ML20205A101
| ML20205A101 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/08/1999 |
| From: | Mcgaffigan E NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20205A069 | List: |
| References | |
| SECY-98-294-C, SECY-99-061-C, SECY-99-61-C, NUDOCS 9903300293 | |
| Download: ML20205A101 (2) | |
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A F F I R M A T I O N VOTE RESPONSE SHEET TO: Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary )
FROM: COMMISSIONER MCGAFFIGAN
SUBJECT:
SECY-99-061 - AMENDMENT TO SECY-98-294: CHANGES TO PARAGRAPH (h) OF 10 CFR PART 50.55a, " CODES AND STANDARDS" Approved .X Disapproved Abstain Not Participating COMMENTS:
See attached comments.
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c Commissioner McGaffigan's Comments on SECY-98-294 and SECY-99-061
' I approve the staff's recommendation in SECY-98-294 to publish the final rule, as ,
amended in SECY-99-061, amending 10 CFR 50.55a(h).
- As was alluded to by the staff in the " Background" section of SECY-99-061, I had declined to approve SECY-98 294, as originally submitted by the staff, due to my l concern over the apparent conflict with 10 CFR 52.63," Finality of standard design certifications." Specifically,it appeared that future combined license applicants, even those referencing a certified standard design, would be required to meet IEEE Std. 603- ,
1991 no matter what standard under which the standard design had been reviewed and
- approved. Imposing a
- new requirement in such a manner would be counter to the l Commission's intent to provide finality for standard designs. I commend the staff for l promptly revising the rule to resolve this issue.
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