[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 58459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20859]
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Proposed Rules
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 186 / Tuesday, September 27, 2022 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
[NRC-2014-0161 and NRC-2019-0062]
RIN 3150-AJ43
Financial Qualifications Requirements for Reactor Licensing
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Discontinuation of rulemaking activity.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is discontinuing
a rulemaking activity that would have revised the current financial
qualification requirements of ``reasonable assurance'' to the review
standard of ``appears to be financially qualified.'' The purpose of
this document is to inform members of the public that the NRC is
discontinuing this rulemaking activity. The staff will address
financial qualifications during the development of an ongoing
rulemaking activity to establish a risk-informed, technology inclusive
regulatory framework for advanced reactors.
DATES: As of September 27, 2022, the rulemaking activity discussed in
this document is discontinued.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0161 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-2014-0161. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder; telephone: 301-415-3407;
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, 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 the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section.
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
a.m. and 4 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyler Hammock, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1381, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 17, 2015, the NRC published a draft
regulatory basis for public comment in the Federal Register (80 FR
34559). In the draft regulatory basis, the staff recommended revising
the current financial qualification requirements of ``reasonable
assurance'' to the review standard of ``appears to be financially
qualified,'' and rescinding appendix C to part 50 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``A Guide for Financial Data and
Related Information Required to Establish Financial Qualifications for
Construction Permits and Combined Licenses.'' Comments were requested
by August 3, 2015. During the comment period, the NRC conducted two
public meetings.
The NRC received four public comment submissions on the draft
regulatory basis. Comments were received from the University of
Florida, The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center,
the Nuclear Energy Institute, and Coqui Radio Pharmaceuticals
Corporation. The comments are available at www.regulations.gov by
searching on Docket ID NRC-2014-0161.
On February 26, 2018, the NRC staff submitted to the Commission for
approval a draft proposed rule (ADAMS Accession No. ML17172A536) to
amend the NRC's financial qualifications requirements in 10 CFR part
50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' to
conform to the standards in 10 CFR part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of
Special Nuclear Material.'' In Staff Requirements Memorandum SRM-SECY-
18-0026, ``Proposed Rule: Financial Qualifications Requirements for
Reactor Licensing,'' dated July 14, 2022 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML22195A097), the Commission disapproved the draft proposed rule. The
Commission directed the staff to address financial qualifications
during the development of part 53, ``Risk-Informed, Technology
Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors'' (Docket ID NRC-
2019-0062), and to solicit stakeholder feedback on financial
qualifications. Thus, the NRC is discontinuing this rulemaking
activity.
In the next edition of the Unified Agenda, the NRC will update the
entry for this rulemaking activity and reference this document to
indicate that the rulemaking activity is no longer being pursued. This
rulemaking activity will appear in the completed actions section of
that edition of the Unified Agenda but will not appear in future
editions. You can access information regarding the ongoing rulemaking
that will consider aspects of the NRC's financial assurance
requirements, ``Risk-Informed, Technology Inclusive Regulatory
Framework for Advanced Reactors'' on www.regulations.gov; search for
Docket ID NRC-2019-0062. The NRC tracks the status of all planned
rulemaking activities on its public website, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/rulemaking-ruleforum/active/ruleindex.html.
Dated: September 21, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brooke P. Clark,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-20859 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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