ML20205B417
| ML20205B417 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/10/1999 |
| From: | Jerome Murphy Committee To Review Generic Requirements |
| To: | Travers W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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March 10, 1999 MEMORANDUM' TO:
William D. Travers Executive Director for Operations 7
FROM:
Joseph A. Murphy, Chairman Committee to Review Generic qu' ements
SUBJECT:
MINUTES OF THE CRGR MEETING NUMBER 326 The Committee to Review Generic Requirements (CRGR) met on Tuesday, August 11,1998, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Joseph A. Murphy presided as Acting Chairman. Attachment 1 contains a list of attendees.
R. L. Spessard (NRR), and S. Agganval (RES) presented for CRGR review and endorsement the final amendments to Paragraph P ) of 10 CFR 50.55a, " Codes and Standards," requiring future plants to conform to IEEE Std. 603-1991, " Criteria for Safety Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Station." The latter standard supersedes the now-withdrawn IEEE Std. 279-1971,
" Criteria for Protection Systems for Nuclear Power Generating Station," which is in the licensing basis of many operating plants. The provisions of the final rule would require the post-1999-licensed plants to conform to the requirements of IEEE 603-1991 (including correction, dated January 1995); its use is voluntary for the rest. This was the first time CRGR reviewed this rule.
.The Committee had deferred a formal review at the initial direct final rulemaking stage and again
_ when the rule was re-issued for public comments as a proposed rule, after the direct final rule
' was withdrawn in response to adverse public comments. CRGR review of this rulemaking at earlier stages was deferred with the expectation that the staff will submit for CRGR review the draft final rule after resolution of public comments. Furthermore, this rulemaking was consistent with the Committee's previous recommendation (when it reviewed the Regulatory Guides 1.153, 1.168 through 1.173, and the Standard Review Plan, Chapter 7 Update, " Instrumentation &
Controls") that the staff should initiate necessary steps to ensure consistency of NRC regulations with the current NRC-endorsed industry standards applicable to instrumentation and controls. At this meeting, no presentation material was used by the staff.
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At this meeting, the CRGR made the following comments and recommendations:
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Making IEEE std. 603-1991 as part of the regulation is not the most efficient use of the staff resources, as it would necessitate a rule amendment to incorporate future updates of this IEEE standard or NRC endorsement of alternate standard (s), in the Committee's view, the preferred approach wou'd be to include in the rule performance criteria for a digital system, and to include in a companion regulatory guide the IEEE std. 603 as an acceptable standard for designing one. However, given the schedule for this rulemaking effort, the Committee deferred the final decision in this respect to the staff; (2)
The proposed wording in 50.55(a)(h)(1) of the rule related to noticing any changes made to the material incorporated by reference, puts an undue and open-ended burden on the 9903310243 990310 PDR REVGP NROCRGR iAN
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staff of having to publish in the Federa/ Register, each time there are any changes to the materialincorporated in the rule by reference; (3)
The proposed wording in 50.55(a)(h)(2) should be made consistent with respect to the protection system requirements and changes to protection systems; and (4)
The proposed wording in 50.55(a)(h)(3) should be modified because, in addition to combined licenses, it includes a reference to construction permits and operating licenses; the future plants will be securing combined licenses.
The staff incorporated the CRGR comments and recommendations and revised the rule language, which was submitted for the Committee's endorsement on October 21,1998. On November 3,1998, the C GR endorsement was relayed to the staff. (Attachment 2).
R Questions concerning these meeting minutes should be referred to Raji Tripathi (415-7584).
Attachments: As stated cc:
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SECY M. Knapp, DEDE F. Miraglia, DEDO
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staff of having to publish in the Federal Register, each time there are any changes to the materialincorporated in the rule by reference; (3)
The proposed wording in 50.55(a)(h)(2) should be made consistent with respect to the protection system requirements and changes to protection systems; and
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The proposed wording in 50.55(a)(h)(3) should be modified because, in addition to combined licenses, it includes a reference to construction permits and operating licenses; the future plants will be securing combined licenses.
The staff incorporated the CRGR comments and recommendations and revised the rule language, which was submitted for the Committee's endorsement on October 21,1998. On November 3,1998, the CRGR endorsement was relayed to the staff. (Attachment 2).
Questions conceming these meeting minutes should be referred to Raji Tripathi (415-7584).
j Attachments: As stated cc:
Commission (5)
SECY M. Knapp, DEDE F. Miraglia, DEDO J. Lieberman, OE M. Springer, ADM H. Bell, OlG K. Cyr, OGC J. Larkins, ACRS H. Miller, R-l i
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E. Merschoff, R-IV C. Paperiello, NMSS A. Thadani, RES S. Collins, NRR 1
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CRGR Meeting No. 326 Attendance List
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August 11,'1998 CRGR MEMBERS NRC STAFF J. Murphy R. L. Spessard, NRR R. Zimmerman for F. Miraglia S. Aggarwal, RES D. Dambly J. Stewart, NRR D. Cool for M. Knapp P. Loeser, NRR D. Chamberlain for C. Doutt, NRR.
J. Dyer, RIV (Video-Conf.)
CRGR STAFF ACRS STAFF R. Tripathi A. Singh
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