[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27490-27491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11299]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0104]
Plant-Specific Adoption, Revision 4 of the Improved Standard
Technical Specifications
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is announcing the availability of Revision 4.0 of the Improved Standard
Technical Specifications, NUREG-1430, ``Standard Technical
Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox Plants,'' NUREG-1431, ``Standard
Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants,'' NUREG-1432, ``Standard
Technical Specifications, Combustion Engineering Plants,'' NUREG-1433,
``Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/4,''
and NUREG-1434, ``Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric
Plants, BWR/6.''
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0104 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-2012-0104. 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]. NUREG-1430, ``Standard
Technical Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox Plants'' Revision 4, is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12100A177 (Technical
Specifications) and ML12100A178 (Bases), NUREG-1431, ``Standard
Technical Specifications, Westinghouse Plants'' Revision 4, ADAMS
Accession No. ML12100A222 (Technical Specifications) and ML12100A228
(Bases); NUREG-1432, ``Standard Technical Specifications, Combustion
Engineering Plants'' Revision 4, ADAMS Accession No. ML12102A165
(Technical Specifications) and ML12102A165 (Bases), NUREG-1433,
``Standard Technical Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/4''
Revision 4, ADAMS Accession No. ML12104A192 (Technical Specifications)
and ML12104A193 (Bases), and NUREG-1434, ``Standard Technical
Specifications, General Electric Plants, BWR/6'' Revision 4, ADAMS
Accession No. ML12104A195 (Technical Specifications) and ML12104A196
(Bases).
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: Mr. Shaun M. Anderson, Reactor Systems
Engineer, 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-
2039 or email at [email protected] or Mr. Gerald Waig, 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 301-415-2260 or email;
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The changes reflected in Revision 4 result
from the experience gained from plant operation using the improved
standard technical specifications (STS) and extensive public technical
meetings and discussions among the NRC staff and various nuclear power
plant licensees and the Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) Owners
Groups.
The improved STS were developed based on the criteria in the Final
Commission Policy Statement on Technical Specifications Improvements
for Nuclear Power Reactors, dated July 22, 1993 (58 FR 39132), which
was subsequently codified by changes to Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) 50.36, published on July 19, 1995 (60 FR 36953).
Licensees are encouraged to upgrade their technical specifications
consistent with those criteria and conforming, to the practical extent,
to Revision 4 to the improved STS. The Commission continues to place
the highest priority on requests for complete conversions to the
improved STS. Licensees adopting portions of the improved STS to
existing technical specifications should adopt all related
requirements, as applicable, to achieve a high degree of
standardization and consistency.
Licensees opting to apply for an improved STS conversion are
responsible for reviewing the NRC staff STS 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
the Improved STS, Revision 4. 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
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submit an LAR that does not claim to adopt an Improved STS, Revision 4.
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NUREG technical Volume 2 bases
specifications
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NUREG-1430, ``Standard Technical ML12100A177 ML12100A178
Specifications, Babcock and Wilcox
Plants''...............................
NUREG-1431, ``Standard Technical ML12100A222 ML12100A228
Specifications, Westinghouse Plants''..
NUREG-1432, ``Standard Technical ML12102A165 ML12102A169
Specifications, Combustion Engineering
Plants''...............................
NUREG-1433, ``Standard Technical ML12104A192 ML12104A193
Specifications, General Electric BWR/4
Plants''...............................
NUREG-1434, ``Standard Technical ML12104A195 ML12104A196
Specifications, General Electric BWR/6
Plants''...............................
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of April 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert Elliott,
Chief, Technical Specifications Branch, Division of Safety Systems,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2012-11299 Filed 5-9-12; 8:45 am]
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