[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 53724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21825]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2010-0289]


Notice of Availability and Opportunity for Comment on Draft 
Division of Safety Systems Interim Staff Guidance DSS-ISG-2010-01: 
Staff Guidance Regarding the Nuclear Criticality Safety Analysis for 
Spent Fuel Pools

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requests public 
comment on a draft Division of Safety Systems Interim Staff Guidance, 
(DSS-ISG) DSS-ISG-2010-01, ``Staff Guidance Regarding the Nuclear 
Criticality Safety Analysis for Spent Fuel Pools.'' This draft DSS-ISG 
provides updated guidance to the NRC staff reviewer to address the 
increased complexity of recent spent fuel pool (SFP) license 
application analyses and operations. The guidance is intended to 
reiterate existing guidance, clarify ambiguity in existing guidance, 
and identify lessons learned based on recent submittals.

DATES: Comments may be submitted by October 1, 2010. Comments received 
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but 
only comments received on or before this date can be assured 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2010-0289 in the subject line of your 
comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be 
posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site 
http://www.regulations.gov. Your comments will not be edited to remove 
any identifying or contact information, therefore, you should not 
include any information in your comments that you do not want 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 Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2010-0289. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail 
[email protected].
    Mail comments to: Cindy K. Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements and 
Directives Branch, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by 
fax to RADB at (301) 492-3667.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1 
F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. The Staff Guidance Regarding the Nuclear 
Criticality Safety Analysis Accompanying Spent Fuel Pool License 
Amendment Requests, DSS-ISG-2010-01, is available electronically under 
ADAMS Accession Number ML102220567.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2010-0289.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent A. L. Wood, Reactor Systems 
Engineer, Reactor Systems Branch, Division of Safety Systems, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852. Telephone: (301) 415-4120; fax number: (301) 
415-3577; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC is issuing this notice to solicit 
public comments on the draft DSS-ISG-2010-01, ``Staff Guidance 
Regarding the Nuclear Criticality Safety Analysis Accompanying Spent 
Fuel Pool License Amendment Requests.'' After the NRC staff considers 
any public comments received, it will make a determination regarding 
issuance of the proposed DSS-ISG.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of August 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William H. Ruland,
Director, Division of Safety Systems, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2010-21825 Filed 8-31-10; 8:45 am]
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