[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27195-27196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09702]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0162]
Safety Review of Light-Water Power-Reactor Construction Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On December 14, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) solicited public comment on its draft interim staff guidance
(ISG), ``Safety Review of Light-Water Power-Reactor Construction Permit
Applications.'' The public comment period closed on January 28, 2022.
The NRC has decided to reopen the comment period for this draft ISG for
an additional 15 days to receive comments on two topics addressed by
comments submitted during the initial comment period.
DATES: The comment period for the document published on December 14,
2021 (86 FR 71101) has been reopened. Submit comments by May 23, 2022.
Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for
comments received before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0162. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop:
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
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: Carolyn Lauron, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2736, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0162 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0162.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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 draft ISG for the ``Safety Review
of Light-Water Power-Reactor Construction Permit Applications'' is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21165A157.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2021-0162 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://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
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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 into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On December 14, 2021, the NRC solicited comments on its draft ISG,
``Safety Review of Light-Water Power-Reactor Construction Permit
Applications.'' The purpose of this ISG is to clarify existing guidance
and to assist the NRC staff in determining whether an application to
construct a light-water power-reactor facility meets the minimum
requirements to issue a construction permit. The public comment period
closed on January 28, 2022. The NRC has decided to reopen the public
comment period on this document until May 23, 2022 to receive comments
on two topics addressed by comments submitted during the initial
comment period.
III. Comments Requested
In considering the comments submitted during the initial comment
period, the NRC staff noted two topics that would benefit from
additional public feedback and consideration before the ISG is issued
final. The NRC staff requests public comments on the following
questions:
1. If the NRC were to develop an acceptance review template for
light-water power-reactor construction permit applications, what
specific information should the template provide that is not currently
available in the draft ISG or the NRC's primary review guidance for a
construction permit application, NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for
the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: [Light-
Water Reactor] Edition?''
2. Are there specific review areas where the draft ISG requests a
level of detail in the construction permit application that is
inconsistent with previous construction permit applications? If so,
which specific review areas are involved and how is the level of detail
inconsistent with previous construction permit applications?
Comments in response to these questions and on the draft ISG should
be submitted in accordance with the instructions described in Section
I.B.
Dated: May 2, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian W. Smith,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2022-09702 Filed 5-5-22; 8:45 am]
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