[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 109 (Friday, June 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 34012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14278]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Workshop on Issues Related to the Construction Inspection Program 
for Reactors

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is holding a workshop 
on issues related to the construction inspection program for reactors 
built under the provisions of Part 52. The public workshop is scheduled 
to discuss the scope and the types of inspections which are planned 
during the new reactor construction project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. James A. Isom, Inspection Program 
Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. 
Mr. Isom may be reached at (301) 415-109 or by e-mail at [email protected].

DATES: The workshop will be held on August 27, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. Submit comments on the draft construction inspection program 
framework document by September 15, 2003. Comments received after the 
due date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to assure consideration only for comments received 
on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission in the Two White Flint North Auditorium, 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The draft construction inspection program framework document is 
available for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room located 
at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Public File Area O1 
F21, Rockville, Maryland, or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) 
component of NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System 
(ADAMS), (ADAMS  ML031400849). ADAMS is accessible from the 
NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public 
Electronic Reading Room). For more information, contact the NRC Public 
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 202-634-3273 or 
by e-mail to [email protected].
    Written comments on the draft guidance should be sent to: Chief, 
Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Office of Administration, Mail Stop T6-D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. Comments may be hand-delivered 
to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may be submitted 
electronically by the Internet to the NRC at [email protected]. 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 Public 
Document Room in Rockville, Maryland or from the Publicly Available 
Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has developed a draft construction 
inspection program framework document. The document describes the 
proposed inspections which will be conducted for reactors built under 
the 10 CFR part 52 process. The framework document details the proposed 
audits and inspections conducted by the NRC during the Early Site 
Permit (ESP) and Combined License (COL) phases. The document also 
discusses how the NRC staff will verify satisfactory completion of the 
inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance criteria (ITAAC) and 
review operational programs.
    In the ``Draft 10 CFR Construction Inspection Program Framework 
Document,'' the NRC staff set forth the basis for the construction 
inspection program for reactors built under 10 CFR part 52. The 
document was issued on May 30, 2003 and the public workshop is 
scheduled for August 27, 2003 to discuss the scope and the types of 
inspections which are planned during the new reactor construction 
project. Additionally, comments received from various stakeholders will 
be discussed. The following topics will be discussed:
    [sbull] The scope and types of NRC inspections and when they will 
occur for the different phases of construction of a nuclear plant 
constructed under 10 CFR part 52.
    [sbull] How the NRC staff plans to inspect and verify licensee's 
completion of inspections, tests, analyses and acceptance criteria 
(ITAAC).
    [sbull] How the NRC staff plans to inspect the operational programs 
which do not have ITAAC associated with them.
    [sbull] How the NRC staff plans to conduct engineering design 
verifications and first-of-a-kind engineering inspections.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of May 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stuart A. Richards,
Chief, Inspection Program Branch, Division of Inspection Program 
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 03-14278 Filed 6-5-03; 8:45 am]
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