[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

[Docket No. PRM-50-124; NRC-2022-0178]


Licensing Safety Analysis for Loss-of-Coolant Accidents

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 23, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) published a notice requesting comments on a petition for 
rulemaking from Ralph O. Meyer dated August 1, 2022, docketed as PRM-
50-124. The petition requests that the NRC revise its regulations 
regarding the licensing safety analysis for loss-of-coolant accidents. 
The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on February 
6, 2023. 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 comment period for the notice published on November 23, 2022 
(87 FR 71531), is extended to March 8, 2023. Comments received after 
this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website:
     Federal rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0178. 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.
     Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do 
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact 
us at 301-415-1677.
     Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blake Purnell, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1380, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Documents

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0178 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-2022-0178.
     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 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 at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2022-0178 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

    The NRC requested public comments on PRM-50-124 on November 23, 
2022 (87 FR 71531). The purpose of the request was to obtain public 
input and responses on the request to revise NRC regulations regarding 
the licensing safety analysis for loss-of-coolant accidents. The public 
comment period was originally scheduled to close on February 6, 2023. 
The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on this 
document until March 8, 2023, to allow more time for members of the 
public to submit their comments.
    The NRC may post materials related to this document, including 
public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2022-0178. In addition, the 
Federal rulemaking website allows members of the public to receive 
alerts when changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To 
subscribe: (1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2022-0178); (2) click 
the ``Subscribe'' link; and (3) enter an email address and click on the 
``Subscribe'' link.

    Dated January 27, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brooke P. Clark,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-02131 Filed 2-1-23; 8:45 am]
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