ML20154M743
| ML20154M743 | |
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| Site: | 07901971 |
| Issue date: | 06/08/1983 |
| From: | Danielle Sullivan NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| To: | John Thomas DUKE POWER CO., INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS |
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Potential Withdrawal.
of IEEE 279-1971 June 8,1983 Mr. J. E. Thomas, Chairman IEEE/NPEC Subcommittee 6 Duke Power Company P. D. Box 33189 Charlotte, North Carolina 28242
Dear Mr. Thomas:
With reference to our recent conversations concerning the impact (if any) on NRC and the legal status of IEEE 279-1971 if this standard should be withdrawn by IEEE, I requested a legal opinion on this matter from Mr. Eric Jakel, Office of Executive Legal Director, NRC.
Mr. Jakel's legal opinion is as follows:
" Paragraph (h), " Protection systems," of 10 CFR 50.55a, " Codes and Standards," incorporates by reference the provisions of IEEE 279.
Paragraph (h) provides, in part, i-For construction permits [for light-water-cooled nuclear
. power reactors) issued after January 1,1971, protection systems shall meet the requirements set or revisions pf...(IEEE 279) in effect yprth in editions I
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of the application for a construction permit.
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[ Text of footnotes omitted.]
For the purposes of 10 CFR 50.55a(h), the NRC determines when a par-ticular edition or revision of IEEE 279 becomes "in effect" and when l
it has been superseded.
See text of footnote 7 to 10 CFR 50.55a.
i Should the IEEE decide to withdraw IEEE 279-1971 CP applicants would still be required to meet the provisions of IEEE 279-1971 to' satisfy s
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the requirements of 10 CFR 50.55a(h). To impose different require-ments upon CP applicants. the NRC would have to amend 350.95a(h) and footnote 7 through the rulemaking process.*
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If you have any questions, please contact me on 301-443 46.
Sincerely.
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