[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9979-9980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3854]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Inaccessible or Underground Power Cable Failures That Disable 
Accident Mitigation Systems or Cause Plant Transients

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Generic Letter (GL) 2007-01 to all holders of operating licenses for 
nuclear power reactors, except those who have permanently ceased 
operation and have certified that fuel has been removed from the 
reactor vessel. The NRC is issuing this GL to:
    (1) Inform licensees that the failure of certain power cables can 
affect the functionality of multiple accident mitigation systems or 
cause plant transients,
    (2) Inform licensees that in the absence of adequate monitoring of 
cable insulation, equipment could fail abruptly during service, causing 
plant transients or disabling accident mitigation systems,
    (3) Ask licensees to provide information on the monitoring of

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inaccessible or underground electrical cables, and
    Require that addressees submit a written response to the NRC in 
accordance with NRC regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations Section 50.54(f).
    This Federal Register notice is available through the NRC's 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under 
Accession Number ML070470317.

DATES: The GL was issued on February 7, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Not applicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberley Corp, (301) 415-1091 or by 
email [email protected] or Matthew McConnell at (301) 415-1597 or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRC Generic Letter 2007-01 may be examined, 
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) at One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically 
from the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the 
NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. The ADAMS number 
for the GL is ML070360665.
    If you do not have access to ADAMS or if you have problems in 
accessing the documents in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of February 2007.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Theodore R. Quay,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7-3854 Filed 3-5-07; 8:45 am]
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