[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23208]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Project No. 753; NRC-2012-0071]
Model Safety Evaluation for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical
Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-522, Revision 0, ``Revise
Ventilation System Surveillance Requirements To Operate for 10 Hours
per Month,'' Using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process
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 Technical Specifications (TSs) Task
Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-522, Revision 0, ``Revise Ventilation System
Surveillance Requirements to Operate for 10 Hours per Month,'' for
plant-specific adoption. Additionally, the NRC staff finds the proposed
TS (Volume 1) and TS Bases (Volume 2) changes in Traveler TSTF-522
acceptable for inclusion in the following Standard Technical
Specifications (STS): NUREG-1430, ``[STS] Babcock and Wilcox Plants,''
NUREG-1431 ``[STS] Westinghouse Plants,'' NUREG-1432 ``[STS] Combustion
Engineering Plants,'' NUREG-1433 ``[STS] General Electric BWR/4
Plants,'' NUREG-1434, ``[STS] General Electric BWR/6 Plants.''
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0071 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, using any of the following
methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0071. 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-522, Revision 0,
includes a model application and is available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML100890316. The model safety evaluation (SE) of TSTF-522, Revision
0, is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML12158A464. The NRC staff
disposition of comments received to the Notice of Opportunity for
Public Comment announced in the Federal Register on March 22, 2012 (77
FR 16869), is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML12158A513.
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, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-
1774 or email at [email protected] or Mr. Matthew Hamm, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-1472 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSTF-522, Revision 0, is applicable to all
nuclear reactor power plants. The proposed change revises the
surveillance requirements (SRs) which currently require operating the
ventilation system for at least 10 continuous hours with the heaters
operating every 31 days or at a frequency controlled in accordance with
the surveillance frequency control program (SFCP). The SRs would be
changed to require at least 15 continuous minutes of ventilation system
operation with heaters operating every 31 days or at a frequency
controlled in accordance with the SFCP.
The NRC staff has reviewed the model application for TSTF-522 and
has found it acceptable for use by licensees. Licensees opting to apply
for this TS change are responsible for reviewing the NRC's 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 change does not prevent licensees from requesting an
alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in
TSTF-522, Revision 0. 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-522, Revision 0.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of September, 2012.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sheldon D. Stuchell,
Acting Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division of Policy and
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2012-23208 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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