[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 44262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17115]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 52

[NRC-2017-0090]

RIN 3150-AK04


Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) Design Certification 
Renewal

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the 
effective date of September 29, 2021, for the direct final rule that 
was published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2021. This direct 
final rule amended NRC's regulations to certify the U.S. Advanced 
Boiling Water Reactor standard design so that applicants intending to 
construct and operate an U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor standard 
design may do so by referencing the design certification rule.

DATES: Effective date: The effective date of September 29, 2021, for 
the direct final rule published July 1, 2021 (86 FR 34905), is 
confirmed.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0090 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0090. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder; telephone: 301-415-3463; 
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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected].
     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 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room P1-B35, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Andrukat, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-3561, email: 
[email protected] or James Shea, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1388, email: [email protected]. Both 
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2021 (86 FR 34905), the NRC 
published a direct final rule amending its regulations in part 52 of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ``Domestic licensing of 
production and utilization facilities,'' to renew the design 
certification for the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (U.S. ABWR) 
standard design so that future applicants intending to construct and 
operate the renewed U.S. ABWR design may do so by referencing the 
design certification rule. In the direct final rule, the NRC stated 
that if no significant adverse comments were received, the direct final 
rule would become effective on September 29, 2021. The NRC did not 
receive any comments on the direct final rule. Therefore, this direct 
final rule will become effective as scheduled.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

    This final rule does not contain any new or amended collections of 
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.). Existing collections of information were approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), control number 3150-0151. The 
effective date of the information collection associated with this final 
rule is September 29, 2021.

Public Protection Notification

    The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless the document requesting 
or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.

    Dated August 6, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard F. Schofer,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, 
Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2021-17115 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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