[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33718-33719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15817]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Public Comment on Inspections, Tests, Analyses and Acceptance 
Criteria (ITAAC)

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is seeking 
public comment on ITAAC that are required for issuance of combined 
licenses (COLs) for nuclear power facilities under Title 10 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52, Subpart C. Subpart C of 10 CFR 
Part 52 sets forth a process for issuing combined licenses (COLs) for 
nuclear power facilities. A COL authorizes construction and conditional 
operation of a nuclear power facility. 10 CFR Section 52.79(c) requires 
that the COL application include ITAAC that are necessary and 
sufficient to demonstrate that the facility has been constructed and 
will operate in conformity with the

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COL, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and the Commission's regulations. 
10 CFR 52.103(g) requires that the Commission find that the acceptance 
criteria in the ITAAC have been met before a facility can be authorized 
to operate. The staff is seeking public comment on whether or not COL 
applications should contain ITAAC on operational programs such as 
security, training, and emergency planning (programmatic ITAAC).
    In SECY-00-0092, ``Combined License Review Process'' dated April 
20, 2000, the staff provided a basis for its stated position that 
``programmatic'' ITAAC are necessary to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 
Part 52 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. In the staff requirements 
memorandum (SRM) on SECY-00-0092 dated September 6, 2000, the 
Commission provided guidance to the staff in this area and stated that 
``in connection with the Part 52 rulemaking, the staff should 
specifically seek comment on and continue to work with stakeholders on 
the need for and scope of the ITAAC for programmatic areas.'' In 
accordance with the Commission direction, the NRC staff is seeking 
comments on the need for and scope of ITAAC for programmatic areas. 
Comments received will be evaluated by the staff.
    In a letter dated May 14, 2001, to Chairman Meserve the Nuclear 
Energy Institute (NEI) provided its position that COL applications 
should not contain ITAAC on operational programs. NEI's letter contains 
a paper that summarizes its position. NEI requests an ``early 
resolution of this issue to allow licensees, the NRC, and other 
stakeholders to be clear on how key Part 52 requirements on the scope 
of COL ITAAC are to be met.''
    The documents discussed above (i.e., SECY-00-0092, the SRM on SECY-
00-0092, and the May 14, 2001, letter from NEI) are available in NRC's 
Public Document Room. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a 
fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint 
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. These 
documents are also accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public 
Library component on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the 
Electronic Reading Room). Questions and comments should be directed to 
Joseph M. Sebrosky, Mail Stop O-11 F1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-001, E-mail:[email protected] or by 
telephone at 301-415-1132. Comments should be submitted within 45 days 
of the publication of this notice.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day of June 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard J. Barrett,
Acting Director, Future Licensing Organization, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-15817 Filed 6-22-01; 8:45 am]
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