[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9614-9615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3718]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2011-0039]


Notice of Availability of the Proposed Models for Plant-Specific 
Adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
423, Revision 1, ``Technical Specifications End States, NEDC-32988-A,'' 
for Boiling Water Reactor Plants Using the Consolidated Line Item 
Improvement Process

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the availability of the model 
application (with model no significant hazards consideration (NSHC) 
determination) and model safety evaluation (SE) for plant-specific 
adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
423, Revision 1, ``Technical Specifications End States, NEDC-32988-A,'' 
for boiling water reactor (BWR) plants using the consolidated line item 
improvement process (CLIIP). TSTF-423, Revision 1, is available in the 
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under 
Accession Number ML093570241. The changes in TSTF-423, Revision 1, 
modify every Required Action with the preferred end state with addition 
of a Note prohibiting the use of the provisions of limiting condition 
for operation (LCO) 3.0.4.a to enter the end state Mode within the 
Applicability during startup. The Bases of each Required Action is 
revised to describe the Note. Additionally, this revision to TSTF-423 
removes the proposed changes to Technical Specification (TS) 3.6.1.1, 
``Primary Containment.'' This model SE will facilitate expedited 
approval of plant-specific adoption of TSTF-423, Revision 1. Please 
note, this notice of availability (NOA) supersedes in its entirety the 
NOA for TSTF-423, Revision 0, published in the Federal Register on 
March 23, 2006 (71 FR 14726-14745, ADAMS Accession Number ML060760206).
    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, 
Public File Area 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 the ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's 
public documents. If you do not have access to the ADAMS, or if there 
are problems in accessing the documents located in the ADAMS, contact 
the NRC's PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail to [email protected].
    The model application (with model NSHC determination) and model SE 
for plant-specific adoption of TSTF-423, Revision 1, are available 
electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML0126730688. The NRC staff 
disposition of comments received to the Notice of Opportunity for 
Public Comment announced in the Federal Register on December 14, 2005 
(70 FR 74037), is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number 
ML102700373.
    Federal rulemaking Web site: Public comments received and 
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2011-0039.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ravinder Grover, Technical 
Specifications Branch, Mail Stop: O-7 C2A, Division of Inspection and 
Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-
2166 or e-mail at [email protected] or Ms. Michelle C. Honcharik, 
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Processes Branch, Mail Stop: O-12 D1, 
Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone 301-415-

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1774 or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    TSTF-423, Revision 1, is applicable to all BWR plants. Licensees 
opting to apply for this TS change are responsible for reviewing the 
NRC staff's model SE, referencing the applicable technical 
justifications, and providing any necessary plant-specific information. 
The NRC will process each amendment application responding to this NOA 
according to applicable NRC rules and procedures.
    The proposed models do not prevent licensees from requesting an 
alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in 
TSTF-423, Revision 1. However, significant deviations from the approach 
recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional changes to 
the license require additional NRC staff review. This may increase the 
time and resources needed for the review or result in NRC staff 
rejection of the license amendment request (LAR). Licensees desiring 
significant deviations or additional changes should instead submit an 
LAR that does not claim to adopt TSTF-423, Revision 1.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 2nd day of February 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Melissa S. Ash,
Acting Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-3718 Filed 2-17-11; 8:45 am]
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