[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12130]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0112]
Impact of Construction (Under a Combined License) of New Nuclear
Power Plant Units on Operating Units at Multi-Unit Sites
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is issuing
its Final Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) COL-ISG-022 (Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No.
ML112630044). The purpose of this ISG is to provide staff guidance for
assessing combined license (COL) applicant compliance with the
requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, (10 CFR)
52.79(a)(31). This regulation requires applicants for a COL intending
to construct and operate new nuclear power plants (NPPs) on multi-unit
sites to provide an evaluation of the potential hazards to structures,
systems, and components (SSCs) important to safety for the operating
units resulting from construction activities.
DATES: The effective date of this COL-ISG is June 18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0112 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 are publicly available by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0112. 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]. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
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ADAMS accession number Document title
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ML112630037....................... Interim Staff Guidance-022 on
Impacts of Construction (under a
Combined License) of New Nuclear
Power Plants on Operating Units at
Multi-Unit Sites (Package).
ML112630039....................... Federal Register Notice; Office of
New Reactors: Interim Staff
Guidance-022 on Impacts of
Construction (under a Combined
License) of New Nuclear Power
Plants on Operating Units at Multi-
Unit Sites.
ML112630044....................... Interim Staff Guidance-022 on
Impacts of Construction (under a
Combined License) of New Nuclear
Power Plants on Operating Units at
Multi-Unit Sites.
ML112630040....................... Comment Response Document--Interim
Staff Guidance-022 on Impacts of
Construction (under a Combined
License) of New Nuclear Power
Plants on Operating Units at Multi-
Unit Sites.
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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. Amy E. Cubbage, Chief, Policy
Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-2875 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The staff issues COL-ISGs to facilitate
timely implementation of current staff guidance and to facilitate
activities associated with review of applications for COL-ISGs by the
staff. This ISG supplements the guidance contained in Regulatory Guide
(RG) 1.206, Revision 0, ``Combined License Applications for Nuclear
Power Plants (LWR Edition).'' In addition, this ISG supplements the
guidance provided for staff review of COL applications contained in
NUREG-0800, Standard Review Plan (SRP) Chapter 1.0, Revision 2, dated
December 2011. The staff intends to incorporate this final COL-ISG-022
into the next revision of RG 1.206 and NUREG-0800, SRP Chapter 1.0. On
February 14, 2011, the staff issued the proposed COL-ISG-022 ``Impacts
of Construction of New Nuclear Power Plants on Operating Units at
Multi-Unit Sites,'' ADAMS Accession No. ML093440252 (76 FR 8383). The
staff received questions and editorial comments from four commenters
which were considered in the development of the final ISG-022. The
questions, comments, and staff resolutions of those comments are
contained in ``ISG-022 Comment Resolution'' which can be found in ADAMS
as Accession No. ML112630040. The NRC posts its issued staff guidance
on the NRC's public Web page: (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/).
Backfitting
This ISG does not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR
50.109, nor is it inconsistent with any of the issue finality
provisions in 10 CFR part 52. This ISG does not contain any new
requirements for COL applicants or holders under Part 52, or for
licensees of existing operating units licensed under Part 50. Rather,
it contains additional guidance and clarification on compliance with 10
CFR 52.79(a)(31), which may be used by COL applicants in the
preparation of their applications.
Congressional Review Act
This interim staff guidance is a rule as designated in the
Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, OMB has not found
it to be a major rule as designated in the Congressional Review Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agency posts its issued staff guidance
in the agency external Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/).
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of May 2012.
Amy E. Cubbage,
Chief, Policy Branch, Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking,
Office of New Reactors.
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