[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14515]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft NUREG: Issuance, Availability

    The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published a draft 
report entitled ``Analysis of Spent Fuel Heatup Following Loss of Water 
in a Spent Fuel Pool'' (NUREG/CR-6441). The report describes a 
methodology for predicting the spent fuel heatup in the event of loss 
of water in the spent fuel pool. The methodology has been formulated 
and implemented within a computer code called SHARP (Spent-fuel Heatup: 
Analytical Response Program). The code modeling framework, including 
the mathematical models and solution methods are described in the draft 
NUREG/CR-6441. NUREG/CR-6441 has incorporated a users' manual for the 
SHARP code and it discusses how to compute the results of the spent 
fuel heatup characteristics using representative design parameters and 
fuel loading assumptions. The SHARP code is intended to provide NRC a 
method for analyzing the safety of spent fuel in the pool for post 
shutdown conditions. This situation may occur when a licensee requests 
relief from regulatory requirements during the decommissioning process 
at their nuclear reactor facility.
    NUREG/CR-6441 has been prepared for the NRC by Brookhaven National 
Laboratory (BNL) and is now available for review and comment. Copies of 
draft report may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 
Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20013-7082. 
Copies are also available from the National Technical Information 
Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy is 
also available for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC 
Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC. 
The software for the SHARP code can be obtained by contacting Kia L. 
Jackson, Mail Stop T-9 F31, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555; Phone (301) 415-6250; E-mail: [email protected]. For 
additional information, please contact the NRC program manager, George 
J. Mencinsky, Mail Stop T-9 F31, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555; Phone (301) 415-6206; E-mail: [email protected].
    Comments on the draft report should be sent to the Chief, Rules 
Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and 
Publications Services, Mail Stop P-223, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Copies of the comments received may 
be examined at the NRC Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW. 
(Lower Level), Washington, DC. Comments will be most helpful if they 
are received by August 3, 1998.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of April, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. Craig,
Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 98-14515 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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