[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 7079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1924]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Report for Comment: Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Standard Review Plan, Section 17.5, ``Quality Assurance Program
Description--Design Certification, Early Site Permit and New License
Applicants''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) has issued Section 17.5, Draft
Revision 0, ``Quality Assurance Program Description--Design
Certification, Early Site Permit and New License Applicants,'' of
NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants, LWR Edition'' for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this draft document must be submitted by April 11,
2006. To ensure efficient and complete comment resolution, comments
should include references to the section, page, and line numbers of the
document to which the comment applies.
ADDRESSES: NUREG-0800, including Section 17.5, Draft Revision 0, is
available for inspection and copying for a fee at the Commission's
Public Document Room, NRC's Headquarters Building, 11555 Rockville Pike
(First Floor), Rockville, Maryland. The Public Document Room is open
from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal
holidays. NUREG-0800, including Section 17.5, Draft Revision 0, is also
available electronically on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/, and from the ADAMS
Electronic Reading Room on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession No. ML060180622).
Members of the public are invited and encouraged to submit written
comments. Comments may be accompanied by additional relevant
information or supporting data. A number of methods may be used to
submit comments. Written comments should be mailed to Chief, Rules
Review and Directives Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail
Stop T6-D59, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand-deliver comments to: 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Federal
workdays. Comments may be submitted electronically to: [email protected].
Comments also may be submitted electronically through the comment form
available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/.
Please specify the report number NUREG-0800, Section 17.5, Draft
Revision 0, in your comments, and send your comments by April 11, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Tingen, Mail Stop O-6F2, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone:
(301) 415-1280; Internet: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This new Standard Review Plan (SRP) section
is guidance to the staff reviewers in the Office of NRR for performing
safety reviews of quality assurance (QA) programs for design
certification, early site permit (ESP) and combined license
applications submitted under 10 CFR Part 52, as well as new
construction permit and operating license applications submitted under
10 CFR Part 50. The principal purpose of the SRP is to ensure the
quality and uniformity of staff safety reviews. It is also the intent
of this plan to make information about regulatory matters widely
available and to improve communication between the NRC, interested
members of the public, and the nuclear power industry, thereby
increasing understanding of the review process.
SRP Section 17.5 is based on a combination of the following NRC
endorsed guidance: ASME Standard NQA-1, ``Quality Assurance Program for
Nuclear Facilities'' (1994 Edition); Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.8,
``Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants,''
Revision 3; RG 1.28, ``Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Design
and Construction),'' Revision 3; RG 1.33, ``Quality Assurance Program
Requirements (Operation),'' Revision 2; Review Standard 002,
``Processing Applications for Early Site Permits,'' Revision 0; Nuclear
Information and Records Management Association, Inc. (NIRMA) Technical
Guide (TG) 11-1998, ``Authentication of Records and Media;'' NIRMA TG
15-1998, ``Management of Electronic Records;'' NIRMA TG 16-1998,
``Software Configuration Management and Quality Assurance;'' NIRMA TG
21-1998, Electronic Records Protection and Restoration;'' Electric
Power Research Institute NP-5652, ``Guideline for the Utilization of
Commercial--Grade Items in Nuclear Safety-Related Applications (NCIG-
07);'' SRP Section 17.1, ``Quality Assurance During the Design and
Construction Phases,'' Draft Revision 3; SRP Section 17.2, ``Quality
Assurance During the Operations Phase,'' Draft Revision 3; and SRP
Section 17.3, ``Quality Assurance Program,'' Draft Revision 1. The
provisions in 10 CFR 50.69, ``Risk-Informed Categorization of
Structures, Systems and Components of Nuclear Power Reactors,''
regarding QA controls for nonsafety-related systems, structures, and
components that perform safety significant functions are included in
SRP Section 17.5. The provisions in 10 CFR Part 21 and 10 CFR 50.55(e)
regarding reporting of defects and noncompliance are included in SRP
Section 17.5. A number of NRC approved changes to QA programs that were
originally based on existing SRP Sections 17.1, 17.2, and 17.3 that are
considered by the NRC to be generic in nature are also included in SRP
Section 17.5. The independent review criteria in existing SRP Section
13.4, ``Operational Review,'' have been relocated to SRP Section 17.5.
SRP Section 17.5 is to be used by the staff for guidance for the
review of new QA programs. SRP Section 17.5 does not replace existing
SRP Sections 13.4, 17.1, 17.2 and 17.3. These existing SRPs continue to
be applicable to QA programs as previously approved by the NRC.
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 1st day of February, 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dale F. Thatcher,
Chief, Quality & Vendor Branch A, Division of Engineering, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-1924 Filed 2-9-06; 8:45 am]
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