[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 139 (Friday, July 23, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-15658]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

[NRC-2020-0253]


Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Subtask 2A

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final report; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing the 
final document entitled, ``Implementation of Quality Assurance Criteria 
and 10 CFR 50.59 for Nuclear Power Plant Components Produced Using 
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies.''

DATES: This final report is available on July 23, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0253 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-2020-0253. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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 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]. The final document, ``Implementation 
of Quality Assurance Criteria and 10 CFR 50.59 for Nuclear Power Plant 
Components Produced Using Advanced Manufacturing Technologies,'' is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML21155A043.
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request 
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Isaac Anchondo-Lopez, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 817-200-1152; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The NRC considers Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMTs) to 
consist of material processing and component fabrication methods that 
have not been traditionally used in the U.S. nuclear industry and have 
not yet received NRC approval through NRC-endorsed codes and standards 
or the approval of an industry submittal. There are several regulatory 
paths available to a licensee for utilizing an AMT in a nuclear 
application, including: (1) Development of a code or standard that can 
be incorporated by reference in Sec.  50.55a of chapter I of title 10 
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR); (2) selection of an 
unregulated in service application; (3) submission of generic technical 
reports or plant-specific submittals for NRC approval; or (4) 
implementation of the 10 CFR 50.59, ``Changes, tests and experiments,'' 
10 CFR 70.72, ``Facility changes and change process,'' or 10 CFR 72.48, 
``Changes, tests, and experiments'' processes. The document addresses 
the processes, consistent with the QA requirements in appendix B to 10 
CFR part 50 and in accordance with 10 CFR 50.59, in order to support 
the staff's performance of potential inspections of a licensee's 
implementation of these requirements for AMT-fabricated components.

II. Congressional Review Act

    This action is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not 
found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.

III. Implementation

    The staff has added Appendix A, ``Disposition of Public Comments,'' 
to the final document to inform the reader how public comments were 
dispositioned. The Division of New and Renewed Licenses of the Office 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation will transmit the final version of the 
document (ADAMS Accession Number ML21155A043) to each of the NRC 
Regional Offices via a memo to be issued concurrently with publication 
of this Federal Register notification.

    Dated: July 19, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anna H. Bradford,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
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