[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15812-15813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6410]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0064]
Initial Test Program of Condensate and Feedwater Systems for
Light-Water Reactors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1265,
``Initial Test Program of Condensate and Feedwater Systems for Light-
Water Reactors.'' DG-1265 is proposed revision 2 of Regulatory Guide
1.68.1, ``Preoperational and Initial Startup Testing of Feedwater and
Condensate Systems for Boiling Water Reactor Power Plants,'' dated
January 1977.
This regulatory guide is being revised to: (1) expand the scope of
the guide to encompass preoperational, initial plant startup, and power
ascension tests for the condensate and feedwater systems in all types
of light water reactor facilities licensed under Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Parts 50 and 52; and (2) to incorporate
lessons learned by the NRC staff since the last revision.
DATES: Submit comments by May 18, 2012. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is
able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in
connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed
or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, by
searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-0064.
You may submit comments by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0064. 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.
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Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Talbot, Division of Construction
Inspection, and Operational Programs, Office of New Reactors, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone:
301-415-3146; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0064 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, by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0064.
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]. The draft regulatory guide
is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML112020111.
The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML112020140.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0064 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove identifying
or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Further Information
The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft guide in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and
make available to the public such information as methods that are
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the
NRC's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff
needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ``Initial Test Program of
Condensate and Feedwater Systems for Light-Water Reactors'' is
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1265. The DG-1265 is
proposed revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.68.1, dated January 1977.
This guide describes the methods that the staff of the NRC
considers acceptable to implement Appendix A, ``General Design Criteria
for Nuclear Power Plants,'' to Title 10, of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), Part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities'' (10 CFR Part 50), including, but not limited
to, Criterion 4, ``Environmental and Dynamic Effects Design Basis,''
Criterion 11, ``Reactor Inherent Protection,'' Criterion 14, ``Reactor
Coolant Pressure Boundary,'' and Criterion 15, ``Reactor Coolant System
Design'' regarding the initial test program (ITP) for condensate and
feedwater (FW) systems, including condensate storage and supply, for
light-water reactors (LWRs) and for startup feedwater (SFW), auxiliary
feedwater (AFW) or emergency feedwater (EFW) systems for pressurized-
water reactors (PWRs). This guide also describes methods that the NRC
staff finds acceptable for testing condensate, FW, SFW/AFW/EFW (PWR
only) structures, systems, and components (SSCs) in accordance with
Subpart B, ``Standard Design Certifications,'' and Subpart C,
``Combined Licenses,'' of 10 CFR Part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications,
and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.''
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of March, 2012.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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