[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17500-17501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07052]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0251]
Generic Aging Lessons Learned for Subsequent License Renewal
Report and Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License
Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Supplemental staff guidance; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting
public comment on supplemental guidance to draft NUREG-2191, ``Generic
Aging Lessons Learned for Subsequent License Renewal (GALL-SLR)
Report,'' Vol. I and II, and draft NUREG-2192, ``Standard Review Plan
for Review of Subsequent License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power
Plants'' (SRP-SLR). This supplemental guidance was developed subsequent
to the release of draft NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192 on December 23, 2015.
Changes to the supplemental guidance will be incorporated into the
final versions of NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192.
DATES: Comments must be filed by May 31, 2016. Comments received after
this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received
on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0251. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Holston, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation; telephone: 301-415-8573; email:
[email protected] and Brian Allik, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1082; email: [email protected]. Both
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001;
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0251 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of
the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0251.
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
draft ``GALL-SLR and SRP-SLR Supplemental Staff Guidance'' is available
in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16041A090.
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.
NRC's Guidance for License Renewal and Subsequent License
Renewal site: Guidance for subsequent license renewal documents are
also available online under the ``Draft Guidance Documents for
Subsequent License Renewal for Public Comment'' heading at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/slr/guidance.html.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0251 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
On December 23, 2015, the NRC published in the Federal Register (80
FR 79956) the draft NUREG-2191, ``Generic Aging Lessons Learned for
Subsequent License Renewal (GALL-SLR) Report,'' Vol. I and II and draft
NUREG-2192, ``Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License
Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants'' (SRP-SLR), which are
available under ADAMS Accession Nos. ML15348A111, ML15348A153, and
ML15348A265, respectively. These draft documents describe methods
acceptable to the NRC staff for granting a subsequent license renewal
(i.e., license renewal following 60 years of licensed operation) in
accordance with the NRC's license renewal regulations, as well as
techniques used by the NRC staff in evaluating applications for
subsequent license renewal.
The changes described in the GALL-SLR and SRP-SLR Supplemental
Staff Guidance were developed subsequent to the release of the draft
versions of NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192 and are
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being released for public comments. Comments received on the changes
proposed in this document will be addressed along with comments
received on the draft versions of NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192. The
changes will then be incorporated into the final versions of NUREG-2191
and NUREG-2192.
The topical areas addressed in this supplement to the publically-
available GALL-SLR Report and SRP-SLR are as follows: (A) selective
leaching of ductile iron; (B) cracking due to stress corrosion cracking
and intergranular stress corrosion cracking; (C) changes to further
evaluation, aging management program (AMP) XI.M29, ``Aboveground
Metallic Tanks,'' AMP XI.M36, ``External Surfaces Monitoring of
Mechanical Components,'' and aging management review (AMR) line items
to address cracking and loss of material for aluminum and stainless
steel components; (D) a new title for AMP XI.M29; (E) issuance of LR-
ISG-2015-01, ``Changes to Buried and Underground Piping and Tank
Recommendations;'' (F) minor technical and editorial changes to AMR
line items and AMPs; and (G) response to certain initial comments from
the industry as presented at a public meeting on January 21, 2016.
III. Backfitting and Issue Finality
This supplement contains guidance on one acceptable approach for
managing the associated aging effects during subsequent periods of
extended operation for components within the scope of subsequent
license renewal. Issuance of this supplemental guidance does not
constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109(a)(1), and the NRC
staff did not prepare a backfit analysis for issuing this supplement.
More information is provided under the ``Backfitting and Issue
Finality'' section of the supplemental guidance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of March, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dennis C. Morey,
Chief, Aging Management of Reactor Systems Branch, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-07052 Filed 3-28-16; 8:45 am]
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