applicable issue
finality provision, then the staff must address the criteria for
avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of September, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kimyata Morgan Butler,
Acting Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of
Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors.
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