ML15313A427
| ML15313A427 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/30/2016 |
| From: | Harriet Karagiannis NRC/RES/DE/RGDB |
| To: | |
| Burton S | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML15313A411 | List: |
| References | |
| 7590-01-P, DG-1292, NRC-2016-0133 | |
| Download: ML15313A427 (5) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0133]
Dedication of Commercial-Grade Items for Use in Nuclear Power Plants AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1292, Dedication of Commercial-Grade Items for Use in Nuclear Power Plants. This DG proposes new guidance that describes methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable in meeting regulatory requirements for dedication of commercial-grade items used in nuclear power plants.
DATES: Submit comments by [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE]. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specified subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for
2 Docket ID NRC-2016-0133. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-3463; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN-12H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Laura, Office of New Reactors, Telephone: 301-415-1837, e-mail: Richard.Laura@nrc.gov: and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Telephone 301-415-7000, e-mail:
Stephen.Burton@nrc.gov: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I.
Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0133 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this action. You may obtain publically-available information related to this action, by any of the following methods:
3 Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0133.
NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ADAMS Public Documents and then select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The DG is electronically available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15313A425.
NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRCs PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2016-0133 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 posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enters 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 submissions into ADAMS.
4 II.
Additional Information The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG in the NRC's Regulatory Guide series.
This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRCs regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
The DG, entitled, Dedication of Commercial-Grade Items for Use in Nuclear Power Plants, is a proposed new guide temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1292. It proposes new guidance that describes acceptance methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable in meeting regulatory requirements for dedication of commercial-grade items used in nuclear power plants.
5 II.
Backfitting and Issue Finality DG-1292 describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for dedication of commercial-grade items for use in nuclear power plants. Issuance of this DG, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and would not otherwise be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR Part 52. As discussed in the Implementation section of this DG, the NRC has no current intention to impose this DG, if finalized, on holders of current operating licenses or combined licenses.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of June, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Harriet Karagiannis, Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.