[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 135 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33411-33413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13388]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2023-0096]
NUREG: Issuance of Revised Subsequent License Renewal Guidance
Documents
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final report; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
revised Subsequent License Renewal (SLR) Guidance Documents; which
consists of NUREG-2191, ``Generic Aging Lessons Learned for Subsequent
License Renewal (GALL-SLR) Report, Final Report,'' Revision 1, Volumes
1 and 2; NUREG-2192, ``Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent
License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (SRP-SLR), Final
Report,'' Revision 1; and NUREG-2221, ``Technical Bases for Changes in
the Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents, NUREG-2191, Revision
1, and NUREG-2192, Revision 1 (Technical Bases Document),'' Supplement
1. The GALL-SLR Report, Revision 1, and the SRP-SLR, Revision 1,
provide revised guidance for nuclear power reactor licensees to the
methods acceptable for the NRC staff to grant a subsequent license
renewal in accordance with the license renewal regulations. The
Technical Bases Document, Supplement 1, provides the associated
technical bases of changes for the revisions.
DATES: This document was published in the Federal Register on July 17,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0096 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:
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Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0096. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emmanuel Sayoc, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4084; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
Section 54.29 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) establishes the standards for issuance of a renewed license. For
nuclear power plants that have received a renewed license, the
regulations in 10 CFR 54.31(d) state that ``[a] renewed license may be
subsequently renewed in accordance with all applicable requirements.''
The GALL-SLR Report was originally issued in 2017 to provide guidance
for subsequent license renewals. The GALL-SLR Report lists generic
aging management reviews of systems, structures, and components (SSCs)
that may be in the scope of subsequent license renewal applications
(SLRAs) and identifies aging management programs (AMPs) that are
determined to be acceptable for managing the effects of aging on SSCs
in the scope of license renewal, as required by 10 CFR part 54,
``Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power
Plants.'' If an applicant credits an AMP described in the GALL-SLR
Report in the SLRA, the applicant should ensure that the conditions and
operating experience (OE) at the plant are bound by the conditions and
OE for which the GALL-SLR Report program was evaluated. If these
bounding conditions are not met, the applicant should address any
additional aging effects and augment the AMPs for subsequent license
renewal.
The SRP-SLR is a companion document, and intended to be used with
the GALL-SLR Report. If an SLRA references the approach described in
the GALL-SLR Report as the approach used for managing the aging
effect(s), the NRC staff will use the GALL-SLR Report as a basis for
the SLRA assessment, consistent with guidance specified in the SRP-SLR.
The principal purposes of the SRP-SLR are to ensure the quality and
uniformity of the NRC staff review and to present a well-defined base
from which to evaluate applicant programs and activities for the
subsequent period of extended operation. The SRP-SLR is also intended
to make regulatory information widely available to enhance
communication with interested members of the public and the nuclear
power industry and to improve their understanding of the NRC staff
review process.
After the initial issuance of the GALL-SLR Report, Revision 0, and
SRP-SLR, Revision 0, in 2017 (82 FR 32588), several documents referred
to as Subsequent License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance (SLR-ISGs) were
created to reflect new or updated industry guidance, codes, or
standards; relevant plant operating experience; incorporation of
lessons learned from completed SLR application reviews; development of
new aging management programs or aging management review items; and
identification of required corrections and clarifications to the
guidance. GALL-SLR Report, Revision 1, and SRP-SLR, Revision 1,
incorporate the issued SLR-ISGs, as well as additional updates
identified subsequent to issuance of the SLR-ISGs.
The NRC published a notice in the Federal Register on July 11, 2023
(88 FR 44160) requesting public comments on draft SLR Guidance
Documents. The public comment period was extended on September 7, 2023
(88 FR 61628) and closed on October 11, 2023. The NRC received 203
public comments. The public comments and the NRC staff's responses
dispositioning these comments are presented in GALL-SLR Report, Volume
2, Revision 1, Appendix C, and includes a comment resolution matrix.
The NRC's resolution of these comments are incorporated into the final
GALL-SLR Report, Revision 1 and the SRP-SLR, Revision 1, with
associated technical bases of changes provided in the Technical Bases
Document, Supplement 1.
II. Congressional Review Act
This NUREG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5
U.S.C. 801-808). The Office of Management and Budget has found that it
does not meet the criteria at 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
III. Executive Order (E.O.) 12866
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs determined that
this NUREG is not a significant regulatory action under E.O. 12866.
IV. Availability of Documents
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Document description ADAMS accession No.
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NUREG-2191, ``Generic Aging Lessons ML25113A021
Learned for Subsequent License
Renewal (GALL-SLR), Final Report,''
Revision 1, Volume 1, published July
2025.
NUREG-2191, ``Generic Aging Lessons ML25113A022
Learned for Subsequent License
Renewal (GALL-SLR), Final Report,''
Revision 1, Volume 2, published July
2025.
NUREG-2192, ``Standard Review Plan for ML25113A023
Review of Subsequent License Renewal
Applications for Nuclear Power
Plants, Final Report,'' Revision 1,
published July 2025.
NUREG-2221, ``Technical Bases for ML25113A024
Changes in the Subsequent License
Renewal Guidance Documents, NUREG-
2191, Revision 1, and NUREG-2192,
Revision 1,'' Supplement 1, published
July 2025.
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Dated: July 14, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Director, Division of New and Renewed Licenses, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2025-13388 Filed 7-16-25; 8:45 am]
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