[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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