[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14091-14092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04601]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Chapter I

[NRC-2023-0052]


Consideration of Current Operating Issues and Licensing Actions 
in License Renewal

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public 
comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) concerning how the 
NRC considers current operation of a facility in the NRC's license 
renewal review under NRC regulations. NRC regulations identify the 
technical information that must be submitted in a license renewal 
application (LRA) to enable the NRC staff to make a determination that 
the license may be renewed. In part, an applicant is required to 
demonstrate that the effects of aging on the functionality of 
structures and components subject to an aging management review will be 
adequately managed; the consideration of recent operating experience is 
an important aspect of that demonstration. In addition, as required by 
NRC regulations, license renewal applicants need to update their 
applications with new information related to any current licensing 
basis changes that could impact aging management of structures and 
components.

DATES: Submit comments by May 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-2023-0052. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information 
Contact section of this document.
     Mail commeIADnts to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Clark, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-6447, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0052 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-2023-0052.
     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]. RIS 2014-06, Revision 1, 
``Consideration of Current Operating Issues and Licensing Actions in 
License Renewal,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML22024A172.
     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.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2023-0052 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. Background

    The NRC is issuing this regulatory issue summary (RIS) to provide 
information to applicants and licensees on how the NRC considers 
current operation of a facility in the NRC's license renewal review 
under part 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
``Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power 
Plants.'' Revision 1 of RIS 2014-06, ``Consideration of Current 
Operating Issues and Licensing Actions in License Renewal,'' provides 
additional clarity on NRC staff expectations of how operating 
experience that occurs in all stages of the license renewal process 
should be considered in an applicant's demonstration of the adequacy of 
proposed aging management activities. This RIS requires no action or 
written response on the part of any addressee.
    The NRC issues RISs to communicate with stakeholders on a broad 
range of matters. It provides guidance to applicants and licensees on 
the scope and detail of information that should be provided in 
licensing applications to facilitate NRC review.
    As noted in 83 FR 20858 (May 8, 2018), this document is being 
published in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of the Federal Register to 
comply with publication requirements under 10 CFR chapter I.

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III. Proposed Action

    The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS. All 
comments that are to receive consideration in the final RIS must be 
submitted electronically or in writing as indicated in the ADDRESSES 
section of this document. The NRC staff will make a final determination 
regarding issuance of the RIS after it considers any public comments 
received in response to this request.

    Dated: March 1, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lisa M. Regner,
Chief, Generic Communication and Operating Experience Branch, Division 
of Reactor Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2023-04601 Filed 3-6-23; 8:45 am]
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