[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 199 (Friday, October 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53307-53308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24977]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0457]


Office of New Reactors; Interim Staff Guidance on Implementation 
of a Seismic Margin Analysis for New Reactors Based on Probabilistic 
Risk Assessment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC staff is soliciting public comment on its Proposed 
Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-ISG-020 titled ``Interim Staff 
Guidance on Implementation of a Seismic Margin Analysis for New 
Reactors Based on Probabilistic Risk Assessment, ``(Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. 
ML092650342). This ISG supplements the guidance provided to the staff 
in Section 19.0 of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of 
Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' issued March 2007 
and DC/COL-ISG-03, ``Probabilistic Risk Assessment Information to 
Support Design Certification and Combined License Applications,'' dated 
June 11, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081430087) concerning the review 
of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) information and severe accident 
assessments submitted to support design certification (DC) and combined 
license (COL) applications. The NRC staff intends to incorporate the 
final approved DC/COL-ISG-020 into the next revision of SRP Section 
19.0 and Regulatory Guide 1.206, ``Combined License Applications for 
Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),'' June 2007.

DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. 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 on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID: NRC-2009-

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0457 in the subject line of your comments. Comments submitted in 
writing or in electronic form will be posted on the NRC website and on 
the Federal rulemaking Web site at http://www.Regulations.gov. Because 
your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact 
information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in 
your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.Regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID: NRC-2009-0457. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher at 301-492-3668; e-mail 
at [email protected].
    Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and 
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of 
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492-
3446.
    The NRC ADAMS 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 by telephone at 1-800-397-
4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William F. Burton, Chief, 
Rulemaking and Guidance Development Branch, Division of New Reactor 
Licensing, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone at 301-415-6332 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/).
    The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on 
the proposed DC/COL-ISG-020. After the NRC staff considers any public 
comments, it will make a determination regarding the proposed DC/COL-
ISG-020.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of October 2009.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
William F. Burton,
Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Development Branch, Division of New 
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E9-24977 Filed 10-15-09; 8:45 am]
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