[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9105-9106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02958]
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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 29 / Monday, February 13, 2023 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 50 and 52
[NRC-2022-0083]
Qualification of Connection Assemblies for Production and
Utilization Facilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.156, ``Qualification of
Connection Assemblies for Production and Utilization Facilities.'' This
revised guide was updated to endorse ``Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers'' Std. 572-2019 to provide the latest technical
information on approaches to satisfy the qualification requirements for
connection assemblies. This includes guidance that when used in
conjunction with the guidance in RG 1.89, ``Environmental Qualification
of Certain Electric Equipment Important to Safety for Nuclear Power
Plants,'' provides an acceptable method of demonstrating compliance
with the NRC regulations pertaining to the environmental qualification
of connectors, terminations, and environmental seals in combination
with cables or wires as assemblies for service in production and
utilization facilities to ensure that the connection assemblies can
perform their safety functions. Further, the revised guide modifies the
title of the RG to include other nuclear facilities, as discussed in
the RG Section A, under Applicability.
DATES: Revision 2 of RG 1.156 is available on February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0083 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-2022-0083. 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, 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
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Revision 2 of RG 1.156 and the regulatory analysis may be found in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML22255A125 and ML21288A561, respectively.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ahsan Sallman, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2380, email:
[email protected], and James Steckel, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone: 301-415-1026, email: [email protected]. Both
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe
methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the agency's regulations, to explain techniques that the staff
uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to
describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
The proposed Revision 2 of RG 1.156 was issued with a temporary
identification number of DG-1400 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21288A562).
Revision 2 of RG 1.156 describes basic procedures for qualifying
connection assemblies (e.g., connectors, terminations, and
environmental seals in combination with related cables or wires as
assemblies). The qualification requirements in this standard, when used
in conjunction with RG 1.89 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003740271) allow an
applicant or licensee to demonstrate and document the ability of the
equipment to perform safety functions under applicable service
conditions, including design-basis events. Additionally, Revision 2 of
RG 1.156 modifies the title of the RG to include other nuclear
facilities, as discuss in the RG Section A, under Applicability.
II. Additional Information
In January 2017 the staff conducted a periodic review of Revision 1
to RG 1.156, and on January 17, 2017, the staff reported the results of
the periodic review, ``Results of Periodic Review of Regulatory Guide
1.156,'' (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML16350A346). Based on the
results of the periodic review, the staff concluded that there were no
technical issues for staff to address related to the periodic review of
RG 1.156, Revision 1, and no changes to RG 1.156, Revision 1, were
warranted.
The NRC published a notice of availability of DG-1400 in the
Federal Register on April 11, 2022 (87 FR 21221) for a 30-day public
comment period. The public comment period ended May 11, 2022. Public
comments and staff responses to those comments are available in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML22224A053.
As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671),
this
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document is being published in the ``Rules'' section of the Federal
Register to comply with publication requirements under 1 CFR chapter I.
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
The issuance of this regulatory guide 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 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting,
Issue Finality, and Information Requests,'' or affect issue finality of
any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certificates, and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' because, as explained in this
regulatory guide, licensees are not required to comply with the
positions set forth in this regulatory guide.
V. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides
A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the
NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs.
Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html.
Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to
the ``Regulatory Guide'' series.
Dated: February 7, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2023-02958 Filed 2-10-23; 8:45 am]
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