[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25246]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Proposed Plan to Perform Fire Testing of Hemyc (1-Hour) and MT 
(3-Hour) Fire Protection Wrap; Meeting

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an 
overview of the draft plant-specific proposed plan to perform fire 
testing of Hemyc (1-hour) and MT (3-hour) fire protection wrap and to 
accept public comments on the document.

DATES: October 31, 2002, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: One White Flint North, Room O-10 B4, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. R. Subbaratnam, Project 
Directorate II, Section 2, Division of Licensing Project Management, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Telephone 1-800-368-5642, extension 
1478, or eMail at [email protected]; or Mr. D. Frumkin, Fire Protection and 
Special Projects Section, Plant Systems Branch, Division of Systems 
Safety and Analysis, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Telephone 1-800-368-5642, 
extension 2280, or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As a result of fire protection inspections, 
unresolved items (URIs) were opened at some nuclear power stations due 
to questions raised regarding the fire rating of two fire barrier 
materials (Shearon Harris (ADAMS ML003685341), and McGuire 
(ML003778709)). The URIs involve the fire rating of Hemyc and MT fire 
barrier materials produced by Promatec, Inc. A recent staff review of 
the original fire tests for these materials shows that the original 
test results may not be consistent with the staff's safety evaluation 
report. The NRC has chosen to perform fire tests of these materials to 
determine their actual fire rating when applied to meet the 
requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 
part 50, appendix R, ``Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Facilities 
Operating Prior to January 1, 1979,'' section III.G, as required by 10 
CFR 50.48, ``Fire Protection.''
    The purpose of this meeting is to gather stakeholder input into the 
proposed testing plan to help assure that the testing plan as proposed 
includes a representative sample of configurations. The meeting may 
also gather other information, such as comments on scope of testing and 
testing methods, and serve as a vehicle for members of the public to 
express concerns and provide advice.
    The proposed testing plan is available electronically for public 
inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) located at One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 
or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is 
accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html 
(the Public Electronic Reading Room). The ADAMS accession number for 
the test plan is ML022280394. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if 
there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact 
the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail at [email protected].
    Any interested party may submit comments on the draft test plan. 
Comments may be delivered to Room 6 D22, Two White Flint North, at 
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. 
Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-
mail to [email protected] for consideration by the NRC staff. To be certain 
of consideration, comments on the proposed testing plan must be 
received by November 7, 2002. Comments received after the due date will 
be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to 
assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. 
Written comments on the testing plan should be addressed to: R. 
Subbaratnam, Project Directorate II, Section 2, Division of Licensing 
Project Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    All comments received by the Commission, including those made by 
Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, or other interested 
persons, will be made available electronically at the Commission's PDR 
in Rockville, Maryland and from the PARS component of ADAMS.
    The NRC staff will host an informal discussion 1 hour prior to the 
start of the session. No comments on the proposed testing plan will be 
accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments 
must be provided in writing as discussed above. Persons may pre-
register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by 
contacting Mr. R. Subbaratnam by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension 
1478, or by e-mail at [email protected] no later than October 17, 2002. 
Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments within 
15 minutes of the start of the session. Individual oral comments may be 
limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who 
register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend 
or present information at the public meeting, the need should be 
brought to Mr. R. Subbaratnam's attention no later than October 17, 
2002, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the 
request can be accommodated.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of September, 2002.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John N. Hannon,
Chief, Plant Systems Branch, Division of Systems Safety and Analysis, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 02-25246 Filed 10-3-02; 8:45 am]
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