[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10879-10881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4873]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guides and Standard Review Plan Sections; 
Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment 
drafts of five guides planned for its Regulatory Guide Series along 
with drafts of three sections of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for 
the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The 
Regulatory Guide Series has been developed to describe and make 
available to the public such information as methods acceptable to the 
NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the Commission'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.
    These draft guides and draft standard review plans are in support 
of proposed amendments to 10 CFR parts 50, 52, and 100 (59 FR 52255) 
that were proposed to update the criteria used in decisions regarding 
power reactor siting, including geologic, seismic, and earthquake 
engineering considerations for future nuclear power plants. The draft 
guides are intended for Division 1, ``Power Reactors,'' and Division 4, 
``Environmental and Siting.''
    DG-1932, ``Identification and Characterization of Seismic Sources 
and Determination of Safe Shutdown Earthquake Ground Motion,'' is being 
developed to provide general guidance on procedures acceptable to the 
NRC staff on conducting geological, geophysical, seismological, and 
geotechnical investigations; identifying and characterizing seismic 
sources; conducting probabilistic seismic hazard analyses; and 
determining the safe shutdown earthquake ground motion for a nuclear 
power plant.
    DG-1033, the Third Proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.12, 
``Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation for Earthquakes,'' is being 
developed to describe seismic instrumention type, location, 
operability, and characteristics that is acceptable to the NRC staff 
for satisfying the requirements of the Commission's regulations.
    DG-1034, ``Pre-Earthquake Planning and Immediate Nuclear Power 
Plant Operator Postearthquake Actions,'' is being developed to provide 
guidance acceptable to the NRC staff for a timely evaluation after an 
earthquake of the recorded seismic instrumentation data and to 
determine whether plant shutdown is required.
    DG-1035, ``Restart of Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by a Seismic 
Event,'' is being developed to provide guidance acceptable to the NRC 
staff for performing inspections and tests of nuclear power plant 
equipment and structures prior to restart of a plant that has been shut 
down by a seismic event.
    DG-4004, the Second Proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 4.7, 
``General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations,'' is 
being developed to provide guidance on the major site characteristics 
related to the public health and safety and environmental issues that 
the NRC staff considers in determining the suitability of sites for 
nuclear power stations.
    Proposed Revision 3 of Draft Standard Review Plan Section 2.5.1, 
``Basic Geologic and Seismic Information,'' is being developed to 
describe the kinds of basic geological, seismological, and geophysical 
information and review procedures necessary to evaluate a nuclear power 
station site.
    The Second Proposed Revision 3 of Draft Standard Review Plan 
Section 2.5.2, ``Vibratory Ground Motion,'' is being developed to 
describe procedures to assess the ground motion potential of seismic 
sources at the site and to assess the safe shutdown earthquake.
    The Proposed Revision 3 of Draft Standard Review Plan Section 
2.5.3, ``Surface Faulting,'' is being developed to describe the 
geosciences information and review procedures needed to assess the 
significance of faults to the suitability of the site.
    These drafts are being issued to involve the public in the early 
stages of the development of regulatory positions in these areas. These 
drafts have not received complete staff review and do not represent 
official NRC staff positions.
    Public comments are being solicited on these drafts. Comments 
should be accompanied by supporting data. Written comments may be 
submitted to the Rules and Review and Directives Branch, Division of 
Freedom of Information and Publication Services, Office of 
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555. Copies of comments received may be examined at the NRC Public 
Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC. Comments will be 
most helpful if received by May 12, 1995.
    Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or 
Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC 
Electronic Bulletin Board on FedWorld. The bulletin board may be 
accessed using personal computer, a modem, and one of the commonly 
available communications software packages, or directly via Internet. 
Background documents on the rulemaking are also available for 
downloading and viewing on the bulletin board.
    If using a personal computer and modem, the NRC subsystem on 
FedWorld can be accessed directly by dialing the toll free number: 1-
800-303-9672. Communications software parameters should be set as 
follows: Parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1 (N,8,1). 
Using ANSI or VT-100 terminal emulation, the NRC NUREGs and RegGuides 
for Comment subsystems can then be accessed by selecting the ``Rules 
Menu'' option from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' For further information about 
options available for NRC at FedWorld, consult the ``Help/Information 
Center'' from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' Users will find the ``FedWorld 
Online User's Guides'' particularly helpful. Many NRC subsystems and 
databases also have a ``Help/Information Center'' option that is 
tailored to the particular subsystem.
    The NRC subsystem on FedWorld can also be accessed by a direct dial 
phone number for the main FedWorld BBS: 703-321-8020; Telnet via 
Internet: fedworld.gov (192.239.93.3); File Transfer Protocol (FTP) via 
Internet: ftp.fedworld.gov (192.239.92.205); and World Wide Web using: 
http://www.fedworld.gov (this is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)).
    If using a method other than the toll free number to contact 
Fedworld, the NRC subsystem will be addressed from the main Fedworld 
menu by selecting the ``F--Regulatory, Government Administration and 
State Systems,'' then selecting ``A--Regulatory Information Mall.'' At 
that point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``A--U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online 
main menu. You can also go directly to the NRC Online area by typing 
``/go nrc'' at a FedWorld Command line. If you access NRC from 
FedWorld's main menu, you may return to FedWorld by selecting the 
``Return to FedWorld'' option from the NRC Online Main Menu. However, 
if you access NRC at Fedworld by using NRC's toll-free number, you will 
have full access to all NRC systems but you will not have access to the 
main FedWorld system. For more information on NRC bulletin boards call 
Mr. Arthur Davis, Systems Integration and Development Branch, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 
415-5780; e-mail AXD[email protected]. [[Page 10881]] 
    Although a time limit is given for comments on these drafts, 
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides or standard review plan sections or improvements in all 
published documents are encouraged at any time.
    Regulatory guides and the Standard Review Plan are available for 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, 
NW., Washington, DC. Requests for single copies of draft documents 
(which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic distribution 
list for single copies of future draft guides in specific division 
should be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Distribution and Mail Services 
Section. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated. Regulatory guides 
and standard review plans are not copyrighted, and Commission approval 
is not required to reproduce them.

(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13 day of February 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Themis P. Speis,
Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 95-4873 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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