[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32476-32477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12874]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Project No. 753; NRC-2013-0007]
Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications
Task Force Traveler TSTF-426, Revision 5, ``Revise or Add Actions To
Preclude Entry Into LCO 3.0.3--RITSTF Initiatives 6B & 6C,'' 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-426, Revision 5, ``Revise or Add Actions to Preclude
Entry into LCO [Limiting Condition for Operation] 3.0.3--RITSTF [Risk-
Informed TSTF] Initiatives 6B & 6C,'' 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-426 acceptable for inclusion in the following
Standard Technical Specification (STS): NUREG-1432, ``Standard
Technical Specifications Combustion Engineering Plants.''
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0007 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 any of the following
methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0007. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
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
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document referenced in this notice (if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. TSTF-
426, Revision 5, includes a model application and is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML113260461. The model safety evaluation (SE) for
plant-specific adoption of TSTF-426, Revision 5, is available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML13036A381. Minor editorial comments were received
from the Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment announced in the
Federal Register on January 17, 2013 (78 FR 3921); all comments were
incorporated.
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: Mrs. Michelle C. Honcharik, Senior
Project Manager, telephone: 301-415-1774, email:
[email protected]; or for technical questions contact Mr. Carl
Schulten, Senior Reactor Systems Engineer, telephone: 301-415-1192 or
by email: [email protected]. Both of the Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSTF-426, Revision 5, is applicable to all
Combustion Engineering-designed nuclear power plants. The change
revises various TSs to add a Condition for loss of redundant features
representing a loss of safety function for a system or component
included within the scope of the plant TSs. It would replace Required
Actions requiring either a default shutdown or explicit LCO 3.0.3 entry
with a Required Action based on the risk significance for the system's
degraded condition. This STS improvement is part of the CLIIP.
The NRC staff has reviewed the model application for TSTF-426 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 changes do not prevent licensees from requesting an
alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in
TSTF-426, Revision 5. However, significant deviations from the approach
recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional changes to
the license 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-426, Revision 5.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of May 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. 2013-12874 Filed 5-29-13; 8:45 am]
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