[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20600]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft NUREG Report; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment 
Draft NUREG-1521 titled ``Technical Review of Risk-Informed, 
Performance-Based Methods for Nuclear Power Plant Fire Protection 
Analyses.''
    As part of the staff's efforts to focus licensee and NRC resources 
on risk-significant activities, and to decrease the prescriptiveness of 
its regulations through performance-based methods that allow licensees 
increased flexibility in implementing NRC regulations, the staff has 
conducted a technical review to identify opportunities in the fire 
protection area. Draft NUREG-1521 presents a technical review and 
analysis of risk-informed, performance-based methods that are 
alternatives to those in current prescriptive fire protection 
requirements or guidance that could allow cost-effective methods for 
implementing safety objectives, focusing licensee efforts, and 
achieving greater efficiency in the use of resources for plant safety. 
A technical analysis of the usefulness of the results and insights 
derived from these methods (including accounting for the uncertainties 
in the results) in improving regulatory decision making is presented.
    Public comments are being solicited on Draft NUREG-1521. Comments 
may be accompanied by additional relevant information or supporting 
data. The staff specifically requests comments on (1) whether 
information on any other technical methods and models for risk-
informed, performance applications not covered in the report exist and 
should be reviewed and included, and (2) risk-informed, performance-
based applications beyond those discussed in the report that would 
provide regulatory focus on risk significant issues, and flexibility to 
licensees in implementing NRC safety objectives.
    A free single copy of Draft NUREG-1521 may be requested by written 
request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Distribution 
and Mail Services Section, Office of Administration, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. Written comments may be submitted to the Rules and 
Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand deliver comments on draft 
NUREG-1521 to 11545 Rockville Pike, Maryland between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 
p.m on Federal Workdays. 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 November 30, 1998. This 
document is also available at the NRC Web Site, http://www.nrc.gov. See 
the link under ``Technical Reports in the NUREG Series'' on the 
``Reference Library'' page. You may also provide comments at this NRC 
Web Site. Instructions for sending comments electronically are included 
with the document, NUREG-1521, at the web site.

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

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas L. King,
Director, Division of Systems Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research.
[FR Doc. 98-20600 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
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