[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3363-3364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00438]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 52-044; NRC-2010-0361]


Toshiba Corporation, Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor; Design 
Certification

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Application for design certification renewal; withdrawal and 
closure of docket.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is closing the 
NRC's docket for the Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor (ABWR) design 
certification renewal application submitted by Toshiba Corporation. 
Toshiba Corporation has withdrawn its application to renew the ABWR 
design certification rule.

DATES: The effective date of the closure of the NRC's docket for 
Toshiba Corporation's renewal of the ABWR design certification rule is 
January 11, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0361 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-2010-0361. 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 Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,

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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 (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room 01-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Getachew Tesfaye, Office of New 
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-8013; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice of receipt and availability of the 
ABWR renewal application submitted by Toshiba Corporation was 
previously published in the Federal Register on November 24, 2010 (75 
FR 71744). On December 23, 2010 (75 FR 80854), a subsequent notice was 
published in the Federal Register announcing the acceptance of the 
renewal application in accordance with the requirements contained in 10 
CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' The NRC docket number established for this application is 52-
044.
    By letter dated April 29, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15110A121), 
the NRC issued a request for additional information (RAI). On May 25, 
2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15154A547), Toshiba responded to the RAI 
requesting postponement of further review of the application until July 
1, 2016. By the letter dated December 1, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15215A318), the NRC accepted Toshiba's request to postpone the NRC 
review. By letter dated June 9, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16173A310), 
Toshiba announced its withdrawal of the application to renew the ABWR 
design certification from the docket.
    The NRC notes that this action does not affect the existing NRC 
docket (52-045) for the ABWR design certification rule renewal 
application filed by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy 76 FR 9612 (February 18, 
2011).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of December 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Francis M. Akstulewicz,
Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. 2017-00438 Filed 1-10-17; 8:45 am]
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