[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Toshiba Corporation has withdrawn its application to renew the ABWR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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