[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-857]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
RIN 3150-AH29
Risk-Informed Changes to Loss-of-Coolant Accident Technical
Requirements; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On November 7, 2005 (70 FR 67598), the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) published for public comment a proposed rule amending
its regulations to permit current power reactor licensees to implement
a voluntary, risk-informed alternative to the current requirements for
analyzing the performance of emergency core cooling systems during
loss-of-coolant accidents. On December 6, 2005, the Nuclear Energy
Institute (NEI) requested a 30 day extension to the comment period for
the proposed rule. On December 20, 2005, the Westinghouse Owners Group
submitted a letter endorsing the NEI extension request. The extension
requests were based on the occurrence of two major holidays during the
comment period which limited the time available to coordinate industry
comments from owners groups, vendors, and licensees. The NRC is
extending the comment period on the proposed rule by an additional 30
days from the original February 6, 2006 deadline until March 8, 2006.
This comment period extension also applies to related public comments
submitted on the NRC report on Seismic Considerations for the
Transition Break Size (70 FR 75501).
DATES: The comment period has been extended and now expires on March 8,
2006. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is
practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration
only for comments received before this date.
ADDRESSES: Mail written comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Attn: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand delivered comments should also be addressed to the Secretary,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and delivered to: 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm Federal workdays.
You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking
Web site http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. This site also provides the
availability to upload comments as files (any format), if your web
browser supports that function. For information about the interactive
rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415-5905; e-mail:
[email protected].
Certain documents relating to this rulemaking, including comments
received, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 11555
Rockville Pike, Room O1-F21, Rockville, MD. The same documents may also
be viewed and downloaded electronically via the rulemaking Web site;
http://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Documents created or received at the NRC
after November 1, 1999 are also available electronically at the NRC's
Public Electronic Reading room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. From this site, the public can gain entry into
the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS),
which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. 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].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard F. Dudley, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone (301) 415-1116, e-mail [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of January, 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L. Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E6-857 Filed 1-24-06; 8:45 am]
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