[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13100-13101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04397]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Project No. 753; NRC-2012-0280]
Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications
Task Force Traveler TSTF-535, Revision 0, ``Revise Shutdown Margin
Definition To Address Advanced Fuel Designs,'' 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) is announcing the
availability of Technical Specifications (TSs) Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-535, Revision 0, ``Revise Shutdown Margin Definition to
Address Advanced Fuel Designs,'' for plant-specific adoption using the
Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process (CLIIP). Additionally, the
NRC staff finds the proposed TS (Volume 1) and TS Bases (Volume 2)
changes in Traveler TSTF-535 acceptable for inclusion in the following
Standard Technical Specifications (STS): 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-2012-0280 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-2012-0280. 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. TSTF-535, Revision 0, includes a model application and is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML112200436. The model safety
evaluation (SE) of TSTF-535, Revision 0, is available under ADAMS
Accession No. ML12355A772. No public comments were received from the
Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment announced in the Federal
Register on November 19, 2012; 77 FR 69507.
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, telephone: 301-415-1774 or email at
[email protected]; or Mr. Ravinder Grover, Reactor Systems
Engineer, telephone: 301-415-2166 or email at [email protected].
Both of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001.
Congressional Review Act
In accordance with the Congressional Review Act of 1996, the NRC
has determined that this action is not a major rule and has verified
this determination with the OMB Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSTF-535, Revision 0, is applicable to all
boiling water reactor (BWR) power plants. The change revises the STS,
NUREG-1433, ``Standard Technical Specifications General Electric Plants
BWR/4,'' and NUREG-1434, ``Standard Technical Specifications General
Electric Plants, BWR/6.'' Specifically, the change revises the STS
definition of shutdown margin (SDM) to require calculation of SDM at
the reactor moderator temperature corresponding to the most reactive
state throughout the operating cycle (68[emsp14][deg]F or higher). The
purpose is to address newer BWR fuel designs, which may be more
reactive at shutdown temperatures above 68[emsp14][deg]F. This STS
improvement is part of the CLIIP.
The NRC staff has reviewed the model application for TSTF-535 and
has found
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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 change does not prevent licensees from requesting an alternate
approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in TSTF-535,
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-535, Revision 0.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of February 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anthony J. Mendiola,
Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2013-04397 Filed 2-25-13; 8:45 am]
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