[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7075-7076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3188]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Risk-Informed Revisions to Technical Requirements of 10 CFR Part 
50

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has instructed its staff to 
explore changes to specific technical requirements of 10 CFR part 50, 
to incorporate risk-informed attributes. The staff is studying the 
ensemble of technical requirements contained in 10 CFR part 50 (and its 
associated implementing documents, such as regulatory guides and 
standard review plan sections) to (1) identify individual or sets of 
requirements potentially meriting change; (2) prioritize which of these 
requirements (or sets of requirements) should be changed; and (3) 
develop the technical bases to an extent that is sufficient to 
demonstrate the feasibility of changing the requirements. This work 
will result in recommendations to the Commission on specific regulatory 
changes that should be pursued. Public participation in the development 
of these recommendations will be obtained via workshops, information on 
a web site, and other means.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice serves as notification of a 
public workshop to provide for the exchange of information with all 
stakeholders regarding the staff's efforts to risk-inform the technical 
requirements of 10 CFR part 50. The subject of the workshop will be to 
discuss the preliminary work being performed by the NRC staff on risk-
informing the technical requirements of 10 CFR part 50. The meeting 
will focus on the overall framework of the risk-informing process, the 
criteria used to identify and

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prioritize candidate regulations and design basis accidents (DBAs), the 
results of the staff's initial efforts in risk-informing two trial 
implementation issues (i.e., 10 CFR 50.44 and special treatment rules), 
the preliminary results of the selection of additional candidate 
requirements and DBAs to be examined, and discussion of preliminary 
issues associated with the development and implementation of the entire 
process.
    Initial documents covering some of the above topics will be 
available on the part 50 technical requirements web site between one 
and two weeks prior to the workshop and will be placed in the public 
document room. Each of these documents will contain a list of 
preliminary issues for discussion. The address for the Part 50 
technical requirements web site is as follows: http://nrc-part50.sandia.gov This web site can also be accessed from the NRC web 
site (http://www.nrc.gov), by selecting ``Nuclear Reactors,'' and then 
``Risk-Informed Part 50 (Option 3).''
    The part 50 technical requirements web site currently contains some 
pertinent background information, located under the ``Related Sites'' 
page (e.g., SECY-98-300, SECY-99-256 and SECY-99-264).

Workshop Meeting Information

    The staff intends to conduct a workshop to provide for an exchange 
of information related to the risk-informed revisions to the technical 
requirements of 10 CFR part 50. Persons other than NRC staff and NRC 
contractors interested in making a presentation at the workshop should 
notify Alan Kuritzky, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, MS: T10-
E50, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 20555-0001, 
(301) 415-6255, email: [email protected].
    Date: February 24-25, 2000.

Agenda

    Preliminary agenda is as follows (a final agenda will be 
available at the workshop):

Thursday, February 24, 2000 (8:00 a.m.-Noon)

NRC Presentations:
    --Introduction (Background and Objectives)
    --Framework for Risk-Informing Regulatory Requirements and DBAs
    --Process and Criteria for Identifying and Prioritizing 
Candidate Regulations and DBAs
    --Preliminary Results of Selection of Candidate Regulations and 
DBAs
    --Trial Implementation of 10 CFR 50.44
    --Trial Implementation of Special Treatment Requirements
    --Future Activities

Thursday, February 24, 2000 (1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.)

Stakeholder Presentations
Open Discussion:
    --Framework for Risk-Informing Regulatory Requirements and DBAs
    --Process and Criteria for Identifying and Prioritizing 
Candidate Regulations and DBAs
    --Preliminary Results of Selection of Candidate Regulations and 
DBAs
    --Trial Implementation of 10 CFR 50.44
    --Trial Implementation of Special Treatment Requirements

Friday, February 25, 2000 (8:00 a.m.-Noon)

Continued Discussion (as needed)
Future Activities
Wrap-Up/Summary

    Location: NRC Auditorium, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 
20852.
    Registration: No registration fee for workshop; however, 
notification of attendance is requested so that adequate space, 
materials, etc., for the workshop can be arranged. Notification of 
attendance should be directed to Alan Kuritzky, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, MS: T10-E50, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, (301) 415-6255, email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Kuritzky, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, MS: T10-E50, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, (301) 415-6255, email: [email protected].

    Dated this 7th day of February 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark A. Cunningham,
Probabilistic Risk Analysis Branch, Division of Risk Analysis and 
Applications, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 00-3188 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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