[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1814]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0020]


GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy; Notice of Receipt and Availability of 
an Application for Renewal of the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor 
Design Certification

    On December 7, 2010, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) filed with the 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) pursuant to 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52, 
``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' 
an application for a design certification (DC) renewal for the U.S. 
Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR).
    An applicant may seek a DC Renewal in accordance with subpart B of 
10 CFR part 52. The application was submitted in accordance with the 
requirements of 10 CFR 52.57(a). The information submitted by the 
applicant includes a request that the U.S. ABWR design certification be 
amended pursuant to 10 CFR 52.59(c); an aircraft impact assessment 
amendment pursuant to 10 CFR 50.150; and an environmental report 
pursuant to 10 CFR 52.47(b)(2) and 10 CFR 51.55(b).
    Subsequent Federal Register notices will address the acceptability 
of the tendered DC Renewal application for docketing and provisions for 
participation of the public in the DC Renewal review process.
    A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, Public File Area O1-F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 
Rockville, Maryland, and via the Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the 
Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 
The accession numbers for the application are ML110040175 and 
ML110040323. Future publicly available documents related to the 
application will also be posted in ADAMS. 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 staff by 
telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. The application is also available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert.html.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day of January 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Adrian Mu[ntilde]iz,
Project Manager, BWR Projects Branch, Division of New Reactor 
Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2011-1814 Filed 1-26-11; 8:45 am]
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