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[FR Doc No: 94-27991]


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[Federal Register: November 14, 1994]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 

Documents Containing Reporting or Recordkeeping Requirements: 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection.

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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following 
proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    1. Type of Submission, new, revision or extension: Revision.
    2. The title of the information collections: Proposed Rule, 10 CFR 
Part 50, ``Fracture Toughness Requirements for Light Water Reactor 
Pressure Vessels'' and Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1027, ``Format and 
Content of Application for Approval for Thermal Annealing of Reactor 
Pressure Vessels.'' Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1023, ``Evaluation of 
Reactor Pressure Vessels with Charpy Upper-Shelf Energy Less Than 50 
ft-lb.'' Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1025, ``Calculational and Dosimetry 
Methods for Determining Pressure Vessel Neutron Fluence.''
    3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    4. How often the collection is required: On occasion.
    5. Who will be required or asked to report: Holders of an operating 
license for a nuclear power plant.
    6. An estimate of the number of responses annually: 11.
    7. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 15,640 hours (approximately 9,040 
hours of reporting burden and approximately 6,600 hours of 
recordkeeping burden).
    8. An indication of whether Section 3504(h), Pub. L. 96-511 
applies: Applicable.
    9. Abstract: The proposed rule and DG-1027 provide a set of 
requirements for the use of thermal annealing to mitigate the effects 
of neutron irradiation. Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1023 provides a 
detailed description of safety margins' calculation methods based on 
the acceptance criteria and the reactor pressure vessel beltline 
materials' ductile fracture resistance properties if the Charpy upper-
shelf energy falls below 50 ft-lb regulatory limit, in compliance with 
Appendix G to 10 CFR Part 50. Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1025 provides a 
detailed description of calculation and measurement methods, acceptable 
to the NRC staff, for determining nuclear reactor vessel neutron 
fluences for determining changes to the vessel fracture toughness 
properties needed for complying with Appendix G and H of 10 CFR Part 50 
and 10 CFR 50.61. Compliance with the information collection 
requirements contained in the proposed rule and would be mandatory for 
NRC licensees who elect to thermally anneal their reactor vessel. 
Compliance with the information collection requirements contained in 
DG-1023 and DG-1025 would be voluntary.
    Copies of the submittal may be inspected or obtained for a fee from 
the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington, DC. Comments and questions may be directed by mail to the 
OMB reviewer: Troy Hillier, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0011), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be communicated by telephone at (202) 395-3084. 
The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, (301) 415-7233.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of November 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gerald F. Cranford,
Designated Senior Official for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 94-27991 Filed 11-10-94; 8:45 am]
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