[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32481-32482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14441]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2018-0023]
Qualification and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.8, ``Qualification and Training
of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants.'' This RG describes methods
acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with those portions of the
Commission's regulations associated with the selection, qualifications,
and training for nuclear power plant personnel. Revision 4 updates the
RG with additional experience gained since Revision 3 was issued in
2000 by endorsing American National Standards Institute/American
Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS)-3.1-2014, ``Selection, Qualification, and
Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants,'' with exceptions and
clarifications.
DATES: Revision 4 to RG 1.8 is available on July 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0023 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0023. Address
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individuals 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 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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]. Revision 4 to RG 1.8 and the
regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
ML19101A395 and ML16091A271, respectively.
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.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Tindell, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2026, email:
[email protected] and Steve Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone: 301-415-0038, email: [email protected]. Both
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and
make available to the public information regarding methods that are
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the
agency's regulations, techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating
specific issues or postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs
in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
Revision 4 of RG 1.8 was issued with a temporary identification of
Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1329. This revision updates the RG with
additional experience gained through inspections since Revision 3 was
issued in 2000. It endorses American National Standards Institute/
American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS)-3.1-2014, ``Selection,
Qualification, and Training of Personnel for Nuclear Power Plants,''
with certain exceptions and clarifications that are listed in the Staff
Regulatory Guidance section of the RG.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1329 in the
Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6053), for a 60-day public
comment period. The public comment period closed on April 13, 2018.
Public comments on DG-1329 and the staff responses to the public
comments are
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available under ADAMS Accession No. ML19101A396.
III. Congressional Review Act
This RG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget has
not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review
Act.
IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality
This RG describes methods acceptable to the staff of the NRC for
complying with those portions of the Commission's regulations
associated with the selection, qualifications, and training for nuclear
power plant personnel. Issuance of this RG does not constitute
backfitting as defined in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (the Backfit Rule) and would not otherwise
be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52.
As discussed in the ``Implementation'' section of the RG, the NRC has
no intention to impose this RG on holders of operating licenses or
combined licenses.
This RG may be applied to applications for operating licenses,
combined licenses, early site permits, and certified design rules
docketed by the NRC as of the date of issuance of the RG, as well as
future applications submitted after the issuance of the RG. Such action
would not constitute backfitting as defined in the Backfit Rule or
otherwise be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR
part 52, inasmuch as such applicants or potential applicants are not
within the scope of entities protected by the Backfit Rule or the issue
finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of July 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division
of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2019-14441 Filed 7-5-19; 8:45 am]
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