[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72641-72642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27688]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2020-0252]
Quality Group Classifications and Standards for Water-, Steam-,
and Radioactive-Waste-Containing Components of 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 6 to Regulatory Guide (RG), 1.26 ``Quality Group
Classifications and Standards for Water-, Steam-, and Radioactive-
Waste-Containing Components of Nuclear Power Plants.'' Revision 6 to RG
1.26 incorporates additional information that provides guidance for
alternative quality classification systems for components in light-
water reactor (LWR) nuclear power plants and updates the staff position
regarding classification of Quality Group C components to reflect the
latest guidance on systems that contain radioactive material since
Revision 5 (02/2017), of RG 1.26 was issued. The appendices to this
revised RG provide guidance for alternative quality classification
systems for components in LWR nuclear power plants.
DATES: Revision 6 to RG 1.26 is available on December 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0252 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-2020-0252. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[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.
Revision 6 to RG 1.26 and the regulatory analysis may be found in
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML21232A142 and ML20168A893, respectively.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Scarbrough, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2794 email:
[email protected] or James Steckel, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-1026 email:
[email protected]. Both are staff members of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC is issuing a revision 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 6 of RG 1.26 was issued with a temporary identification of
Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1371.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of availability of DG-1371 in the
Federal Register on May 7, 2021 (86 FR 24672) for a 60-day public
comment period. The public comment period closed on July 6, 2021.
Public comments on DG-1371 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available in ADAMS under accession No. ML21235A011.
III. Congressional Review Act
This RG 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.
IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality
Revision 6 of RG 1.26 does not constitute backfitting as defined in
section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4,
``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and
Information Requests''; constitute forward fitting as that term is
defined and described in MD 8.4; or affect the issue finality of any
approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certificates, and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.'' As explained in Revision 6 of RG
1.26, applicants and licensees are not required to comply with the
positions set forth in this RG.
Dated: December 15, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2021-27688 Filed 12-21-21; 8:45 am]
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