[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 76685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29906]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Availability of the Final Interim Staff Guidance DC/
COL-ISG-08 on the Necessary Content of Plant-Specific Technical 
Specifications for a Combined License

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is issuing its Final Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/
COL-ISG-08 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) 
Accession No. ML083310259). The purpose of this ISG is to change the 
NRC staff position on the necessary content of plant-specific technical 
specifications (PTS) when a combined license (COL) is issued. This ISG 
clarifies the staff guidance contained in Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.206, 
``Combined License Applications for Nuclear Power Plants,'' Section 
C.III.4.3, ``Combined License Information Items That Cannot Be Resolved 
Before the Issuance of a License,'' and replaces the related guidance 
in NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis 
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' Chapter 16.0, ``Technical 
Specifications,'' Revision 2, dated March 2007, regarding the content 
of PTS to support issuing a COL. The NRC staff issues DC/COL-ISGs to 
facilitate timely implementation of the current staff guidance and to 
facilitate activities associated with the review of applications for 
standard design certifications (DCs) and COLs by the Office of New 
Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the approved DC/COL-ISG-
08 into the next revisions of RG 1.206 and the Standard Review Plan 
16.0, and any related guidance documents.
    Disposition: On October 8, 2008, the staff issued the proposed ISG 
``Interim Staff Guidance on the Necessary Content of Plant-Specific 
Technical Specifications for a Combined License,'' (DC/COL-ISG-008) 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML082520707) to solicit public and industry 
comment. The staff did not receive any comments on the draft ISG. 
Therefore, the ISG is now being issued for use.

ADDRESSES: The NRC maintains an ADAMS, which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents. These documents may be accessed 
through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have 
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents 
located in ADAMS should contact the NRC Public Document Room reference 
staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael L. Marshall, Technical 
Specification Branch, Division of Construction, Inspection, & 
Operational Programs, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-
0539 or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agency posts its issued staff guidance 
in the agency external Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of December 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Reckley,
Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Development Branch, Division of New 
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
 [FR Doc. E8-29906 Filed 12-16-08; 8:45 am]
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