[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 15399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6259]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Project No. 753; NRC-2011-0277]
Model Safety Evaluation for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical
Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-505, Revision 1, ``Provide
Risk-Informed Extended Completion Times--RITSTF Initiative 4B''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the
availability of the model safety evaluation (SE) for plant-specific
adoption of Technical Specifications (TS) Task Force (TSTF) Traveler
TSTF-505, Revision 1, ``Provide Risk-Informed Extended Completion
Times--RITSTF Initiative 4B.''
The proposed amendment would modify the TS requirements related to
Completion Times (CTs) for Required Actions to provide the option to
calculate a longer, risk-informed CT. A new program, the Risk-Informed
Completion Time (RICT) Program, is added to TS Section 5,
Administrative Controls. The proposed change revises the Improved
Standard Technical Specification, NUREG-1430, -1431, -1432, -1433, and
-1434.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0277 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access information related to this document, which the NRC
possesses and is publicly available, using the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0277. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. TSTF-505, Revision 1, is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML111650552; the model
application is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12032A065. The
model SE for plant-specific adoption of TSTF-505, Revision 1, is
available under ADAMS Accession No. ML120200401. The NRC staff
disposition of comments received to the Notice of Opportunity for
Public Comment announced in the Federal Register on November 29, 2011
(76 FR 73737), is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML120200484.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 301-415-1774 or email at [email protected] or
Ms. Kristy Bucholtz, Technical Specifications Branch, Mail Stop: O-7
C2A, Division of Safety Systems, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001;
telephone 301-415-1295 or email; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSTF-505, Revision 1, is applicable to all
nuclear powered reactors. TSTF-505 revises the TS to (1) add a new RICT
program to the Administrative Controls of TS, (2) modify selected
Required Actions to permit extending the CTs, provided risk is assessed
and managed within an acceptable configuration risk management program
(CRMP), (3) add new Conditions, Required Actions, and CTs to address
conditions not currently addressed in TS, and (4) add a new example in
TS Section 1.3, to describe application of the RICT Program. The model
SE will facilitate approval of plant-specific adoption of TSTF-505,
Revision 1.
The NRC staff has reviewed the model application for TSTF-505 and
has found it acceptable for use by licensees. Licensees opting to apply
for this TS change are responsible for reviewing the NRC staff SE and
the applicable technical bases, providing any necessary plant-specific
information, and assessing the completeness and accuracy of their
license amendment request (LAR). The NRC will process each amendment
application responding to the Notice of Availability according to
applicable NRC rules and procedures.
The proposed changes do not prevent licensees from requesting an
alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in
TSTF-505, Revision 1. However, significant deviations from the approach
recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional changes to
the license will require additional NRC staff review. This may increase
the time and resources needed for the review or result in NRC staff
rejection of the LAR. Licensees desiring significant deviations or
additional changes should instead submit an LAR that does not claim to
adopt TSTF-505, Revision 1.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of March 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Jolicoeur,
Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2012-6259 Filed 3-14-12; 8:45 am]
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