[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32355-32356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12039]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0285]


Containment Shell or Liner Moisture Barrier Inspection

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) 2016-07, ``Containment Shell or Liner 
Moisture Barrier Inspection.'' This RIS reiterates the NRC staff's 
position regarding American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) code 
inservice inspection requirements for moisture barriers. The NRC's 
regulations require, in part, that licensees implement the inservice 
inspection program for pressure retaining components and their integral 
attachments of metal containments and metallic liners of concrete 
containments in accordance with the ASME Code. If a material prevents 
moisture from contacting inaccessible areas of the containment shell or 
liner, especially if the material is being relied upon in lieu of 
augmented examinations of a susceptible location, the material must be 
inspected as a moisture barrier. The applicable ASME Code sections 
require licensees to inspect 100 percent of accessible moisture 
barriers during each inspection period.

DATES: The RIS is available as of May 23, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0285 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-2015-0285. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual 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

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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. This 
RIS is available under ADAMS Accession No. ML16068A436.
     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 ``2016'' and then select ``2016-07'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryce Lehman, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1626; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a notice of opportunity 
for public comment on this RIS in the Federal Register (80 FR 80401) on 
December 24, 2015. The agency received comments from four commenters. 
The staff considered all comments, which resulted in minor revisions to 
the RIS. The evaluation of these comments and the resulting changes to 
the RIS are discussed in a publicly-available memorandum which is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16060A450.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of May 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sheldon D. Stuchell,
Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-12039 Filed 5-20-16; 8:45 am]
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