[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 235 (Friday, December 10, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 70423]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-26877]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 53

[NRC-2019-0062]
RIN 3150-AK31


Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for 
Advanced Reactors

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Availability of preliminary proposed rule language; extension 
of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) reopened the comment period on the preliminary proposed rule 
language for a risk-informed, technology-inclusive framework for 
reactor licensing. The public comment period was scheduled to close on 
January 31, 2022. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment 
period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and 
submit their comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
November 8, 2021 (86 FR 61718), is extended. Comments should be filed 
no later than August 31, 2022. Comments received after this date will 
be considered in the development of the proposed rule if it is 
practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only 
for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on preliminary rule language by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0062. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder; telephone: 301-415-3407; 
email: [email protected]. For technical questions contact the 
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do 
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact 
us at 301-415-1677.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Beall, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-3874; email: 
[email protected]; or Nanette Valliere, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-8462; email: [email protected]. 
Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0062 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-2019-0062.
     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]. The ADAMS accession number for the 
preliminary proposed rule text is ML20289A534.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2019-0062 in your comment submission. 
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information 
that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment 
submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On November 6, 2020 (85 FR 71002), the NRC requested comments on 
preliminary proposed rule language for a risk-informed, technology-
inclusive framework for reactor licensing. This original public comment 
period closed on November 5, 2021. The NRC reopened the comment period 
on November 8, 2021, with a closure date of January 31, 2022 (86 FR 
61718). The NRC has now decided to extend the public comment period 
until August 31, 2022. This comment period extension reflects the 
extension of the Risk-informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory 
Framework for Advanced Reactors (part 53) rulemaking schedule by 9 
months (ADAMS accession number ML21333A222). The additional time to 
develop the part 53 proposed rule will enable members of the public to 
continue to submit their comments. This increases the time for 
stakeholder engagement and for the NRC staff to iterate on the 
preliminary proposed rule language during the development of the 
proposed rule.

    Dated: December 6, 2021.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John R. Tappert,
Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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