[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49953-49954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4647]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public
comment a draft revision to an existing guide in the agency's
Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to describe and
make available to the public such information as methods that are
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the
NRC's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff
needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
The draft Revision 4 of Regulatory Guide 1.97, entitled ``Criteria
for Accident Monitoring Instrumentation for Nuclear Power Plants,'' is
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1128, which should be
mentioned in all related correspondence. Like its predecessors, this
proposed revision describes a method that the NRC staff considers
acceptable for use in complying with the agency's regulations with
respect to satisfying criteria for accident monitoring instrumentation
in nuclear power plants. Specifically, the method described in this
regulatory guide relates to General Design Criteria 13, 19, and 64, as
set forth in Appendix A to Title 10, Part 50, of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR Part 50), ``Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities.''
This proposed revision of Regulatory Guide 1.97 represents an
ongoing evolution in the nuclear industry's thinking and approaches
with regard to accident monitoring systems for the Nation's nuclear
power plants. Specifically, this revision endorses (with certain
clarifying regulatory positions specified in Section C of Draft
Regulatory Guide DG-1128) the ``Criteria for Accident Monitoring
Instrumentation for Nuclear Power Generating Stations,'' which the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) promulgated as
IEEE Std. 497-2002.
This revised regulatory guide is intended for licensees of new
nuclear power plants.\1\ Previous revisions of this regulatory guide
remain in effect for licensees of current operating reactors,\1\ who
are unaffected by this proposed revision. However, licensees of current
operating reactors may voluntarily convert their entire accident
monitoring program to the criteria in this proposed revision.
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\1\ The terms ``new nuclear power plant'' and ``new plant''
refer to any nuclear power plant for which the licensee obtained an
operating license after the NRC issued Revision 4 of Regulatory
Guide 1.97. The terms ``current operating reactor'' and ``current
plant'' refer to any nuclear plant for which the licensee obtained
an operating license before the NRC issued Revision 4 of Regulatory
Guide 1.97.
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The NRC staff is soliciting comments on Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
1128, and comments may be accompanied by relevant information or
supporting data. Please mention DG-1128 in the subject line of your
comments. Comments on this draft regulatory guide submitted in writing
or in electronic form will be made available to the public in their
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be removed from your
comments. You may submit comments by any of the following methods.
Mail comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
Email comments to: [email protected]. You may also submit comments via
the NRC's rulemaking Web site at http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address
questions about our rulemaking Web site to Carol A. Gallagher (301)
415-5905; e-mail [email protected].
Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on
Federal workdays.
Fax comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-5144.
Requests for technical information about Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
1128 may be directed to George M. Tartal at (301) 415-0016 or by email
to [email protected].
Comments would be most helpful if received by October 14, 2005.
Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given,
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published
guides are encouraged at any time.
Electronic copies of the draft regulatory guide are available
through the NRC's public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the
Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading
Room at
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http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies are
also available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, under
Accession ML052150210. Note, however, that the NRC has
temporarily limited public access to ADAMS so that the agency can
complete security reviews of publicly available documents and remove
potentially sensitive information. Please check the NRC's Web site for
updates concerning the resumption of public access to ADAMS.
In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland; the PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to [email protected]. Requests for single copies of draft or final
guides (which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic
distribution list for single copies of future draft guides in specific
divisions should be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and
Distribution Services Section; by e-mail to [email protected]; or by
fax to (301) 415-2289. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is
not required to reproduce them. (5 U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of August, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard J. Barrett,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E5-4647 Filed 8-24-05; 8:45 am]
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