[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 180 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56012-56013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23786]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMMISSION


Risk-Informed Revisions to Technical Requirements of 10 CFR 50.46

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 any specific 
regulatory changes that should be pursued. Public participation in the 
development of these recommendations will be obtained via workshops and 
information on a web site.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice serves as initial 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 50.46 (ECCS Acceptance Criteria), and 
the latest version of the framework for risk-informed changes to the 
technical requirements of 10 CFR Part 50. The meeting will focus on the 
current work being performed by the NRC staff to risk-inform the 
technical requirements of 10 CFR 50.46, and also on recent changes to 
the framework document.
    This notice provides only the date, the location and a brief 
summary of the workshop; the workshop agenda and other details will be 
provided in a forthcoming Federal Register notice prior to the 
workshop.
    Workshop Meeting Information: The staff intends to conduct a 
workshop to provide for an exchange of information related to (1) the 
staff's initial efforts to make risk-informed revisions to the 
technical requirements of 10 CFR 50.46, and (2) the latest version of 
the staff's framework for risk-informed changes 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 Mary Drouin, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, MS: T10-E50, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C. 20555-0001, (301) 
415-6675, email: [email protected]
    Date: October 2, 2000.
    Time: 8 am.
    Agenda: To be provided.
    Location: Auditorium, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 
20852.
    Registration: There is no registration fee for the workshop; 
however, so that adequate space, materials, etc., for the workshop can 
be arranged, please provide notification of attendance 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 11th day of September 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. 00-23786 Filed 9-14-00; 8:45 am]
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