Federal Register: October 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 209)
DOCID: fr30oc09-92 FR Doc E9-26219
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC ID: [NRC-2009-0476]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr30oc09-92
ACTION: Applications:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Office of New Reactors; Interim Staff Guidance on Design Reliability Assurance Program; Section 17.4 of the Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants (NUREG-0800)
DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. 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.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The NRC staff is soliciting public comment on its proposed
Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COLISG018 (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML092290791). This
ISG revises the guidance provided to the staff in Section 17.4, ``Reliability Assurance Program'' of NUREG0800,
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``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for
Nuclear Power Plants,'' March 2007 (SRP). This ISG revises the review
responsibilities and further clarifies the acceptance criteria and
evaluation findings contained in SRP Section 17.4 in support of the NRC
reviews of the design certification (DC) and combined license (COL)
applications. The NRC staff issues DC/COLISGs to facilitate timely
implementation of current staff guidance and to facilitate activities
associated with review of applications for DCs and COLs by the Office
of New Reactors. The NRC staff intends to incorporate the final
approved DC/COLISG018 into the next revision of NUREG0800, SRP
Section 17.4 and Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.206, ``Combined License
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants (LWR Edition),'' June 2007.
SUMMARY:
Interim Staff Guidance on Design Reliability Assurance Program
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The agency posts its issued staff guidance in the agency external Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc collections/isg/).
The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on proposed DC/COLISG018. After the NRC staff considers any public comments, it will make a determination regarding proposed DC/COLISG 018.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of October 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William F. Burton,
Branch Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Development Branch, Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Mr. Todd A. Hilsmeier, Project Manager, PRA Licensing Operations Support and Maintenance Branch 2, Division of Safety Systems and Risk Assessment, Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 205550001; telephone 3014156788 or email at todd.hilsmeier@nrc.gov.