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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket ID: NRC-2012-0022]


State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analyses Reports

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; public meeting and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is holding public 
meetings concerning the release of Draft NUREG-1935, ``State-of-the-Art 
Reactor Consequence Analyses (SOARCA) Report,'' for public comment. The 
purpose of Draft NUREG-1935 is to report a pilot study of best estimate 
analyses of the offsite radiological health consequences for potential 
severe reactor accidents for the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station and 
the Surry Power Station.
    To facilitate public review of this report, the following 
associated contractor reports are also now available to the public: 
NUREG/CR-7110, ``SOARCA Project, Volume 1: Peach Bottom Integrated 
Analysis''; and NUREG/CR-7110, ``SOARCA Project, Volume 2: Surry 
Integrated Analysis.'' Additionally, NUREG/BR-0359, ``Modeling 
Potential Reactor Accident Consequences,'' a plain language public 
information brochure about the SOARCA project, is now available.

DATES: Submit comments on Draft NUREG-1935 by March 1, 2012. The first 
public meeting will be held on February 21, 2012, in Surry, VA; and the 
second meeting will be held on February 22, 2012, in Delta, PA.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0022 in the subject line 
of your comments. For additional instructions on submitting comments 
and instructions on accessing documents related to this action, see 
``Submitting Comments and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document. You may submit comments by any 
one of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-
2012-0022. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 
telephone: (301) 492-3668; email: [email protected].
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
     Fax comments to: RADB at (301) 492-3446.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Barr, Division of Systems 
Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 251-
7538; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Submitting Comments and Accessing Information

    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. 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.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this 
document 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, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC 
are available online in the NRC Library 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 the 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 email to 
[email protected]. Draft NUREG-1935, Volume 1 of NUREG/CR-7110, 
Volume 2 of NUREG/CR-7110, and NUREG/BR-0359 are available in ADAMS 
under Accession Nos. ML120250406, ML120260675, ML120260681, and 
ML12026A470, respectively.
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and 
supporting materials related to this document can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2012-0022.

Discussion

    The SOARCA project analyzed a select set of potential severe 
reactor accidents at the Surry Power Station near Surry, VA and the 
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station near Lancaster, PA. The project, 
which began in 2007, combined up-to-date information about the plants' 
layout and operations with local population data and emergency 
preparedness plans. This information was then analyzed using state-of-
the-art computer codes that incorporate decades of international 
research into severe reactor accidents.

Public Meetings

    The first public meeting will be held on February 21, 2012, at 5 
p.m. to 9 p.m., Surry Courthouse, General District Courtroom, 45 School 
Street, Surry, VA 23883. The second meeting will be held on February 
22, 2012, at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Peach Bottom Inn, 6085 Delta Road, 
Delta, PA 17314. The SOARCA team will present the project's findings, 
answer questions, and take comments on the draft report. The meeting 
agendas will be published on the NRC's Public Meeting Schedule Web 
site, http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm, 10 
days prior to the meeting dates. Any changes regarding the meetings 
will be available on the previously stated Web site.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of January, 2012.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia Santiago,
Chief, Accident Analysis Branch, Division of Systems Analysis, Office 
of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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