[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 45864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13115]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Regulatory Guide and Associated Standard Review Plan; Issuance,
Availability
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public
comment a revision of a regulatory guide (and its associated Standard
Review Plan). Regulatory Guides are developed to describe and make
available to the public such information as methods acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations,
techniques used by the staff in its review of applications for permits
and licenses, and data needed by NRC staff in its review of
applications for permits and licenses.
Regulatory Guide 1.200, Revision 1, ``An approach for Determining
the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for
Risk-Informed Activities,'' provides guidance to licensees in
determining the technical adequacy of a probabilistic risk analysis
used in a risk-informed, integrated decision-making process, and to
endorse standards and industry guidance. Guidance is provided in four
areas:
(1) A minimal set of functional requirements of a technically
acceptable PRA.
(2) NRC position on consensus PRA standards and industry PRA
program documents.
(3) Demonstration that the PRA (in toto or specific parts) used in
regulatory applications is of sufficient technical adequacy.
(4) Documentation that the PRA (in toto or specific parts) used in
regulatory applications is of sufficient technical adequacy.
RG 1.200, Revision 1, proposes to endorse, with certain
clarifications and substitutions, ASME Standard, ``Standard for
Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant Applications''
(RA-S-2002, RA-Sa-2003 and RA-Sb-2005, dated April 5, 2002, December 5,
2003, and December 30, 2005, respectively), Revision A3 of NEI-00-02,
``Probabilistic Risk (PRA) Peer Review Process Guidance,'' with its
August 16, 2002 and May 19, 2006 supplemental guidance on industry
self-assessment, and NEI-05-04, ``Process for Performing Follow-on PRA
Peer Reviews Using the ASME PRA Standard,'' January 2005.
Standard Review Plan Chapter 19.1, Revision 1, ``Determining the
Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk and Assessment Results for
Risk-Informed Activities,'' has been developed for the NRC staff to use
in conjunction with Regulatory Guide 1.200, Revision 1.
It is the NRC's intent to update this RG when a new or revised PRA
standard or industry program is published. If a new standard or program
is published, an additional appendix will be added to set forth the
staff position. If a revision of a current standard or program would
impact the staff position, the appropriate appendix would be revised.
The NRC staff is soliciting comments on these proposed documents.
Comments may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting data.
Written comments may be submitted to the Rules and Directives Branch,
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555. Copies of comments received may be examined at
the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.
Comments will be most helpful if received by September 15, 2006.
Comments received after this 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.
You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking
Web site through the NRC home page (http://www.nrc.gov). This site
provides the ability to upload comments as files (any format) if your
web browser supports that function. For information about the
interactive rulemaking Web site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301)
415-5905; e-mail [email protected]. For information about the draft guide and
the related standard review plan chapter, contact Ms. M.T. Drouin at
(301)415-6675; e-mail [email protected].
Although a time limit is given for comments on this draft guide,
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 this draft RG are available on the NRC's Web
site http://www.nrc.gov in the Reference Library under Regulatory
Guides. Electronic copies are also available in NRC's Public Electronic
Reading Room at the same Web site; DG-1122 is under ADAMS Accession
Number ML062150231. Regulatory guides are available for inspection at
the NRC's Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD;
the PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555; telephone
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205; fax (301) 415-3548; e-mail
[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, Attention: Reproduction and Distribution Services
Section; or 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, MD this 3rd day of August 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Farouk Eltawila,
Director, Division of Risk Assessment and Special Projects, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E6-13115 Filed 8-9-06; 8:45 am]
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