[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66754-66755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26581]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 [NRC-2014-0085]


Information on Licensing Applications for Fracture Toughness 
Requirements for Ferritic Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Components

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory issue summary; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2014-11, ``Information on Licensing 
Applications for Fracture Toughness Requirements for Ferritic Reactor 
Coolant Pressure Boundary Components.'' This RIS provides guidance to 
applicants for, and holders of, nuclear power reactor licenses, 
construction permits, standard design approvals, and manufacturing 
licenses, and applicants for standard design certifications, on the 
scope and detail of information that should be provided in licensing 
applications regarding reactor vessel fracture toughness and associated 
pressure-temperature limits. The RIS explains that these entities 
should ensure that pressure-temperature limits developed in accordance 
with NRC requirements sufficiently address all ferritic materials of 
the reactor vessel, including the impact of structural discontinuities 
and neutron fluence accumulation.

DATES: The RIS is available as of November 10, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0085 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0085. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; 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 obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 document 
(if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time 
that a document is referenced.
     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.
     This RIS is also available on the NRC's public Web site at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/reg-issues/ 
(select ``2014'' and then select ``RIS 14-11'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexandra Popova, telephone: 301-415-
2876, email: [email protected]; or Tanya Mensah, telephone: 301-
415-3610, email: [email protected], both are staff of the Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The NRC published a notice of opportunity for public comment on 
this RIS in the Federal Register on April 17, 2014 (79 FR 21812). The 
agency received comments from two commenters. The staff considered all 
comments, which resulted in minor changes to the RIS. The evaluation of 
these comments and the resulting changes to the RIS are discussed in a

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publicly available memorandum which is in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML14192B402.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of November, 2014.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sheldon D. Stuchell,
Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2014-26581 Filed 11-7-14; 8:45 am]
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