[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 67066-67067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21426]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Chapter 1

[NRC-2023-0052]


Consideration of Current Operating Issues and Licensing Actions 
in License Renewal

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory issue summary; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Revision 1 to Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2014-06, ``Consideration 
of Current Operating Issues and Licensing Actions in License Renewal.'' 
Revision 1 to RIS 2014-06 provides information to the addressees on how 
the NRC considers current operating issues in the license renewal 
review under NRC regulations. This RIS is intended for all holders of 
operating licenses and combined licenses for nuclear power reactors, 
except those who have permanently ceased operations and have certified 
that fuel has been permanently removed from the reactor vessel. NRC 
regulations identify the technical information that must be submitted 
in a license renewal application to enable the NRC staff to make a 
determination that the license may be renewed. Pursuant to the 
regulations, an applicant is required to demonstrate that the effects 
of aging on the functionality of structures and components subject to 
an aging management review will be adequately managed; the 
consideration of recent operating experience is an important aspect of 
that demonstration. In addition, as required by NRC regulations, 
license renewal applicants need to update their applications with new 
information related to any current licensing basis changes during the 
NRC application review that could impact aging management of structures 
and components.

DATES: Revision 1 to RIS 2014-06 is available as of September 29, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to NRC-2023-0052 when contacting the NRC about 
the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this document using any of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for NRC-2023-0052. 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.
     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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for 
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS)

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is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
     This RIS is also available on the NRC's public website at 
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/reg-issues 
(select 2014, scroll to Document Number RIS-14-06, and select the date 
08/21/2023).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Gibson, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-1056, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a notice of opportunity 
for public comment on this RIS in the Federal Register on March 7, 2023 
(88 FR 14091). The agency received comments from six commenters. The 
staff considered all comments, but no changes were made to the RIS. The 
NRC staff's evaluation of these comments is discussed in a publicly 
available memorandum which is available in ADAMS under Accession No 
ML23191A262.
    RIS 2014-06, Revision 1, ``Consideration of Current Operating 
Issues and Licensing Actions in License Renewal'' is available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML23167A044.
    As noted in the Federal Register on May 8, 2018 (83 FR 20858), this 
document (like other draft and final Regulatory Issue Summaries) is 
being published in the Rules section of the Federal Register to comply 
with publication requirements under 1 CFR chapter I.

    Dated: September 26, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lisa M. Regner,
Chief, Generic Communication and Operating Experience Branch, Division 
of Reactor Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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