[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 44220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20118]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2017-0040]
Initiatives To Address Gas Accumulation Following Generic Letter
2008-01
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing
draft Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2017-XX, ``Status of Regulatory
Actions Taken to Address Gas Accumulation in Emergency Core Cooling,
Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray Systems.'' The NRC has
decided to withdraw this RIS after reviewing the comments received
during the public comment period.
DATES: The date of the withdrawal is September 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0040 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-2017-0040. 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,
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 notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a
document is referenced.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Woodyatt, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20555-000; telephone: 301-415-1245, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC is withdrawing draft RIS 2017-XX
``Status of Regulatory Actions Taken to Address Gas Accumulation in
Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray
Systems'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML16244A787). The NRC published a notice
requesting public comment on this RIS in the Federal Register on
February 13, 2017 (82 FR 10504). The NRC issues RISs to communicate
with stakeholders on a broad range of matters. The draft RIS informed
affected entities that licensees who choose not to implement two
voluntary industry efforts to address gas accumulation issues must
ensure that systems remain operable with respect to the potential for
accumulation of gas, in accordance with their plant-specific technical
specifications and their plants' licensing basis. Generic programmatic
and licensing concerns with respect to gas accumulation were identified
through the NRC's review of responses to Generic Letter (GL) 2008-01,
``Managing Gas Accumulation in Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat
Removal, and Containment Spray Systems,'' dated January 11, 2008 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML072910759).
As a result of its review of comments received on the RIS, the NRC
has determined that final issuance of this RIS is not necessary. The
agency received comments on the RIS from the Nuclear Energy Institute
(ADAMS Accession No. ML17079A134), Southern Nuclear (ADAMS No.
ML17081A016), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (ADAMS No.
ML17081A017). Among other things, these comments pointed out that much
of the guidance discussed in the RIS was issued after GL 2008-01, and
suggested that discussing that guidance might confuse licensees about
whether they need to perform additional actions in response to GL 2008-
01. The NRC previously issued plant-specific closure letters following
its review of licensee information submitted in response to GL 2008-01
and determined that no additional action was required.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of September 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alexander D. Garmoe,
Chief (Acting), Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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