[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13610-13611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6200]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[DC/COL-ISG-020; 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: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is issuing its Final Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/
COL-ISG-020 titled ``Implementation of a Seismic Margin Analysis for
New Reactors Based on Probabilistic Risk Assessment,'' (Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML100491233). 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 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.
Disposition: On October 16, 2009, the NRC staff issued the proposed
ISG, DC/COL-ISG-020 ``Implementation of a Seismic Margin Analysis for
New Reactors Based on Probabilistic Risk Assessment,'' (ADAMS Accession
No. ML092650316) to solicit public and industry comment. The NRC staff
received comments on the proposed guidance. This final issuance
incorporates changes from the majority of the comments. The NRC staff
responses to these comments can be found in ADAMS Accession No.
ML100491287.
ADDRESSES: The NRC maintains 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: Dr. Kimberly A. Hawkins, Chief,
Structural Engineering Branch 2, Division of Engineering, Office of the
New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone at 301-415-0564 or e-mail at [email protected].
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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 15th day of March 2010.
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. 2010-6200 Filed 3-19-10; 8:45 am]
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