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Official Exhibit - NYS000016-00-BD01 - Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal; Revisions, 60 Fed. Reg. 22,461 (May 8, 1995) (SOC, 60 Fed. Reg. 22,461)
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Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	12/12/2011
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Official Hearing Exhibit Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

In the Matter of:

(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)

ASLBP #: 07-858-03-LR-BD01 Docket #: 05000247 l 05000286 Exhibit #: NYS000016-00-BD01 Identified: 10/15/2012 Admitted: 10/15/2012 Withdrawn:

Rejected: Stricken: NYS000016 Other:

Submitted: December 12, 2011 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22461 requ ire th e ap p roval of OMB u n d er 44 d u es, an d are n ot d ed u cted from th e SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

U.S.C. 3501, et seq. p rod u cers gross p roceed s to d eterm in e I. Backgrou n d .

n et p roceed s for p aym en t p u rp oses an d II. Fin al Action .

Comments are d ed u cted from gross p roceed s to III. Prin cip al Issu es.

A gen eral d escrip tion of th e statu tory d eterm in e n et p roceed s. a. Con tin u ed valid ity of certain fin d in gs in basis for th is fin al ru le w as set forth in * * * *

p reviou s ru lem akin g.

th e in terim ru le p u blish ed on b. Reaffirm ation of th e regu latory

3. Section 1468.18 is am en d ed by p h ilosop h y an d ap p roach an d Sep tem ber 16, 1994, (59 FR 47530). Th e ad d in g p aragrap h (d ) to read as follow s:

in terim ru le p rovid ed 60 d ays for clarification of th e tw o p rin cip les of licen se ren ew al.

com m en ts. No com m en ts w ere received § 1468.18 Maintenance and inspection of c. System s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts d u rin g th e in terim ru le com m en t p eriod records. w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al.

of Sep tem ber 16 th rou gh Novem ber 15, * * * *

d . Th e regu latory p rocess an d agin g 1994. Th is fin al ru le p rovid es th at in (d ) At all tim es d u rin g regu lar m an agem en t.

d eterm in in g n et p roceed s for sh orn bu sin ess h ou rs, au th orized e. Reaffirm ation of con clu sion s con cern in g w ool or m oh air, effective for 1993 an d rep resen tatives of CCC or USDA sh all th e cu rren t licen sin g basis an d su bsequ en t m arketin g years, m arketin g m ain tain in g th e fu n ction of system s, h ave access to th e p rem ises of th e stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts.

ch arges for com m ission s, corin g, or ap p lican t, of th e m arketin g agen cy, an d f. In tegrated p lan t assessm en t.

grad in g sh all n ot be d ed u cted . Th is ru le of th e p erson w h o fu rn ish ed evid en ce to g. Tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses an d p rovid es au th orized rep resen tatives of an ap p lican t for u se in con n ection w ith exem p tion s.

USDA an d CCC access to th e p rem ises th e ap p lication , in ord er to in sp ect, h . Stan d ard s for issu an ce of a ren ew ed of bu yers an d sellers of w ool an d exam in e, an d m ake cop ies of th e books, licen se an d th e scop e of h earin gs.

m oh air in ord er to in sp ect th eir record s record s, an d accou n ts, an d oth er w ritten i. Regu latory an d ad m in istrative con trols.

for au th en ticity. d ata as sp ecified in p aragrap h s (a), (b), IV. Gen eral Com m en ts an d Resp on ses.

Th is p rovision h ad been accid en tally V. Pu blic Resp on ses to Sp ecific Qu estion s.

an d (c) of th is section . VI. Availability of Docu m en ts.

om itted w h en th e w ool regu lation s an d VII. Fin d in g of No Sign ifican t En viron m en tal Sign ed at Wash in gton , DC, on May 1, 1995.

m oh air regu lation s w ere com bin ed in Im p act: Availability.

Bruce R. Weber, 1991. Th is fin al ru le also clarifies th e VIII. Pap erw ork Red u ction Act Statem en t.

d efin ition of n on m arketin g ch arges to A ctin g Ex ecu tive V ice Presid en t, Com m od ity IX. Regu latory An alysis.

Cred it Corp oration .

m ake it con sisten t w ith th e calcu lation X. Regu latory Flexibility Act Certification .

of n et p roceed s an d n et p roceed s for [FR Doc. 95-11180 Filed 5-5-95; 8:45 am ] XI. Non -Ap p licability of th e Backfit Ru le.

p aym en t p u rp oses. BILLING CODE 3410-05-M I. Background Section 1468.18(d ) w as in ad verten tly om itted from th e in terim ru le. Th is Th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le (10 p rovision w as accid en tly om itted w h en CFR Part 54) w as ad op ted by th e th e m oh air regu lation s an d th e w ool NUCLEAR REGULATORY Nu clear Regu latory Com m ission (NRC) regu lation s w ere com bin ed in 1991 (56 COMMISSION on Decem ber 13, 1991 (56 FR 64943).

FR 40233, Au gu st 14, 1991). Th is fin al Th is ru le establish ed th e p roced u res, ru le, in p art, m erely rein states th e 10 CFR Parts 2, 51, and 54 criteria, an d stan d ard s govern in g th e om itted p rovision . ren ew al of n u clear p ow er p lan t RIN 3150-AF05 op eratin g licen ses.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1468 Sin ce p u blish in g th e p reviou s licen se Gran t p rogram -agricu ltu re, Livestock, Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal; ren ew al ru le, th e NRC staff h as Moh air, Rep ortin g an d record keep in g, Revisions con d u cted variou s activities related to Wool. im p lem en tin g th is ru le. Th ese activities AGENCY: Nu clear Regu latory Accord in gly, th e in terim ru le in clu d ed : d evelop in g a d raft regu latory Com m ission . gu id e, d evelop in g a d raft stan d ard am en d in g 7 CFR p art 1468 p u blish ed on ACTION: Fin al ru le. review p lan for licen se ren ew al, Sep tem ber 16, 1994, (59 FR 47530) is ad op ted as fin al w ith th e follow in g in teractin g w ith lead p lan t licen sees,

SUMMARY

Th e Nu clear Regu latory ch an ges: an d review in g gen eric in d u stry Com m ission (NRC) h as am en d ed its tech n ical rep orts sp on sored by th e regu lation s to revise th e requ irem en ts PART 1468WOOL AND MOHAIR Nu clear Man agem en t an d Resou rces th at an ap p lican t m u st m eet for Cou n cil (n ow p art of th e Nu clear En ergy

1. Th e au th ority citation for 7 CFR obtain in g th e ren ew al of a n u clear In stitu te (NEI)).

p art 1468 con tin u es to read as follow s: p ow er p lan t op eratin g licen se. Th e ru le In Novem ber 1992, th e law firm of Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1781-1787; 15 U.S.C.

also clarifies th e requ ired in form ation Sh aw , Pittm an , Potts, an d Trow brid ge 714b an d 714c. th at m u st be su bm itted for review so su bm itted a p ap er to th e NRC th at th at th e agen cy can d eterm in e w h eth er p resen ted th e p ersp ective of North ern

2. In § 1468.3 th e d efin ition of th ose requ irem en ts h ave been m et an d Non m arketin g ch arges is revised to States Pow er Com p an y on th e licen se ch an ges th e ad m in istrative requ irem en ts ren ew al p rocess. Th e p ap er in clu d ed read as follow s: th at a h old er of a ren ew ed licen se m u st sp ecific recom m en d ation s for m akin g

§ 1468.3 Definitions. m eet. Th ese am en d m en ts are in ten d ed th e licen se ren ew al p rocess m ore to p rovid e a m ore stable an d p red ictable w orkable. In ad d ition , in d u stry

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N on m ark etin g ch arges m ean s ch arges regu latory p rocess for licen se ren ew al. rep resen tatives p rovid ed th e p aid by or for th e accou n t of th e EFFECTIVE DATE: Ju n e 7, 1995. Com m ission w ith view s on several key p rod u cer th at are n ot d irectly related to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: licen se ren ew al im p lem en tation issu es.

im p rovin g th e m arketability of th e sh orn Th om as G. Hiltz, Office of Nu clear In late 1992, th e NRC staff con d u cted a w ool or m oh air, su ch as, bu t n ot lim ited Reactor Regu lation , U.S. Nu clear sen ior m an agem en t review an d to, storage bags, ad van ces, in terest on Regu latory Com m ission , Wash in gton , d iscu ssed key licen se ren ew al issu es ad van ces, sh earin g, an d association DC 20555, telep h on e: (301) 415-1105. w ith th e Com m ission , in d u stry grou p s,

22462 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s an d in d ivid u al licen sees. Th e NRC staff of agin g on certain system s, stru ctu res, Com m ission received 42 sep arate p resen ted its recom m en d ation s an d com p on en ts d u rin g th e p eriod of resp on ses con cern in g th e p rop osed regard in g several of th ese key licen se exten d ed op eration . An objective for th e ru lem akin g for licen se ren ew al. In early ren ew al issu es in tw o Com m ission am en d m en t is to establish a m ore stable Ap ril 1995, after review in g SECY p olicy p ap ers: SECY-93-049, an d p red ictable licen se ren ew al p rocess. 067, Fin al Am en d m en t to th e Nu clear Im p lem en tation of 10 CFR Part 54, Th e am en d m en t w ill id en tify certain Pow er Plan t Licen se Ren ew al Ru le (10 Requ irem en ts for Ren ew al of Op eratin g system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts 1 CFR Part 54), th e Nu clear En ergy Licen ses for Nu clear Pow er Plan ts, th at requ ire review in ord er to p rovid e In stitu te an d Yan kee Atom ic Electric an d SECY-93-113, Ad d ition al th e n ecessary assu ran ce th at th ey w ill Com p an y p rovid ed ad d ition al Im p lem en tation In form ation for 10 CFR con tin u e to p erform th eir in ten d ed com m en ts. All com m en ts received h ave Part 54, Requ irem en ts for Ren ew al of fu n ction for th e p eriod of exten d ed been con sid ered in d evelop in g th is fin al Op eratin g Licen ses for Nu clear Pow er op eration . ru le.

Plan ts. On May 23, 1994, th e NRC staff In its staff requ irem en ts m em oran d u m p rovid ed th e Com m ission w ith its Com m en ts on th e p rop osed ru le cam e (SRM) of Ju n e 28, 1993, th e Com m ission p rop osed am en d m en t to th e licen se from a variety of sou rces. Th ese stated th at it is essen tial to h ave a ren ew al ru le in SECY-94-140, in clu d ed : a p rivate citizen , 3 p u blic p red ictable an d stable regu latory Prop osed Am en d m en t to th e Nu clear in terest grou p s (Sierra Clu bAtlan tic p rocess clearly an d u n equ ivocally Pow er Plan t Licen se Ren ew al Ru le (10 Ch ap ter, Pu blic Citizen , an d th e Oh io d efin in g th e Com m ission s exp ectation s CFR Part 54). In th e SRM of Ju n e 24, Citizen s for Resp on sible En ergy In c.), 1 for licen se ren ew al. Th is p rocess w ou ld 1994, th e Com m ission ap p roved th e Fed eral organ ization (Dep artm en t of p erm it licen sees to m ake d ecision s p u blication of th e p rop osed ru le En ergy (DOE)), 4 State organ ization s abou t licen se ren ew al w ith ou t bein g am en d m en t for a 90-d ay p u blic (Illin ois Dep artm en t of Nu clear Safety in flu en ced by a regu latory p rocess th at com m en t p eriod . In th e SRM, th e (Illin ois), Con n ecticu t Dep artm en t of is p erceived to be u n certain , u n stable, or Com m ission d irected th e staff to (1) Pu blic Utility Con trol (Con n ecticu t),

n ot clearly d efin ed . Th e Com m ission en su re con sisten cy in th e u se of th e New Jersey Dep artm en t of d irected th e NRC staff to con ven e a term s stru ctu res, system s, an d En viron m en tal Protection (New Jersey),

p u blic w orksh op to evalu ate altern ative com p on en ts an d stru ctu res an d an d Nevad a Agen cy for Nu clear ap p roach es for licen se ren ew al th at best com p on en ts, (2) solicit com m en ts on Projects, Nu clear Waste Project Office take ad van tage of existin g licen see th e ability of existin g p rogram s to d etect (Nevad a)), 2 in d u stry organ ization s (NEI activities an d p rogram s as a basis for failu res in red u n d an t stru ctu res an d an d Nu clear Utility Grou p on con clu d in g th at agin g w ill be ad d ressed com p on en ts before th ere is a loss of Equ ip m en t Qu alification (NUGEQ)), 2 in an accep table m an n er d u rin g th e in ten d ed system or stru ctu re fu n ction , ven d or ow n ers grou p s (Babcock an d p eriod of exten d ed op eration . In (3) ad d ress th e n eed for § 54.4(a)(3) in Wilcox (B & W) Ow n ers Grou p an d p articu lar, th e Com m ission d irected th e th e statem en ts of con sid eration for th e Westin gh ou se Ow n ers Grou p ), 2 NRC staff to exam in e th e exten t to p rop osed ru le, an d (4) review th e ven d ors/ con su ltan ts (B & W Nu clear w h ich greater relian ce can be p laced on n ecessity of retain in g § 54.4(a)(4) an d Tech n ologies an d Westin gh ou se Electric th e m ain ten an ce ru le (10 CFR 50.65, in clu d e th e ration ale for its con clu sion s Corp oration ), an d 27 sep arate n u clear Requ irem en ts for Mon itorin g th e in th e p rop osed ru le. p ow er p lan t licen sees. All 27 licen sees Effectiven ess of Main ten an ce at Nu clear On Sep tem ber 9, 1994, (59 FR 46574) en d orsed th e com m en ts p rovid ed by Pow er Plan ts) as a basis for con clu d in g th e p rop osed revision s to th e licen se NEI, an d som e u tilities also p rovid ed th at th e effects of agin g w ill be ren ew al ru le w ere p u blish ed in th e ad d ition al com m en ts.

effectively m an aged d u rin g th e licen se Federal Register for a 90-d ay p u blic ren ew al term . Th e Com m ission sp ecifically solicited com m en t p eriod . Th e p u blic com m en t On Sep tem ber 30, 1993, th e NRC staff p eriod en d ed on Decem ber 9, 1994. Th e resp on ses to five qu estion s in th e con d u cted a p u blic w orksh op in p rop osed ru le. Th e qu estion s an d th e Beth esd a, Marylan d , th at w as atten d ed 1 Th rou gh ou t th e Statem en t of Con sid eration s, th e resp on ses to th em can be fou n d in by over 180 p eop le. Atten d ees in clu d ed p h rases, system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts Section V of th e Su p p lem en tary n u clear u tilities, in d u stry organ ization s, an d stru ctu res an d com p on en ts are u sed . As a In form ation also kn ow n as th e p u blic in terest grou p s, arch itect an d m atter of clarification , th e Com m ission in ten d s th at Statem en t of Con sid eration s (SOC).

th e p h rase, system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts en gin eerin g firm s, con su ltan ts an d ap p lies to th e m atters in volvin g th e d iscu ssion s of Man y of th e letters con tain ed sim ilar con tractors, an d Fed eral an d State th e overall ren ew al review , th e sp ecific licen se com m en ts, w h ich w ere grou p ed govern m en ts. In Decem ber 1993, th e ren ew al scop e (§ 54.4), tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses

(§ 54.21(c)), an d th e licen se ren ew al fin d in g togeth er an d are ad d ressed on an issu e NRC staff forw ard ed SECY-93-331, Licen se Ren ew al Worksh op Resu lts (§ 54.29). Th e p h rase, stru ctu res an d com p on en ts basis. Th e NRC h as resp on d ed to all of an d Staff Prop osals for Revision to 10 ap p lies to m atters in volvin g th e in tegrated p lan t th e sign ifican t p oin ts raised by th e assessm en t (IPA) requ ired by § 54.21(a) becau se th e com m en ters. Th ose com m en ts th at are CFR Part 54, Requ irem en ts for Ren ew al agin g m an agem en t review requ ired w ith in th e IPA of Op eratin g Licen ses for Nu clear Pow er sh ou ld be a com p on en t an d stru ctu re level review ap p licable to a sp ecific issu e d iscu ssed Plan ts, to th e Com m ission . Th e NRC rath er th an a m ore gen eral system level review . Th e in a sp ecific section of th e p h rase system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts ap p lies Su p p lem en tary In form ation p ortion of staff recom m en d ed th at th e Com m ission to th e evalu ation of tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses am en d 10 CFR Part 54. requ ired by § 54.21(c) becau se su ch p lan t-sp ecific th is d ocu m en t are d iscu ssed w ith in th at In its SRM of Febru ary 3, 1994, th e an alyses m ay h ave been carried ou t, for th e in itial section . Com m en ts received th at are n ot Com m ission agreed w ith th e NRC staffs op eratin g term , for eith er system s, stru ctu res, or resp on sive to a p articu lar issu e are com p on en ts. Reevalu ation for th e ren ew al term is ad d ressed in Section IV. Pu blic con cep tu al ap p roach (exp lain ed in in ten d ed to focu s on th e sam e system s, stru ctu res, SECY-93-331) for p erform in g licen se or com p on en ts su bject to th e in itial term tim e- com m en ts received on th e p rop osed ren ew al review s an d d irected th e staff to lim ited agin g an alyses. Th e fin d in g requ ired by ru le are available for in sp ection an d p roceed w ith ru lem akin g to am en d 10 § 54.29 con sid ers both th e resu lts of th e in tegrated cop yin g for a fee at th e Com m ission s p lan t assessm en t an d th e tim e-lim ited agin g Pu blic Docu m en t Room located at 2120 CFR Part 54. Th e Com m ission believes an alyses an d , th erefore, th e p h rase system ,

th at th e licen se ren ew al p rocess sh ou ld stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts is ap p licable to th is L Street NW. (Low er Level),

focu s on th e m an agem en t of th e effects section . Wash in gton , DC.

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22463 II. Final Action safety an alysis rep ort (FSAR) th e p rop osed ru le, [u ]n less oth erw ise Th e fin al ru le revises certain su p p lem en t h ave been ad d ed . Th e clarified or reevalu ated , eith er d irectly requ irem en ts con tain ed in 10 CFR Part requ irem en t in § 54.21(c) of th e p reviou s or in d irectly, in th e d iscu ssion for th is 54 an d establish es a regu latory p rocess ru le to review an y relief from cod es an d p rop osed ru le, th e con clu sion s in th e th at is sim p ler, m ore stable, an d m ore stan d ard s h as been d eleted , an d th e SOC for th e cu rren t licen se ren ew al ru le p red ictable th an th e p reviou s licen se requ irem en t in § 54.21(c) of th e p reviou s rem ain valid * *

Sep tem ber 9, 1994 ren ew al ru le. Th e fin al ru le con tin u es to ru le to review exem p tion s from (59 FR 46576). Som e of th e su bjects en su re th at con tin u ed op eration beyon d regu latory requ irem en ts h as been resolved in th e p reviou s Part 54 th e term of th e origin al op eratin g licen se clarified an d lin ked w ith th e tim e- ru lem akin g th at rem ain u n affected by w ill n ot be in im ical to th e p u blic h ealth lim ited agin g an alyses. th is fin al ru le in clu d e th e con cep t of th e an d safety. Th e m ore sign ifican t ch an ges (5) In § 54.22, th e requ irem en t to CLB, th e n atu re of th e cu rren t regu latory m ad e to th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al in clu d e d etailed ju stification for certain p rocess, th e regu latory p rocess for ru le are as follow s: tech n ical sp ecification ch an ges in th e assu rin g com p lian ce w ith th e CLB, form (1) Th e in ten t of th e licen se ren ew al FSAR su p p lem en t h as been m od ified to of th e ren ew ed licen se, th e term of th e review h as been clarified to focu s on th e requ ire th at th e d etailed ju stification be ren ew ed licen se, an titru st ad verse effects of agin g rath er th an in clu d ed in th e licen se ren ew al con sid eration s, an d th e ap p licability of id en tification of all agin g m ech an ism s. ap p lication . th e p rovision s of th e Price-An d erson Th e fin al ru le is in ten d ed to en su re th at (6) In § 54.29, th e stan d ard s for Act.

im p ortan t system s, stru ctu res, an d issu an ce of a ren ew ed licen se h ave been Fu rth erm ore, regard less of w h eth er com p on en ts w ill con tin u e to p erform ch an ged to reflect th e revised focu s on th is fin al ru le con stitu tes a recision of th eir in ten d ed fu n ction in th e p eriod of th e d etrim en tal effects of agin g th e p reviou s ru le, th e Com m ission exten d ed op eration . Id en tification of con cern in g stru ctu res an d com p on en ts agrees w ith th e com m en ter th at th e in d ivid u al agin g m ech an ism s is n ot requ irin g an agin g m an agem en t review Ad m in istrative Proced u re Act (APA) requ ired as p art of th e licen se ren ew al for licen se ren ew al an d an y tim e-lim ited requ ires th e Com m ission to p rovid e a review . Th e d efin ition s of age-related issu es (in clu d in g exem p tion s) reason ed an alysis for th e ch an ges to d egrad ation , age-related d egrad ation ap p licable for th e ren ew al term . A n ew Part 54 th at are bein g ad op ted in th is u n iqu e to licen se ren ew al, agin g § 54.30 h as been ad d ed to d istin gu ish fin al ru le. Th e Com m ission takes issu e m ech an ism s, ren ew al term , an d betw een th ose issu es id en tified d u rin g w ith th e com m en ter w ith regard to effective p rogram h ave been d eleted . th e licen se ren ew al p rocess th at requ ire w h eth er th e SOC for th e p rop osed an d (2) Th e d efin ition s of in tegrated p lan t resolu tion d u rin g th e licen se ren ew al for th e fin al ru le ad equ ately exp lain th e assessm en t (IPA) (§ 54.3) an d th e IPA p rocess an d th ose issu es th at requ ire bases for th e ch an ges. Th e Com m ission p rocess (§ 54.21(a)) h ave been clarified resolu tion d u rin g th e cu rren t licen se believes th at th is SOC p rovid es a to be con sisten t w ith th e revised focu s term . d etailed d iscu ssion settin g forth th e in item (1) on th e d etrim en tal effects of (7) In § 54.33, requ irem en ts for p erceived p roblem s w ith th e p reviou s agin g. con tin u ation of th e cu rren t licen sin g licen se ren ew al ru le as w ell as a (3) A n ew § 54.4 h as been ad d ed to basis (CLB) an d con d ition s of ren ew ed d iscu ssion of th e bases for th is fin al rep lace th e d efin ition of system s, licen ses h ave been ch an ged to d elete all ru le. In su m , th e Com m ission h as stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts im p ortan t referen ce to age-related d egrad ation fu lfilled its obligation u n d er th e APA to to licen se ren ew al in § 54.3. Section u n iqu e to licen se ren ew al (ARDUTLR). p rovid e th e bases for th is ru le, 54.4 d efin es th ose system s, stru ctu res, Section 54.33(d ) of th e p reviou s ru le, regard less of w h eth er th e ch an ges th at an d com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of th e w h ich requ ires a sp ecific ch an ge con trol are bein g ad op ted in th is fin al ru le licen se ren ew al ru le an d id en tifies th e p rocess, h as been d eleted . con stitu te a recision of th e p reviou s im p ortan t fu n ction s (in ten d ed (8) In § 54.37, ad d ition al record s an d licen se ren ew al ru le.

fu n ction s) th at m u st be m ain tain ed . Th e record keep in g requ irem en ts h ave been

b. Reaffirm ation of th e Regu latory requ irem en t to in clu d e system s, ch an ged to be less p rescrip tive. Section Ph ilosop h y an d A p p roach an d stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at h ave 54.37(c) h as been d eleted .

Clarification of th e T wo Prin cip les of lim itin g con d ition s for op eration in III. Principal Issues Licen se Ren ewal facility tech n ical sp ecification s w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al h as been a. Con tin u ed V alid ity of Certain (i) Regu latory Ph ilosop h y d eleted . Fin d in gs in Previou s Ru lem ak in g In d evelop in g th e p reviou s licen se (4) In § 54.21(a), th e IPA p rocess h as Th e p rin cip al p u rp ose of th is fin al ren ew al ru le, th e Com m ission been sim p lified . Th e w ord in g h as been ru le is to sim p lify an d clarify th e con clu d ed th at issu es m aterial to th e ch an ged to resolve an y am bigu ity p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le. Un less ren ew al of a n u clear p ow er p lan t associated w ith th e u se of th e term s oth erw ise clarified or reevalu ated , eith er op eratin g licen se are to be con fin ed to system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts d irectly or in d irectly, in th e d iscu ssion th ose issu es th at th e Com m ission (SSCs) an d stru ctu res an d com p on en ts for th is fin al ru le, th e con clu sion s in th e d eterm in es are u n iqu ely relevan t to (SCs). A sim p lified m eth od ology for SOC for th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al p rotectin g th e p u blic h ealth an d safety d eterm in in g w h eth er a stru ctu re or ru le rem ain valid (56 FR 64943; an d p reservin g com m on d efen se an d com p on en t requ ires an agin g Decem ber 13, 1991). secu rity d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed m an agem en t review for licen se ren ew al On e com m en ter stated th at th e op eration . Oth er issu es w ou ld , by h as been d elin eated . On ly p assive, lon g- p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le h as been d efin ition , h ave a relevan ce to th e safety lived stru ctu res an d com p on en ts are su bstan tially m od ified in th e p rop osed an d secu rity of th e p u blic d u rin g su bject to an agin g m an agem en t review ru le so as to con stitu te a recision of cu rren t p lan t op eration . Given th e for licen se ren ew al. Section s 54.21 (b) th e p reviou s ru le. Com m ission s on goin g obligation to an d (d ) h ave been d eleted , an d a n ew Th e Com m ission d oes n ot believe th at oversee th e safety an d secu rity of

§ 54.21(c) d ealin g w ith tim e-lim ited th is fin al ru le rep resen ts a recision of op eratin g reactors, issu es th at are agin g an alyses (TLAA) an d § 54.21(d ) th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le, 10 relevan t to cu rren t p lan t op eration w ill d ealin g w ith requ irem en ts for th e fin al CFR Part 54. As stated in th e SOC for be ad d ressed by th e existin g regu latory

22464 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s p rocess w ith in th e p resen t licen se term of system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts (ii) Deletion of th e term Age-Related rath er th an d eferred u n til th e tim e of th at th e Com m ission d eterm in es requ ire Degrad ation Un iqu e to Licen se licen se ren ew al. Con sequ en tly, th e review for th e p eriod of exten d ed Ren ew al Com m ission form u lated tw o p rin cip les op eration , are ad equ ately m an aged . Th e Th e u se of th e term age-related of licen se ren ew al. licen se ren ew al review is in ten d ed to d egrad ation u n iqu e to licen se ren ew al Th e first p rin cip le of licen se ren ew al id en tify an y ad d ition al action s th at w ill in th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le w as th at, w ith th e excep tion of age- be n eed ed to m ain tain th e fu n ction ality cau sed sign ifican t u n certain ty an d related d egrad ation u n iqu e to licen se of th e system s, stru ctu res, an d d ifficu lty in im p lem en tin g th e ru le. A ren ew al an d p ossibly a few oth er issu es com p on en ts in th e p eriod of exten d ed key p roblem in volved h ow u n iqu e related to safety on ly d u rin g th e p eriod op eration . Th e Com m ission h as agin g issu es w ere to be id en tified an d ,

of exten d ed op eration of n u clear p ow er d eterm in ed th at it can gen erically in p articu lar, h ow existin g licen see p lan ts, th e regu latory p rocess is exclu d e from th e IPA agin g m an agem en t activities an d Com m ission regu latory ad equ ate to en su re th at th e licen sin g review for licen se ren ew al (1) th ose activities w ou ld be con sid ered in th e bases of all cu rren tly op eratin g p lan ts stru ctu res an d com p on en ts th at p erform id en tification of system s, stru ctu res, an d p rovid es an d m ain tain s an accep table active fu n ction s an d (2) stru ctu res an d com p on en ts as eith er su bject to or n ot level of safety so th at op eration w ill n ot com p on en ts th at are rep laced based on su bject to ARDUTLR. Th e d ifficu lty in be in im ical to p u blic h ealth an d safety qu alified life or sp ecified tim e p eriod . clearly establish in g u n iqu en ess in or com m on d efen se an d secu rity.

Moreover, con sid eration of th e ran ge of How ever, all system s, stru ctu res, an d con n ection w ith th e effects of agin g is issu es relevan t on ly to exten d ed com p on en ts evalu ated based on tim e- u n d erscored by th e fact th at agin g is a op eration led th e Com m ission to lim ited agin g an alyses w ou ld be su bject con tin u in g p rocess, th e fact th at m an y con clu d e th at th e d etrim en tal effects of to a licen se ren ew al evalu ation . licen see p rogram s an d regu latory agin g is p robably th e on ly issu e Stru ctu res or com p on en ts m ay h ave activities are alread y focu sed on gen erally ap p licable to all p lan ts. As a active fu n ction s, p assive fu n ction s, or m itigatin g th e effects of agin g to en su re resu lt, con tin u in g th is regu latory both . Detailed d iscu ssion s con cern in g safety in th e cu rren t op eratin g term of p rocess in th e fu tu re w ill en su re th at d eterm in ation of th ose system s, th e p lan t, an d th e fact th at n o n ew agin g th is p rin cip le rem ain s valid d u rin g an y stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts requ irin g a p h en om en a h ave been id en tified as p eriod of exten d ed op eration if th e p oten tially occu rrin g on ly d u rin g th e licen se ren ew al review are con tain ed in regu latory p rocess is m od ified to p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

Section III.c of th is SOC; d etailed Th e fin al ru le elim in ates both th e ad d ress age-related d egrad ation th at is d iscu ssion s of th ose stru ctu res an d of u n iqu e relevan ce to licen se ren ew al. d efin ition of ARDUTLR an d u se of th e com p on en ts su bject to an agin g term in cod ified regu latory text. Th u s, Con sequ en tly, th e p reviou s licen se m an agem en t review are in Section III.f ren ew al ru le focu sed th e Com m ission s con fu sion regard in g th e d etailed of th is SOC; an d d etailed d iscu ssion s of d efin ition of ARDUTLR in th e ru le an d review on th is on e safety issu e. system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts Th e secon d an d equ ally im p ortan t qu estion s regard in g w h ich stru ctu res requ irin g a licen se ren ew al evalu ation an d com p on en ts cou ld be su bject to p rin cip le of licen se ren ew al h old s th at are con tain ed in Section III.g of th is ARDUTLR h ave been elim in ated .

th e p lan t-sp ecific licen sin g basis m u st SOC. Pu blic Citizen n oted th at d eletion of be m ain tain ed d u rin g th e ren ew al term in th e sam e m an n er an d to th e sam e Th is fin al ru le focu ses th e licen se th e term ARDUTLR rep resen ts alteration exten t as d u rin g th e origin al licen sin g ren ew al review on certain system s, of th e origin al p rem ise of th e ru le an d term . Th is p rin cip le w ou ld be stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at th e th is ch an ge h as n ot been p recip itated accom p lish ed , in p art, th rou gh a Com m ission h as d eterm in ed requ ire by an y realization abou t reactor agin g p rogram of age-related d egrad ation evalu ation to en su re th at th e effects of an d safety. Un d er both th e p reviou s m an agem en t for system s, stru ctu res, an d agin g w ill be ad equ ately m an aged in th e ren ew al ru le as w ell as th is fin al ru le, com p on en ts th at are im p ortan t to p eriod of exten d ed op eration . Th is th e objective w as to su p p lem en t th e licen se ren ew al as d efin ed in th e ch an ge is view ed as a m od ification regu latory p rocess, if w arran ted , to p reviou s ru le. con sisten t w ith th e first p rin cip le of p rovid e su fficien t assu ran ce th at Th e Com m ission still believes th at ad equ ate safety w ill be assu red d u rin g licen se ren ew al establish ed in th e m itigation of th e d etrim en tal effects of th e exten d ed p eriod of op eration . Th e p reviou s ru le. In view of th is fin al ru le, agin g resu ltin g from op eration beyon d Com m ission h as con clu d ed th at th e th e first p rin cip le can be revised to state th e in itial licen se term sh ou ld be th e on ly issu e w h ere th e regu latory p rocess th at, w ith th e p ossible excep tion of th e focu s for licen se ren ew al. After fu rth er m ay n ot ad equ ately m ain tain a p lan ts d etrim en tal effects of agin g on th e cu rren t licen sin g basis con cern s th e con sid eration an d exp erien ce in fu n ction ality of certain p lan t system s, d etrim en tal effects of agin g on th e im p lem en tin g th e p reviou s ru le, th e stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts in th e fu n ction ality of certain system s, Com m ission h as, h ow ever, d eterm in ed p eriod of exten d ed op eration an d stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts in th e th at th e requ irem en ts for carryin g ou t th e licen se ren ew al review can an d p ossibly a few oth er issu es related to p eriod of exten d ed op eration . Wh ile th e sh ou ld be sim p lified an d clarified . Th e safety on ly d u rin g exten d ed op eration , objective an d con clu sion h as rem ain ed Com m ission h as con clu d ed th at, for th e regu latory p rocess is ad equ ate to th e sam e in th e tw o ru lem akin gs, th e certain p lan t system s, stru ctu res, an d en su re th at th e licen sin g bases of all first p rin cip le of licen se ren ew al h as com p on en ts, th e existin g regu latory cu rren tly op eratin g p lan ts p rovid es an d been revised con sisten t w ith th e p rocess w ill con tin u e to m itigate th e m ain tain s an accep table level of safety d eletion of ARDUTLR. Th e Com m ission effects of agin g to p rovid e an accep table so th at op eration w ill n ot be in im ical to recogn izes th at th e con cep t of level of safety in th e p eriod of exten d ed p u blic h ealth an d safety or com m on ARDUTLR h as been rem oved in asm u ch op eration . d efen se an d secu rity. As m od ified , th e as th e term ARDUTLR h as been Th e objective of a licen se ren ew al Com m ission affirm s its su p p ort of th e d eleted from th e first p rin cip le an d from review is to d eterm in e w h eth er th e first p rin cip le of licen se ren ew al, as th e ru le lan gu age itself. How ever, d etrim en tal effects of agin g, w h ich w ell as th e (u n m od ified ) secon d con sisten t w ith th e focu s of th e p reviou s cou ld ad versely affect th e fu n ction ality p rin cip le. ru le, th e fin al ru le w ill en su re th at th e

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22465 effects of agin g in th e p eriod of p rin cip al im p ortan ce to th e safety of th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts exten d ed op eration are ad equ ately p lan t. Th e Com m ission also believed im p ortan t to licen se ren ew al. Th ese m an aged . th at th e focu s of an agin g evalu ation for scop in g categories con cern (1) all safety-Th e Com m ission d isagrees w ith th e licen se ren ew al can n ot be lim ited to related system s, stru ctu res, an d com m en ters statem en t th at th is ch an ge on ly th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts an d (2) all n on safety-w as arrived at w ith ou t regard to reactor com p on en ts th at th e Com m ission h as related system s, stru ctu res, an d agin g an d safety. As d iscu ssed above, trad ition ally d efin ed as safety-related . com p on en ts th at su p p ort th e fu n ction of greater u n d erstan d in g th at (1) agin g is a Th erefore, th e Com m ission d eterm in ed a safety-related system , stru ctu re, or con tin u ou s p rocess an d (2) th at th e th at, in ord er to en su re th e con tin u ed com p on en t or w h ose failu re cou ld actu al effects of agin g are n ot exp licitly safe op eration of th e p lan t d u rin g th e p reven t a safety-related system ,

lin ked , from a tech n ical p ersp ective, to ren ew al term , th e in itial focu s of licen se stru ctu re, or com p on en t from th e term of an op eratin g licen se, led th e ren ew al sh ou ld be (1) safety-related satisfactorily fu lfillin g its in ten d ed Com m ission to con sid er d eletin g system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts, (2) fu n ction (s). Th ese tw o categories are ARDUTLR. Th e Com m ission s cu rren t n on safety-related system s, stru ctu res, m ean t to cap tu re, as a m in im u m ,

d eterm in ation th at a n arrow er set of an d com p on en ts th at d irectly su p p ort au tom atic reactor sh u td ow n system s, system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th e fu n ction of a safety-related system , en gin eered safety featu re system s, th an th at of th e p reviou s licen se stru ctu re, or com p on en t or w h ose system s requ ired for safe sh u td ow n ren ew al ru le sh ou ld requ ire evalu ation failu re cou ld p reven t th e p erform an ce of (ach ieve an d m ain tain th e reactor in a to en su re th at th e effects of agin g w ill a requ ired fu n ction of a safety-related safe sh u td ow n con d ition ), an d be ad equ ately m an aged in th e p eriod of system , stru ctu re, or com p on en t, (3) n on safety-related system s, su ch as exten d ed op eration recogn izes th at system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts au xiliary system s, n ecessary for th e m an y licen see p rogram s an d regu latory relied u p on to m eet a sp ecific set of fu n ction of safety-related system s.

activities w ill con tin u e to ad equ ately Com m ission regu lation s, an d (4) Th e th ird category of system s, m an age th e ad verse effects of agin g system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts d iscu ssed d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . su bject to th e op erability requ irem en ts in th e n ew scop e section (§ 54.4(a)(3))

Th erefore, th e Com m ission believes th at con tain ed in th e facility tech n ical are th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d th is alteration is firm ly based on an sp ecification lim itin g con d ition s for com p on en ts w h ose fu n ction ality m ay be ap p rop riate con sid eration of reactor op eration . relied on in safety an alyses or p lan t safety an d agin g. Th e fin al ru le reflects Sin ce p u blish in g th e p reviou s ru le, evalu ation s to p erform a fu n ction th at a greater u n d erstan d in g of effective th e Com m ission h as gain ed d em on strates com p lian ce w ith th e agin g m an agem en t (focu s on effects con sid erable p reap p lication ru le Com m ission s regu lation s for 10 CFR rath er th an m ech an ism s) an d m ore im p lem en tation exp erien ce an d gain ed 50.48 (Fire Protection ), 10 CFR 50.49 realistic exp ectation s of agin g in th e a better u n d erstan d in g of agin g (En viron m en tal Qu alification ), 10 CFR exten d ed p eriod of op eration . m an agem en t, in p art, th rou gh th e 50.61 (Pressu rized Th erm al Sh ock), 10 d evelop m en t of a regu latory gu id e to CFR 50.62 (An ticip ated Tran sien ts

c. S ystem s, S tru ctu res, an d Com p on en ts im p lem en t th e m ain ten an ce ru le, 10 With ou t Scram ), an d 10 CFR 50.63 W ith in th e S cop e of Licen se Ren ewal CFR 50.65. Th e Com m ission n ow (Station Blackou t). Th is category is also (i) Scop e of th e Licen se Ren ew al Review believes th at (1) by ap p rop riately sp ecified in th e p reviou s d efin ition of an d Elim in ation of th e Tech n ical cred itin g existin g licen see p rogram s th at system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts Sp ecification Lim itin g Con d ition s for m an age th e effects of agin g an d (2) by im p ortan t to licen se ren ew al an d Op eration Scop in g Category ap p rop riately cred itin g th e con tin u in g in clu d ed th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d regu latory p rocess, it can m ore n arrow ly com p on en ts relied u p on to m eet certain In th e fin al ru le, th e Com m ission h as d efin e th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d regu lation s. Th is category w as d eleted th e d efin ition (in § 54.3) of com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of licen se d evelop ed to en su re th at im p ortan t system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts ren ew al an d m ore n arrow ly focu s th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts im p ortan t to licen se ren ew al an d licen se ren ew al review . th at m ay be con sid ered ou tsid e th e rep laced it w ith a n ew section en titled Th e Com m ission con tin u es to believe trad ition al d efin ition of safety-related

§ 54.4 Scop e. Th is n ew section th at th e in itial scop e for th e licen se an d ou tsid e of th e first tw o categories in con tin u es to d efin e th e set of p lan t ren ew al review sh ou ld n ot be lim ited to § 54.4, w ou ld be in clu d ed w ith in th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts on ly th ose system s, stru ctu res, or in itial focu s of licen se ren ew al. Th rou gh th at w ou ld be th e in itial focu s of a com p on en ts th at th e Com m ission h as evalu ation of in d u stry op eratin g licen se ren ew al review . From th is set of trad ition ally d efin ed as safety-related . exp erien ce an d th rou gh con tin u in g system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts, a How ever, as d iscu ssed below (see regu latory an alysis, th e Com m ission h as licen se ren ew al ap p lican t w ill Ju stification for th e Elim in ation of th e reaffirm ed th at system s, stru ctu res, an d d eterm in e th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d Tech n ical Sp ecification Lim itin g com p on en ts requ ired to com p ly w ith com p on en ts th at requ ire review for Con d ition s for Op eration Scop in g th ese regu lation s are im p ortan t to safe licen se ren ew al. Th e in ten t of th e Category) th e Com m ission d eterm in ed p lan t op eration becau se th ey p rovid e d efin ition of system s, stru ctu res, an d th at th e requ irem en t to con sid er su bstan tial ad d ition al p rotection to th e com p on en ts im p ortan t to licen se ad d ition al system s, stru ctu res, an d p u blic h ealth an d safety or are an ren ew al (i.e., to in itially focu s th e com p on en ts su bject to th e op erability im p ortan t elem en t in p rovid in g review on im p ortan t system s, stru ctu res, requ irem en ts con tain ed in th e facility ad equ ate p rotection to th e p u blic h ealth an d com p on en ts) rem ain s in tact in th e tech n ical sp ecification lim itin g an d safety. Th e Com m ission , th erefore, n ew § 54.4. con d ition s for op eration is u n n ecessary con clu d es th at th ese system s, stru ctu res, In th e SOC for th e p reviou s licen se an d h as been d eleted . an d com p on en ts sh ou ld be in clu d ed as ren ew al ru le, th e Com m ission Th e first tw o categories of system s, p art of th e in itial scop e of th e licen se con clu d ed th at ap p lican ts for licen se stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts d iscu ssed ren ew al review .

ren ew al sh ou ld focu s on th e in th e n ew scop e section (§ 54.4(a)(1) In th eir com m en ts on th e p rop osed m an agem en t of agin g for th ose system s, an d (a)(2)) are th e sam e categories revision to th e ru le, NUGEQ n oted th at stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at are of d efin ed in th e p reviou s d efin ition of th ere is su bstan tial overlap betw een th e

22466 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s equ ip m en t th at w ou ld be id en tified in lim itin g con d ition s for op eration resou rces on th ose system s, stru ctu res,

§ 54.4(a) an d th e electrical equ ip m en t scop in g category to be con sisten t w ith an d com p on en ts th at are of p rin cip al im p ortan t to safety id en tified in th e Com m ission s in ten t n ot to re- im p ortan ce to safety.

§ 50.49(b). To p rovid e clarity an d exam in e th e en tire p lan t for licen se In its Fin al Policy Statem en t on con sisten cy an d m in im ize th e p oten tial ren ew al bu t to en su re th at all system s, Tech n ical Sp ecification s Im p rovem en ts th at a licen see w ill be requ ired to stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts of p rin cip al for Nu clear Pow er Reactors (58 FR reassess th e en tire scop e of § 50.49 im p ortan ce to safe p lan t op eration w ere 39132; Ju ly 22, 1993), th e Com m ission equ ip m en t, NUGEQ su ggests th at id en tified an d , if n ecessary, evalu ated . id en tified fou r criteria for d efin in g th e

§ 54.4(a)(3) be m od ified to in clu d e on ly How ever, existin g tech n ical scop e of im p roved tech n ical th e ad d ition al electric equ ip m en t sp ecification s for m an y p lan ts h ave sp ecification s. Th e fou r criteria are as id en tified in § 50.49(b)(3). Th e fu n ction al requ irem en ts on certain follow s:

Com m ission con clu d es th at th e ru le system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts Criterion 1: In stalled in stru m en tation m od ification p rop osed by NUGEQ is n ot w ith low or in d irect safety sign ifican ce. th at is u sed to d etect, an d in d icate in n ecessary. How ever, th e Com m ission Preap p lication ru le im p lem en tation th e con trol room , a sign ifican t abn orm al agrees th at for p u rp oses of § 54.4, th e exp erien ce h as in d icated th at th is d egrad ation of th e reactor coolan t scop e of § 50.49 equ ip m en t to be category of system s, stru ctu res, an d p ressu re bou n d ary.

in clu d ed w ith in § 54.4 is th at com p on en ts, as d efin ed in th e p reviou s Criterion 2: A p rocess variable, d esign equ ip m en t alread y id en tified by ru le, cou ld lead to an u n w arran ted re- featu re, or op eratin g restriction th at is licen sees u n d er 10 CFR 50.49(b). exam in ation of p lan t system s, an in itial con d ition of a Design Basis Licen sees m ay rely u p on th eir listin g of stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at are n ot Accid en t or Tran sien t an alysis th at 10 CFR 50.49 equ ip m en t, as requ ired by of p rin cip al im p ortan ce for licen se eith er assu m es th e failu re of or p resen ts 10 CFR Part 50.49(d ), for p u rp oses of ren ew al. a ch allen ge to th e in tegrity of a fission satisfyin g § 54.4 w ith resp ect to For exam p le, lim itin g con d ition s for p rod u ct barrier.

equ ip m en t w ith in th e scop e of § 50.49. op eration are frequ en tly in clu d ed in Criterion 3: A stru ctu re, system , or tech n ical sp ecification s for p lan t com p on en t th at is p art of th e p rim ary Ju stification for th e Elim in ation of th e m eteorological an d seism ic m on itorin g su ccess p ath an d w h ich fu n ction s or Tech n ical Sp ecification Lim itin g in stru m en tation , m ain tu rbin e byp ass actu ates to m itigate a Design Basis Con d ition s for Op eration Scop in g system s, an d traversin g in core p robes. Accid en t or Tran sien t th at eith er Category Th ese requ irem en ts, w h ile im p ortan t for assu m es th e failu re of or p resen ts a In th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le, certain asp ects of p ow er p lan t ch allen ge to th e in tegrity of a fission th e Com m ission establish ed a fou rth op eration , h ave little or n o d irect p rod u ct barrier.

category of system s, stru ctu res, an d bearin g on p rotection of p u blic h ealth Criterion 4: A stru ctu re, system , or com p on en ts to be th e focu s of th e in itial an d safety. Recogn izin g th is, th e com p on en t w h ich op eratin g exp erien ce licen se ren ew al review . In th is category, Com m ission con clu d es th at cu rren t or p robabilistic safety assessm en t h as th e Com m ission in clu d ed all system s, activities for su ch system s, stru ctu res, sh ow n to be sign ifican t to p u blic h ealth stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at h ave an d com p on en ts, in clu d in g licen see an d safety.

op erability requ irem en ts in th e p lan t p rogram s an d th e NRC regu latory Nu clear p ow er p lan t licen sees th at tech n ical sp ecification s lim itin g p rocess, are su fficien t an d th at n o volu n tarily ch oose to im p rove th eir con d ition s for op eration . As d efin ed in ad d ition al evalu ation is n ecessary for tech n ical sp ecification s based on th is Stan d ard Tech n ical Sp ecification s, a licen se ren ew al. Th e tech n ical Com m ission p olicy m ay su bm it ch an ges system , su bsystem , train , com p on en t, or sp ecification category w ou ld on ly ad d to th e Com m ission for review an d d evice sh all be op erable w h en it is (i.e., n ot cap tu red by § 54.4(a)(1)-(3)) ap p roval th at w ill rem ove system s, cap able of p erform in g its sp ecified n on safety-related system s, stru ctu res, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts from th eir safety fu n ction (s) an d w h en all an d com p on en ts th at d o n ot su p p ort tech n ical sp ecification s before n ecessary atten d an t in stru m en tation , safety-related system s, stru ctu res, an d con d u ctin g licen se ren ew al (exp erien ce con trols, n orm al or em ergen cy electrical com p on en ts. As d iscu ssed in greater sh ow s th at ap p roxim ately 40 p ercen t of p ow er, coolin g an d seal w ater, d etail below , th e Com m ission con clu d es lim itin g con d ition s for op eration an d lu brication , an d oth er au xiliary th at th ese ad d ition al n on safety-related su rveillan ce requ irem en ts cou ld be equ ip m en t th at are requ ired for th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts d eleted ).

system , su bsystem , train , com p on en t, or sh ou ld n ot be th e su bject of licen se After con sid erin g th e su bstan tial d evice to p erform its sp ecified safety ren ew al. overlap betw een th e fou r criteria for fu n ction (s) are also cap able of d efin in g th e scop e of tech n ical p erform in g th eir related su p p ort Relation sh ip Betw een Im p roved sp ecification s an d th e first th ree scop in g fu n ction (s). Th is w as in ten d ed to Tech n ical Sp ecification s an d Licen se categories for licen se ren ew al, th e in clu d e (1) all system s, stru ctu res, an d Ren ew al Scop in g Com m ission con clu d ed th at th e n u m ber com p on en ts sp ecifically id en tified in Wh ile it is n ot th e Com m ission s of ad d ition al system s, stru ctu res, an d th e tech n ical sp ecification lim itin g in ten t to requ ire ap p lican ts for licen se com p on en ts th at w ou ld be con sid ered con d ition s for op eration , (2) an y system , ren ew al to im p rove th eir tech n ical as a resu lt of ap p lyin g th e tech n ical stru ctu re or com p on en t for w h ich a sp ecification s, it rem ain s th e sp ecification scop in g category to fu n ction al requ irem en t is sp ecifically Com m ission s in ten t to focu s th e licen se im p roved tech n ical sp ecification s is id en tified in th e tech n ical sp ecification ren ew al review on th ose system s, sm all. Th ese ad d ition al system s, lim itin g con d ition s for op eration , an d stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at are of stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts m ost likely (3) an y n ecessary su p p ortin g system , p rin cip al im p ortan ce to safety. w ou ld resu lt from d ifferen ces in each stru ctu re or com p on en t th at m u st be Th erefore, a licen se ren ew al scop in g p lan ts cu rren t licen sin g basis an d from op erable or h ave op erability in ord er for category th at requ ires w h olesale th e ap p lication of th ese criteria an d a requ ired system , stru ctu re, or con sid eration of system s, stru ctu res, categories on a p lan t-sp ecific bases.

com p on en t to be op erable. an d com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of Th e Com m ission can n ot m ake Th e Com m ission p reviou sly tech n ical sp ecification s m ay n ot con clu sion s in th is ru lem akin g abou t con sid ered th e tech n ical sp ecification ap p rop riately focu s licen see an d NRC th e ap p rop riaten ess of w h eth er th ese

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22467 ad d ition al system s, stru ctu res, an d Com m ission s in ten t. Th erefore, th e p lan t-sp ecific exp erien ce, in d u stry-w id e com p on en ts sh ou ld be in clu d ed in an Com m ission d eterm in ed th at requ ired op eratin g exp erien ce, as ap p rop riate, in d ivid u al p lan ts tech n ical fu n ction in th e p reviou s licen se an d existin g en gin eerin g evalu ation s to sp ecification s. How ever, th e ren ew al ru le refers to th ose fu n ction s d eterm in e th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d Com m ission can con clu d e th at th ese th at are resp on sible for cau sin g th e com p on en ts th at are th e in itial focu s of ad d ition al system s, stru ctu res, an d system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts to th e licen se ren ew al review .

com p on en ts are of a relatively low er be con sid ered im p ortan t to licen se Con sid eration of h yp oth etical failu res safety sign ifican ce becau se th ey are, by ren ew al. th at cou ld resu lt from system exclu sion , n on safety-related system s, To avoid an y con fu sion w ith th e in terd ep en d en cies, th at are n ot p art of stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w h ose p reviou s ru le, th e Com m ission h as th e cu rren t licen sin g bases an d th at failu re can n ot p reven t th e p erform an ce ch an ged th e term requ ired fu n ction to h ave n ot been p reviou sly exp erien ced is or red u ce th e availability of a safety- in ten d ed fu n ction an d exp licitly n ot requ ired .

related system , stru ctu re, or com p on en t. stated in § 54.4 th at th e in ten d ed Several com m en ters n oted th at th e Ad d ition ally, th e Com m ission believes fu n ction s for system s, stru ctu res, an d w ord d irectly d id n ot p reced e th e th at th e existin g regu latory p rocess for com p on en ts are th e sam e fu n ction s th at p h rase p reven t satisfactory th ese ad d ition al n on safety-related d efin e th e system s, stru ctu res, an d accom p lish m en t of an y of th e fu n ction s system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts is com p on en ts as bein g w ith in th e scop e id en tified in p aragrap h s (a)(1)(i), (ii), or ad equ ate to en su re th at age d egrad ation of th e fin al ru le. (iii) of th is section in § 54.4(a)(2) an d w ill n ot resu lt in a loss of fu n ction ality con clu d ed th at, in th e absen ce of th e (iii) Bou n d in g th e Scop e of Review in accord an ce w ith th e CLB. w ord d irectly, th e licen se ren ew al Th e Com m ission believes th at th ere is Pre-ap p lication ru le im p lem en tation review cou ld cascad e in to a review of su fficien t exp erien ce w ith its p olicy on h as in d icated th at th e d escrip tion of secon d -, th ird -, or fou rth -level su p p ort tech n ical sp ecification s to ap p ly th at system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts system s. Th e Com m ission reaffirm s its p olicy gen erically in revisin g th e licen se su bject to review for licen se ren ew al p osition th at con sid eration of ren ew al ru le con sisten t w ith th e cou ld be broad ly in terp reted an d resu lt h yp oth etical failu res th at cou ld resu lt Com m ission s d esire to cred it existin g in an u n n ecessary exp an sion of th e from system in terd ep en d en cies th at are regu latory p rogram s. Th erefore, th e review . To lim it th is p ossibility for th e n ot p art of th e CLB an d th at h ave n ot Com m ission con clu d es th at th e scop in g category relatin g to n on safety- been p reviou sly exp erien ced is n ot tech n ical sp ecification lim itin g related system s, stru ctu res, an d requ ired . How ever, for som e licen se con d ition s for op eration scop in g com p on en ts, th e Com m ission in ten d s ren ew al ap p lican ts, th e Com m ission category is u n w arran ted an d h as d eleted th is n on safety-related category can n ot exclu d e th e p ossibility th at th e requ irem en t th at id en tifies system s, (§ 54.4(a)(2)) to ap p ly to system s, h yp oth etical failu res th at are p art of th e stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w ith stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w h ose CLB m ay requ ire con sid eration of op erability requ irem en ts in tech n ical failu re w ou ld p reven t th e secon d -, th ird -, or fou rth -level su p p ort sp ecification s as bein g w ith in th e scop e accom p lish m en t of an in ten d ed system s. In th ese cases th e w ord of th e licen se ren ew al review . fu n ction of a safety-related system , d irectly m ay cau se ad d ition al stru ctu re, an d com p on en t. An ap p lican t con fu sion , n ot clarity, regard in g th e (ii) In ten d ed Fu n ction for licen se ren ew al sh ou ld rely on th e system s, stru ctu res an d com p on en ts Th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le p lan ts CLB, actu al p lan t-sp ecific requ ired to be w ith in th e scop e of requ ired an ap p lican t for licen se exp erien ce, in d u stry-w id e op eratin g licen se ren ew al. In rem ovin g th e w ord ren ew al to id en tify, from system s, exp erien ce, as ap p rop riate, an d existin g d irectly from th is scop in g criterion ,

stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts im p ortan t en gin eerin g evalu ation s to d eterm in e th e Com m ission believes it h as (1) to licen se ren ew al, th ose stru ctu res an d th ose n on safety-related system s, ach ieved greater con sisten cy betw een com p on en ts th at con tribu te to th e stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at are th e th e scop e of th e licen se ren ew al ru le p erform an ce of a requ ired fu n ction or in itial focu s of th e licen se ren ew al an d th e scop e of th e m ain ten an ce ru le cou ld , if th ey fail, p reven t system s, review . Con sid eration of h yp oth etical (§ 50.65) regard in g n on safety-related stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts from failu res th at cou ld resu lt from system system s w h ose failu re cou ld p reven t p erform in g a requ ired fu n ction . Th is in terd ep en d en cies th at are n ot p art of satisfactory accom p lish m en t of safety-requ irem en t in itially p osed som e th e CLB an d th at h ave n ot been related fu n ction s an d th u s (2) p rom oted d ifficu lty in con d u ctin g p re-ap p lication p reviou sly exp erien ced is n ot requ ired . greater efficien cy an d p red ictability in review s of p rop osed scop in g Likew ise, to lim it th e p oten tial for th e licen se ren ew al scop in g p rocess.

m eth od ologies becau se it w as n ot clear u n n ecessary exp an sion of th e review for Th e in clu sion of n on safety-related w h at w as m ean t by requ ired fu n ction . th e scop in g category con cern in g th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts Most system s, stru ctu res, an d system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w h ose failu re cou ld p reven t oth er com p on en ts h ave m ore th an on e w h ose fu n ction is relied u p on in certain system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts fu n ction an d each cou ld be regard ed as p lan t safety an alyses to d em on strate from accom p lish in g a safety fu n ction is requ ired . Alth ou gh th e Com m ission com p lian ce w ith th e Com m ission in ten d ed to p rovid e p rotection again st cou ld h ave requ ired a licen see to en su re regu lation s (i.e., en viron m en tal safety fu n ction failu re in cases w h ere all fu n ction s of a system , stru ctu re, or qu alification , station blackou t, th e safety-related stru ctu re or com p on en t as p art of th e agin g an ticip ated tran sien t w ith ou t scram , com p on en t is n ot itself im p aired by age-m an agem en t review , th e Com m ission p ressu rized th erm al sh ock, an d fire related d egrad ation bu t is vu ln erable to con clu d ed th at th is requ irem en t w ou ld p rotection ), th e Com m ission in ten d s failu re from th e failu re of an oth er be u n reason able an d in con sisten t w ith th at th is scop in g category in clu d e all stru ctu re or com p on en t th at m ay be so th e Com m ission s origin al in ten t to system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts im p aired . Alth ou gh it m ay be focu s on ly on th ose system s, stru ctu res, w h ose fu n ction is relied u p on to con sid ered ou tsid e th e scop e of th e an d com p on en ts of p rim ary im p ortan ce d em on strate com p lian ce w ith th ese m ain ten an ce ru le, th e Com m ission to safety. Con sid eration of an cillary Com m ission s regu lation s. An ap p lican t in ten d s to in clu d e equ ip m en t th at is n ot fu n ction s w ou ld exp an d th e scop e of for licen se ren ew al sh ou ld rely on th e seism ically qu alified located n ear th e licen se ren ew al review beyon d th e p lan ts cu rren t licen sin g bases, actu al seism ically qu alified equ ip m en t (i.e.,

22468 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s Seism ic II/ I equ ip m en t alread y stru ctu res an d com p on en ts from an PRAs, th e Com m ission con clu d es th at it id en tified in a p lan t CLB) in th is set of agin g m an agem en t review . Th erefore, is in ap p rop riate to establish a licen se n on safety-related system s, stru ctu res th e Com m ission believes it is ren ew al scop in g criterion , as su ggested an d com p on en ts. in ap p rop riate to fu rth er red u ce th e by Illin ois, th at relies on p lan t-sp ecific In on e of its com m en ts, th e Sierra system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts p robabilistic an alyses. Th erefore, w ith in Clu b in d icated th at all n on safety-related w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al. th e con stru ct of th e fin al ru le, PRA equ ip m en t an d requ ired fu n ction s Regard in g th e u se of p robabilistic tech n iqu es are of very lim ited u se for sh ou ld be con sid ered becau se failu res an alyses in th e licen se ren ew al scop in g licen se ren ew al scop in g.

cou ld go u n n oticed for a lon g p eriod of p rocess, a sep arate Section III.c(iv) h as In licen se ren ew al, p robabilistic tim e an d start a ch ain reaction th at been ad d ed to th e SOC, to d iscu ss th e m eth od s m ay be m ost u sefu l, on a p lan t-cou ld lead to catastrop h ic even ts. role of p robabilistic risk assessm en t in sp ecific basis, in h elp in g to assess th e Nevad a also p rop osed a fu el life-cycle licen se ren ew al. Regard in g system s, relative im p ortan ce of stru ctu res an d ap p roach to licen se ren ew al th at w ou ld stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts requ ired to com p on en ts th at are su bject to an agin g con sid er th e p lan t op eration s as an m ake p rotective action m an agem en t review by h elp in g to d raw In tegrated Op eratin g System . Th e recom m en d ation s, th e Com m ission atten tion to sp ecific vu ln erabilities (e.g.,

Com m ission d isagrees w ith th e Sierra th orou gh ly evalu ated em ergen cy resu lts of an IPE or IPEEE). Probabilistic Clu b com m en t an d th e Com m ission p lan n in g con sid eration s in th e p reviou s argu m en ts m ay assist in d evelop in g an con clu d es th at th e licen se ren ew al licen se ren ew al ru lem akin g. Th ese ap p roach for agin g m an agem en t ap p roach p rop osed by Nevad a w ou ld evalu ation s an d con clu sion s are still ad equ acy. How ever, p robabilistic resu lt in th e con sid eration of issu es valid an d can be fou n d in th e SOC for argu m en ts alon e w ill n ot be an ou tsid e th e scop e of th is ru le an d resu lt th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le (56 FR accep table basis for con clu d in g th at, for in con sid eration of ad d ition al system s, 64943 at 64966). Th erefore, th e th ose stru ctu res an d com p on en ts su bject stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at are n ot Com m ission con clu d es th at system s, to an agin g m an agem en t review , th e d irectly related to th e safe op eration of stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts requ ired for effects of agin g w ill be ad equ ately th e p lan t for th e p eriod of exten d ed em ergen cy p lan n in g, u n less th ey m eet m an aged in th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . Th e Com m ission h as th e scop in g criteria in § 54.4, sh ou ld n ot op eration .

review ed its scop in g criteria an d be th e focu s of a licen se ren ew al review . Illin ois also in d icated th at as d eterm in ed th at th e criteria (1) reflect an p robabilistic in sigh ts are m ore fu lly (iv) Use of Probabilistic Risk ap p rop riate con sid eration of th e existin g in tegrated w ith ou r trad ition al Assessm en t in Licen se Ren ew al regu latory p rocess, (2) p rop erly focu s d eterm in istic m eth od s of regu lation ,

th e in itial licen se ren ew al review on Several com m en ts from Illin ois th ey m ay d efin e a n arrow er safety focu s.

th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d con cern ed th e u se of p robabilistic Th u s, th e u se of p robabilistic in sigh ts com p on en ts th at are m ost im p ortan t to an alysis tech n iqu es in th e licen se cou ld red u ce th e scop e of th e very safety an d (3) w ill n ot resu lt in an ren ew al p rocess. Illin ois in d icated th at p rogram s th at th e licen se ren ew al ru le u n w arran ted re-exam in ation of th e th e NRC sh ou ld requ ire rigorou s cred its for m on itorin g an d id en tifyin g en tire p lan t. p robabilistic an alyses, requ ire th ese th e effects of agin g.

On e com m en ter in d icated th at th e an alyses to be u sed in ap p rop riate Th e Com m ission reaffirm s its scop e of system s, stru ctu res, an d regu latory ap p lication s, an d requ ire p reviou s con clu sion (see 56 FR 64943 at com p on en ts con sid ered for licen se th ese p robabilistic an alyses to be 64956) th at PRA tech n iqu es are m ost ren ew al cou ld be fu rth er red u ced by u p d ated , as n eed ed . In ad d ition , Illin ois valu able w h en th ey focu s th e id en tifyin g an d ad d ressin g th e very few n oted th at th e p reviou s ru le an d th e trad ition al, d eterm in istic-based issu es in w h ich a p lan ts d esign m u st p rop osed ru le d id n ot requ ire regu lation s an d su p p ort th e d efen se-in -

sp ecifically con sid er 40 years of con sid eration of in d ivid u al p lan t d ep th p h ilosop h y. In th is regard , PRA d egrad ation . In on e of its com m en ts, exam in ation (IPE) resu lts.

Th e Com m ission is fin alizin g a p olicy m eth od s an d tech n iqu es w ou ld focu s Illin ois su ggested th at th ose system s, regu lation s an d p rogram s on th ose item s stru ctu res an d com p on en ts requ ired to statem en t regard in g th e in creased u se of p robabilistic risk assessm en t (PRA) m ost im p ortan t to safety by elim in atin g m itigate a sequ en ce lead in g to core u n n ecessary con servatism or by d am age, as d eterm in ed by p lan t-sp ecific m eth od s in n u clear regu latory activities (59 FR 63389; Decem ber 8, 1994). su p p ortin g ad d ition al regu latory p robabilistic an alyses, an d th ose How ever, th ere is cu rren tly n o requ irem en ts. PRA in sigh ts w ou ld be system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts ad d ition al gu id an ce for licen sees to u sed to m ore clearly d efin e a p rop er requ ired to m ake p rotective action con d u ct m ore rigorou s p robabilistic safety focu s, w h ich m ay be n arrow er or recom m en d ation s for th e p rotection of an alyses beyon d th e gu id an ce for an IPE m ay be broad er. In an y case, PRA w ill th e p u blic, sh ou ld also be in clu d ed in an d an IPE Extern al Even ts (IPEEE) n ot be u sed to ju stify p oor p erform an ce th e scop e of th is ru lem akin g.

As th e com m en ter su ggested , th e (Gen eric Letter 88-20). Th e in agin g m an agem en t or to red u ce Com m ission d id con sid er fu rth er Com m ission s con sid eration of regu latory or p rogram m atic lim itin g th e scop e of licen se ren ew al to regu latory requ irem en ts associated w ith requ irem en ts to th e exten t th at th e certain issu es in a p lan ts d esign th at d evelop in g, m ain tain in g, or u sin g im p lem en tation of th e regu lation or w ere sp ecifically based on a tim e p eriod p robabilistic an alyses is beyon d th e p rogram is n o lon ger ad equ ate to cred it bou n d ed by th e cu rren t licen se term (40 scop e of th is ru lem akin g. for m on itorin g or id en tifyin g th e effects years). As a resu lt, th e Com m ission Th e CLB for cu rren tly op eratin g of agin g.

exp licitly id en tified th e n eed to review p lan ts is largely based on d eterm in istic d . T h e Regu latory Process an d A gin g tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses an d en gin eerin g criteria. Con sequ en tly, th ere Man agem en t in corp orated th is requ irem en t in to th e is con sid erable logic in establish in g fin al ru le. How ever, as d iscu ssed in licen se ren ew al scop in g criteria th at (i) Agin g Mech an ism s an d Effects of Section III.d an d III.f of th is SOC, th e recogn ize th e d eterm in istic n atu re of a Agin g Com m ission d eterm in ed th at, at th is p lan ts licen sin g basis. With ou t th e Th e licen se ren ew al review ap p roach tim e, th ere w as n ot an ad equ ate basis to n ecessary regu latory requ irem en ts an d d iscu ssed in th e SOC accom p an yin g th e gen erically exclu d e p assive, lon g-lived ap p rop riate con trols for p lan t-sp ecific Decem ber 13, 1991, ru le em p h asized th e

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22469 id en tification an d evalu ation of agin g p rocess w ill still n eed to be ad equ ate to becau se th e MTIs id en tified som e m ech an ism s for system s, stru ctu res, an d ad d ress agin g u n certain ties. com m on m ain ten an ce-related com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of th e Wh en th e Com m ission con clu d ed th at w eakn esses, su ch as in ad equ ate root-ru le. Prim arily th rou gh p re-ap p lication th e p rop er ap p roach for a licen se cau se an alysis lead in g to rep etitive im p lem en tation exp erien ce associated ren ew al review w as on e th at focu sed on failu res, lack of equ ip m en t p erform an ce w ith th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le m itigatin g th e d etrim en tal effects of tren d in g, an d lack of ap p rop riate an d th e evalu ation of com m en ts agin g regard less of th e m ech an ism s con sid eration of p lan t risk in th e resu ltin g from th e Sep tem ber 1993 cau sin g th e effects, th e in ten t w as to p rioritization , p lan n in g, an d sch ed u lin g licen se ren ew al w orksh op , th e con cen trate efforts on id en tification of of m ain ten an ce.

Com m ission d eterm in ed th at an fu n ction al d egrad ation ; th at is, excep t Th e Com m ission am en d ed its ap p roach to licen se ren ew al th at focu ses for w ell-u n d erstood agin g m ech an ism s, regu lation s, at 10 CFR 50.65, on Ju ly 10, on ly on th e id en tification an d th e straigh tforw ard ap p roach to 1991 (56 FR 31306), to requ ire evalu ation of agin g m ech an ism s cou ld d etectin g an d m itigatin g th e effects of com m ercial n u clear p ow er p lan t con stitu te an op en -en d ed research agin g begin s w ith a p rocess th at verifies licen sees to m on itor th e effectiven ess of p roject. Ultim ately, th is typ e of th at th e in ten d ed d esign fu n ction s of m ain ten an ce activities for safety-ap p roach m ay n ot p rovid e reason able system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts sign ifican t p lan t equ ip m en t to m in im ize assu ran ce th at certain system s, h ave n ot been com p rom ised or th e likelih ood of failu res an d even ts stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w ill d egrad ed . On ce fu n ction al d egrad ation cau sed by th e lack of effective con tin u e to p erform th eir in ten d ed is id en tified th rou gh p erform an ce or m ain ten an ce. Th e m ain ten an ce ru le an d fu n ction s. Th e Com m ission believes con d ition m on itorin g, corrective action s its im p lem en tation gu id an ce (1) Provid e th at regard less of th e sp ecific agin g can be ap p lied . Th e Com m ission agrees for con tin u ed em p h asis on th e d efen se-m ech an ism , on ly agin g d egrad ation th at th at ad verse agin g effects can n ot be in -d ep th p rin cip le by in clu d in g selected lead s to d egrad ed p erform an ce or com p letely d ivorced from an balan ce-of-p lan t (BOP) system s, con d ition (i.e., d etrim en tal effects) u n d erstan d in g of th e agin g m ech an ism s. stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts, (2) d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration Th e corrective action s th at sh ou ld be in tegrate risk con sid eration in to th e is of p rin cip al con cern for licen se taken follow in g id en tification of m ain ten an ce p rocess, (3) p rovid e an ren ew al. Becau se th e d etrim en tal effects fu n ction al d egrad ation logically in clu d e en h an ced regu latory basis for in sp ection of agin g are m an ifested in d egrad ed d eterm in ation of th e cau se of th e an d en forcem en t of BOP m ain ten an ce-p erform an ce or con d ition , an d egrad ation , w h ich cou ld in volve related issu es, an d (4) p rovid e a ap p rop riate licen se ren ew al review m ech an ism s oth er th an agin g (e.g., stren gth en ed regu latory basis for w ou ld en su re th at licen see p rogram s fau lty m an u factu rin g p rocesses, fau lty en su rin g th at th e p rogress ach ieved to ad equ ately m on itor p erform an ce or m ain ten an ce, im p rop er op eration , or d ate is su stain ed in th e fu tu re. Th e con d ition in a m an n er th at allow s for p erson n el errors). If on e or m ore agin g requ irem en ts of th e m ain ten an ce ru le th e tim ely id en tification an d correction m ech an ism s are th e cau se of fu n ction al m u st be im p lem en ted by each licen see of d egrad ed con d ition s. Th e d egrad ation , corrective action s sh ou ld by Ju ly 10, 1996.

focu s, as ap p rop riate, on p reven tion , In Ju n e 1993, th e NRC issu ed Com m ission con clu d es th at a sh ift in elim in ation , or m an agem en t of th e Regu latory Gu id e 1.160, Mon itorin g focu s to m an agin g th e d etrim en tal effects cau sed by th e m ech an ism (s) in th e Effectiven ess of Main ten an ce at effects of agin g for licen se ren ew al th e fu tu re. Licen sees are requ ired by Nu clear Pow er Plan ts. Th e regu latory review s is ap p rop riate an d w ill p rovid e cu rren t regu lation s to d evelop an d gu id e p rovid es an accep table m eth od for reason able assu ran ce th at system s, im p lem en t p rogram s th at en su re th at com p lyin g w ith th e requ irem en ts of th e stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts are cap able m ain ten an ce ru le an d states th at a con d ition s ad verse to qu ality, in clu d in g of p erform in g th eir in ten d ed fu n ction licen see can u se altern ative m eth od s if d egrad ed system , stru ctu re, an d d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . th e licen see can d em on strate th at th ese com p on en t fu n ction , are p rom p tly Th is sh ift in focu s of th e licen se id en tified an d corrected . altern ative m eth od s satisfy th e ren ew al review h as resu lted in several requ irem en ts of th e ru le. Becau se agin g p rop osed ch an ges to th e licen se ren ew al (ii) Regu latory Requ irem en ts an d is a con tin u in g p rocess, th e Com m ission ru le. Th ese ch an ges in clu d e d eletin g th e Relian ce on th e Regu latory Process for h as con clu d ed th at existin g p rogram s d efin ition s of agin g m ech an ism an d age- Man agin g th e Effects of Agin g an d regu latory requ irem en ts th at related d egrad ation an d rep lacin g th e Com m ercial n u clear p ow er p lan ts con tin u e to be ap p licable in th e p eriod requ irem en t to m an age ARDUTLR in th e h ave been p erform in g a variety of of exten d ed op eration an d p rovid e IPA w ith a requ irem en t to d em on strate m ain ten an ce activities th at fu n ction ad equ ate agin g m an agem en t for system s, th at th e effects of agin g w ill be effectively as agin g m an agem en t stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts sh ou ld be ad equ ately m an aged for th e p eriod of p rogram s sin ce p lan ts w ere in itially cred ited for licen se ren ew al.

exten d ed op eration . con stru cted . Th e Com m ission also Accord in gly, th e am en d m en t to th e Illin ois com m en ted th at ad d ition al recogn izes th at both th e in d u stry an d licen se ren ew al ru le focu ses th e ren ew al research sh ou ld be u n d ertaken to en su re th e NRC h ave acqu ired exten sive review on p lan t system s, stru ctu res, an d all agin g effects are u n d erstood . exp erien ce an d kn ow led ge in th e area of com p on en ts for w h ich cu rren t activities Mitigatin g th e effects of agin g can n ot be n u clear p ow er p lan t m ain ten an ce. an d requ irem en ts m ay n ot be su fficien t com p letely d ivorced from Regard in g th e n eed for a m ain ten an ce to m an age th e effects of agin g in th e u n d erstan d in g th e agin g m ech an ism s. ru le, th e resu lts of th e Com m ission s p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

Illin ois in d icated th at th e effects of m ain ten an ce team in sp ection s (MTIs) Sin ce p u blish in g th e licen se ren ew al agin g on a system , stru ctu re, an d in d icated th at licen sees gen erally h ave ru le on Decem ber 13, 1991, th e com p on en t can n ot be m an aged w ith ou t ad equ ate m ain ten an ce p rogram s in regu latory p rocess (e.g., regu latory som e con sid eration of all th e agin g p lace an d h ave exh ibited an im p rovin g requ irem en ts, agin g research , in sp ection m ech an ism s cau sin g th e effects. As tren d in im p lem en tin g th em (56 FR requ irem en ts, an d in sp ection som e agin g m ech an ism s are n ot w ell 31307; Ju ly 10, 1991). How ever, th e p h ilosop h y) for m an agin g th e u n d erstood , research w ill still n eed to Com m ission d eterm in ed th at a d etrim en tal effects of agin g for be p erform ed , an d th e regu latory m ain ten an ce ru le w as n eed ed , in p art im p ortan t system s, stru ctu res, an d

22470 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s com p on en ts h as con tin u ed to evolve. m on itorin g at th e com p on en t level m ay failu re of an y licen see to com p ly w ith Th e ch an ges in th e regu latory p rocess be n ecessary, alth ou gh , m ost of th e th e m ain ten an ce ru le is en forceable by an d in itial exp erien ce w ith th e licen se m on itorin g cou ld be d on e at th e p lan t, th e Com m ission after Ju ly 10, 1996.

ren ew al ru le h ave h ad a d irect bearin g system , or system train level. For On e com m en ter stated th at relian ce on th e Com m ission s con clu sion s system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts on th e m ain ten an ce ru le is regard in g th e ap p rop riate focu s of agin g th at fall w ith in th e requ irem en ts of in ap p rop riate becau se th e NRC d oes n ot m an agem en t review for system s, § 50.65(a)(1), licen sees m u st establish p lan to scru tin ize every system ,

stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at are goals an d m on itor p erform an ce again st stru ctu re, an d com p on en t an d h ow it is w ith in th e scop e of th e licen se ren ew al th ese goals. Th ese goals sh ou ld be m on itored in assu rin g com p lian ce w ith ru le, an d h ow th ese system s, stru ctu res, d erived from in form ation in th e CLB th e m ain ten an ce ru le. Accord in g to th e an d com p on en ts are treated in th e IPA an d sh ou ld be establish ed com m en ter, if th ere are u n certain ties in p rocess. com m en su rate w ith safety sign ifican ce th e m ain ten an ce ru le or its of th e system s, stru ctu res, or im p lem en tation , th en th ere is (iii) Main ten an ce Ru le Requ irem en ts u n certain ty in th e licen se ren ew al ru le.

com p on en ts. Th ese goals m ay be an d Im p lem en tation Th e com m en ter also stated th at th e p erform an ce-orien ted (reliability, As d iscu ssed in th e regu latory u n availability) or con d ition -orien ted agin g m an agem en t an alyses an d an alysis for th e m ain ten an ce ru le an d in (p u m p flow , p ressu re, vibration , valve m easu rem en ts requ ired by th e licen se Regu latory Gu id e 1.160, th e stroke tim e, cu rren t, electrical ren ew al ru le for th e p eriod of exten d ed Com m ission s d eterm in ation th at a resistan ce). An effective p reven tive op eration sh ou ld com m en ce for all m ain ten an ce ru le w as n eed ed arose m ain ten an ce p rogram is requ ired u n d er op eratin g reactors w h en th e from th e con clu sion th at p rop er § 50.65(a)(2) if m on itorin g u n d er m ain ten an ce ru le goes in to effect. Th e m ain ten an ce w as essen tial to p lan t § 50.65(a)(1) is n ot p erform ed . NRC d isagrees w ith th e com m en ter th at safety. A clear lin k exists betw een Th e SOC for th e m ain ten an ce ru le (56 th e 100-p ercen t in sp ection of all effective m ain ten an ce an d safety as it FR 31308; Ju ly 10, 1991) states th at th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts is relates to factors su ch as th e n u m ber of scop e of § 50.65(a)(2) in clu d es th ose n ecessary to verify com p lian ce w ith tran sien ts an d ch allen ges to safety- system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts NRC requ irem en ts, in clu d in g th e related system s an d th e associated n eed th at h ave in h eren tly h igh reliability m ain ten an ce ru le. Th e Com m ission for op erability, availability, an d w ith ou t m ain ten an ce. It is exp ected th at d isagrees w ith th e com m en ter th at th e reliability of safety-related system s, m an y lon g-lived , p assive stru ctu res an d licen sees sh ou ld be requ ired to stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts. In ad d ition , com p on en ts cou ld be con sid ered com m en ce agin g m an agem en t review s good m ain ten an ce is im p ortan t to in h eren tly reliable by licen sees an d n ot requ ired for licen se ren ew al w h en th e p rovid in g assu ran ce th at failu res of be m on itored u n d er 10 CFR 50.65(a)(1). m ain ten an ce ru le becom es effective.

oth er th an safety-related system s, Th ere m ay be few , if an y, actu al As d iscu ssed in th e SOC for th e stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at cou ld m ain ten an ce activities (e.g., in sp ection p reviou s ru le (56 FR at 64951), th e NRC in itiate or ad versely affect a tran sien t or or con d ition m on itorin g) th at a licen see in sp ection m eth od ology u tilizes a accid en t are m in im ized . Min im izin g con d u cts for su ch stru ctu res an d sam p lin g tech n iqu e. Wh en p roblem s are ch allen ges to safety-related system s is com p on en ts. Fu rth er, exp erien ce gain ed id en tified , th e in sp ection sam p le size is con sisten t w ith th e Com m ission s u n d er th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le, broad en ed to d eterm in e th e exten t of th e d efen se-in -d ep th p h ilosop h y. Th erefore, staff review of in d u stry rep orts, NRC p roblem . Ad d ition ally, w h ile th e n u clear p ow er p lan t m ain ten an ce is agin g research , an d op eratin g m ain ten an ce ru le d oes n ot requ ire clearly im p ortan t to p rotectin g th e exp erien ce in d icate th at su ch stru ctu res licen sees to su bm it th eir m ain ten an ce p u blic h ealth an d safety. an d com p on en ts sh ou ld be review ed for p rogram s to th e NRC for review an d Th e m ain ten an ce ru le requ ires th at licen se ren ew al if th ey are p assive an d ap p roval, com p lian ce w ith th e p ow er reactor licen sees m on itor th e lon g-lived . Th erefore, th e Com m ission requ irem en ts of th e m ain ten an ce ru le p erform an ce or con d ition of system s, believes th at su ch stru ctu res an d w ill be verified th rou gh th e NRC stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts again st com p on en ts th at are tech n ically w ith in in sp ection p rocess. Th e NRC w ill be licen see-establish ed goals in a m an n er th e scop e of th e m ain ten an ce ru le con d u ctin g in sp ection s on a rou tin e su fficien t to p rovid e reason able sh ou ld n ot be gen erically exclu d ed from basis on site to verify licen see assu ran ce th at th ese system s, stru ctu res, review for licen se ren ew al on th e basis com p lian ce w ith th e m ain ten an ce ru le.

an d com p on en ts are cap able of fu lfillin g of th eir in h eren t reliability. Fu rth erm ore, as d iscu ssed in Section th eir in ten d ed fu n ction s. Perform an ce Alth ou gh th e m ain ten an ce ru le d oes III(d )(iv) of th is SOC, th e m ain ten an ce an d con d ition m on itorin g again st n ot becom e effective an d en forceable ru le allow s for m on itorin g at a train ,

licen see-establish ed goals is n ot u n til Ju ly 10, 1996, th e Com m ission system , or p lan t level, an d th at goals requ ired , w h ere it can be d em on strated believes th at cred itin g th e ru le (alon g sh ou ld be com m en su rate w ith safety. If th at th e p erform an ce or con d ition of w ith th e en tire regu latory p rogram ) is p erform an ce p roblem s arise, corrective system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts is accep table to su p p ort m an agin g th e action requ irem en ts of 10 CFR 50, bein g effectively con trolled th rou gh th e effects of agin g for certain system s, Ap p en d ix B, an d th e m ain ten an ce ru le p erform an ce of ap p rop riate p reven tive stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts. As requ ire effective corrective action s to m ain ten an ce. Perform an ce an d d iscu ssed in Regu latory Gu id e 1.160, p reclu d e rep etition of th e failu re.

con d ition -m on itorin g activities an d im p lem en tation of th e m ain ten an ce ru le Passive, lon g-lived stru ctu res an d associated goals an d p reven tive relies exten sively on existin g com p on en ts th at are th e focu s of th e m ain ten an ce activities m u st be m ain ten an ce p rogram s an d activities. licen se ren ew al ru le are also w ith in th e evalu ated on ce every refu elin g cycle, Th e in d u stry h as d evelop ed gu id an ce requ irem en ts of th e m ain ten an ce ru le, p rovid ed th e in terval betw een for com p lyin g w ith th e m ain ten an ce as d iscu ssed in th e SOC Section evalu ation s d oes n ot exceed 24 m on th s. ru le an d th e NRC staff h as review ed th is III(d )(iv). Treatm en t of th ese stru ctu res As d iscu ssed in Regu latory Gu id e gu id an ce an d fou n d it accep table. Man y an d com p on en ts, h ow ever, u n d er th e 1.160, th e exten t of m on itorin g m ay vary u tilities are exp ected to follow th e m ain ten an ce ru le is likely to in volve from system to system , d ep en d in g on in d u stry gu id an ce in im p lem en tin g th e m in im al p reven tive m ain ten an ce or th e system s im p ortan ce to risk. Som e m ain ten an ce ru le. Fu rth erm ore, th e m on itorin g to m ain tain fu n ction ality of

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22471 su ch stru ctu res an d com p on en ts in th e th at licen see activities associated w ith m ain ten an ce ru le. Th erefore, for th ese origin al op eratin g p eriod . Con sequ en tly, th e im p lem en tation of th e m ain ten an ce reason s an d as d iscu ssed in Section u n d er th e licen se ren ew al ru le, th e ru le w ill con tin u e th rou gh ou t th e III.(d ) of th is SOC, th e Com m ission Com m ission d id n ot allow for a gen eric ren ew al p eriod an d are con sisten t w ith con tin u es to believe th at th ere is a exclu sion of p assive, lon g-lived th e first p rin cip le of licen se ren ew al is su fficien t basis for con clu d in g th at stru ctu res an d com p on en ts based solely fu n d am en tal to establish in g cred it for cu rren t licen see p rogram s an d activities, on m ain ten an ce activities associated th e existin g p rogram s an d th e alon g w ith th e regu latory p rocess, w ill w ith im p lem en tin g th e requ irem en ts of requ irem en ts of th e m ain ten an ce ru le. be ad equ ate to m an age th e effects of th e m ain ten an ce ru le. It also w ou ld be As a resu lt, th e requ irem en ts in th is ru le agin g on th e active fu n ction s of all in ap p rop riate to requ ire th at all reflect a greater relian ce on existin g system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts licen sees p erform an agin g m an agem en t licen see p rogram s th at m an age th e w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al review requ ired for licen se ren ew al d etrim en tal effects of agin g on d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration w h en som e licen sees m ay n ot seek fu n ction ality, in clu d in g th ose activities so th at th e CLB w ill be m ain tain ed .

licen se ren ew al an d d o n ot in ten d to im p lem en ted to m eet th e requ irem en ts In ad d ition to th e m ain ten an ce ru le, op erate beyon d th e en d of th eir cu rren t of th e m ain ten an ce ru le. th e Com m ission h as m an y in d ivid u al op eratin g licen se. Fu rth erm ore, if agin g Tw o com m en ters stated th at it is requ irem en ts relative to m ain ten an ce issu es are id en tified d u rin g th e licen se in ap p rop riate for th e licen se ren ew al th rou gh ou t its regu lation s. Th ese ren ew al review th at ap p ly to th e cu rren t ru le to rely on th e m ain ten an ce ru le in clu d e 10 CFR 50.34(a)(3)(i);

op eratin g term , licen sees are requ ired to 50.34(a)(7); 50.34(b)(6) (i), (ii), (iii), an d im p lem en tation becau se 10 CFR 50.65 take m easu res u n d er th eir cu rren t (iv); 50.34(b)(9); 50.34(f)(1) (i), (ii), (iii);

w ill n ot be in effect u n til Ju ly 10, 1996.

licen se to en su re th at th e in ten d ed 50.34(g); 50.34a(c); 50.36(a); 50.36(c) (2),

Th e Com m ission d isagrees w ith th e fu n ction of system s, stru ctu res, an d (3), (5), an d (7); 50.36a(a)(1); 50.49(b);

com m en ters. As d iscu ssed in Section com p on en ts w ill be m ain tain ed in 50.55a(g); Part 50, Ap p en d ix A, Criteria III.d . (ii) an d (iii) of th is SOC, th e resu lts accord an ce w ith th e CLB th rou gh ou t th e 1, 13, 18, 21, 32, 36, 37, 40, 43, 45, 46, of th e Com m ission s MTIs in d icate th at term of th e cu rren t licen se. In ad d ition , 52, 53; an d Part 50, Ap p en d ix B.

licen sees h ave ad equ ate m ain ten an ce if agin g issu es are id en tified d u rin g th e p rogram s in p lace an d h ave exh ibited an (v) Exclu d in g Stru ctu res an d licen se ren ew al review th at ap p ly to th e Com p on en ts With Active Fu n ction s im p rovin g tren d in im p lem en tin g th em .

cu rren t op eratin g term , th e NRC w ill Nu clear p ow er p lan ts h ave been Perform an ce an d con d ition evalu ate th ese issu es for gen eric p erform in g a variety of m ain ten an ce m on itorin g for system s, stru ctu res, an d ap p licability as p art of th e regu latory activities sin ce p lan ts w ere in itially com p on en ts typ ically in volves p rocess.

Th erefore, th e Com m ission believes con stru cted . Th e n eed for a fu n ction al verification , eith er d irectly or th at w ith th e ad d ition al exp erien ce it m ain ten an ce ru le arose p rim arily in d irectly. Direct verification is h as gain ed w ith age-related d egrad ation becau se th e MTIs id en tified th ree p ractical for active fu n ction s su ch as review s an d w ith th e im p lem en tation of com m on m ain ten an ce-related p u m p flow , valve stroke tim e, or relay th e m ain ten an ce ru le, th ere is a w eakn esses (in ad equ ate root-cau se actu ation w h ere th e p aram eter of su fficien t basis for con clu d in g th at an alysis, lack of equ ip m en t p erform an ce con cern (requ ired fu n ction ), in clu d in g cu rren t licen see p rogram s an d activities, tren d in g, an d lack of ap p rop riate an y d esign m argin s, can be d irectly alon g w ith th e regu latory p rocess, w ill con sid eration of p lan t risk in th e m easu red or observed . For p assive be ad equ ate to m an age th e effects of p rioritization , p lan n in g, an d sch ed u lin g fu n ction s, th e relation sh ip betw een th e agin g on th e active fu n ction s of all of m ain ten an ce). Ad d ition ally, th e SOC m easu rable p aram eters an d th e requ ired system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts for th e m ain ten an ce ru le (56 FR 31310) fu n ction is less d irectly verified . Passive w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al states th at [T]h e focu s of th e ru le is on fu n ction s, su ch as p ressu re bou n d ary d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration th e resu lts ach ieved th rou gh an d stru ctu ral in tegrity are gen erally so th at th e CLB w ill be m ain tain ed . Th e m ain ten an ce, an d , in th is regard , it is verified in d irectly, by con firm ation of bases for th is con clu sion are d iscu ssed n ot th e in ten t of th e ru le th at existin g p h ysical d im en sion s or com p on en t fu rth er in th e follow in g section s. licen sees n ecessarily d evelop n ew p h ysical con d ition (e.g., p ip in g m ain ten an ce p rogram s. Fu rth erm ore, stru ctu ral in tegrity can be p red icted (iv) In tegration of th e Regu latory Process as stated in Regu latory Gu id e 1.160, it based on m easu red w all th ickn ess an d an d th e Main ten an ce Ru le With th e is in ten d ed th at activities cu rren tly con d ition of stru ctu ral su p p orts, bu t its Licen se Ren ew al Ru le bein g con d u cted by licen sees, su ch as seism ic resistan ce cap ability can n ot be Becau se of th e resu ltan t in sigh t an d tech n ical sp ecification su rveillan ce verified by in sp ection alon e). Alth ou gh u n d erstan d in g th at th e NRC gain ed in testin g, can satisfy m on itorin g th e requ irem en ts of th e m ain ten an ce d evelop in g th e im p lem en tation requ irem en ts. Su ch activities cou ld be ru le ap p ly to system s, stru ctu res, an d gu id an ce for th e m ain ten an ce ru le, th e in tegrated w ith , an d p rovid e th e basis com p on en ts th at p erform both active Com m ission is n ow in a p osition to for, th e requ isite level of m on itorin g. an d p assive fu n ction s, th e Com m ission m ore fu lly in tegrate th e m ain ten an ce Fin ally, at th e tim e of th is ru lem akin g, h as d eterm in ed th at p erform an ce an d ru le an d th e licen se ren ew al ru le. n in e licen sees volu n teered to p articip ate con d ition -m on itorin g p rogram s for Becau se th e in ten t of th e licen se in an NRC p ilot in sp ection effort to stru ctu res an d com p on en ts th at p erform ren ew al ru le an d th e m ain ten an ce ru le review im p lem en tation of th e p assive fu n ction s p resen t lim itation s is sim ilar (en su rin g th at th e d etrim en tal m ain ten an ce ru le. Five p ilot in sp ection s th at sh ou ld be con sid ered in effects of agin g on th e fu n ction ality of h ad been com p leted at n u clear p ow er d eterm in in g th at stru ctu res an d im p ortan t system s, stru ctu res, an d p lan ts. Th e p ilot in sp ection s in volved a com p on en ts can be gen erically exclu d ed com p on en ts are effectively m an aged ), step -by-step review of th e from an agin g m an agem en t review for th e Com m ission h as d eterm in ed th at th e im p lem en tation of th e m ain ten an ce licen se ren ew al.

licen se ren ew al ru le sh ou ld cred it ru le. In gen eral, th e p ilot in sp ection s On th e basis of con sid eration of th e existin g m ain ten an ce activities an d fou n d th at licen sees w ere able to u tilize effectiven ess of existin g p rogram s w h ich m ain ten an ce ru le requ irem en ts for m ost existin g m ain ten an ce activities in m on itor th e p erform an ce an d con d ition stru ctu res an d com p on en ts. Recogn ition com p lyin g w ith requ irem en ts of th e of system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts

22472 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s th at p erform active fu n ction s, th e can be exclu d ed from an agin g from an agin g m an agem en t review Com m ission con clu d es th at stru ctu res m an agem en t review . Th e exam p les becau se th ey are eith er w ith in th e scop e an d com p on en ts associated on ly w ith given by th e com m en ter for catastrop h ic of § 50.65 or § 50.48. Com p lian ce w ith active fu n ction s can be gen erically failu res are th ose related to p assive § 50.48 is verified th rou gh th e NRC exclu d ed from a licen se ren ew al agin g in ten d ed fu n ction s (e.g., stru ctu ral in sp ection p rogram .

m an agem en t review . Fu n ction al in tegrity, p ressu re bou n d ary). It is th e Th e fire p rotection ru le (§ 50.48) d egrad ation resu ltin g from th e effects of Com m ission s in ten t to in clu d e th ese requ ires each n u clear p ow er p lan t agin g on active fu n ction s is m ore read ily p assive fu n ction s in th e licen se licen see to h ave in p lace a fire d eterm in able, an d existin g p rogram s ren ew al review , irresp ective of th e p rotection p lan (FPP) th at satisfies 10 an d requ irem en ts are exp ected to com p on en ts active fu n ction . For CFR Part 50, Ap p en d ix A, Criterion 3.

d irectly d etect th e effects of agin g. exam p le, a safety system p u m p casin g Licen sees are requ ired by § 50.48 to Con sid erable exp erien ce h as (i.e., p ressu re bou n d ary fu n ction ) w ou ld retain th e FPP an d each ch an ge to th e d em on strated th e effectiven ess of th ese be requ ired to be review ed , w h ile th e p lan u n til th e Com m ission term in ates p rogram s an d th e p erform an ce-based p u m p (i.e., th e active p u m p in g fu n ction ) th e reactor licen se. Th e NRC review s requ irem en ts of th e m ain ten an ce ru le w ou ld n ot. Th e Com m ission believes each licen sees total FPP as d escribed in d elin eated in § 50.65 are exp ected to th at con sid erable exp erien ce h as th e licen sees safety an alysis rep ort fu rth er en h an ce existin g m ain ten an ce d em on strated th at its regu latory p rocess, (SAR), u sin g basic review gu id an ce p rogram s. For exam p le, m an y licen see in clu d in g th e p erform an ce-based d escribed in § 50.48, as ap p licable to p rogram s th at en su re com p lian ce w ith requ irem en ts of th e m ain ten an ce ru le, each p lan t.

tech n ical sp ecification s are based on p rovid e ad equ ate assu ran ce th at Th e FPP establish es th e fire su rveillan ce activities th at m on itor d egrad ation d u e to agin g of stru ctu res p rotection p olicy for th e p rotection of p erform an ce of system s, stru ctu res, an d an d com p on en ts th at p erform active system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts com p on en ts th at p erform active fu n ction s w ill be ap p rop riately m an aged im p ortan t to safety at each p lan t an d th e fu n ction s. As a resu lt of th e con tin u ed to en su re th eir con tin u ed fu n ction ality p roced u res, equ ip m en t, an d p erson n el ap p licability of existin g p rogram s an d d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . requ irem en ts n ecessary to im p lem en t regu latory requ irem en ts, th e In ad d ition , to ad d ress th e NEI an d th e p rogram at th e p lan t site. Th e FPP Com m ission believes th at active Yan kee Atom ic Electric Com p an y is th e in tegrated effort th at in volves fu n ction s of system s, stru ctu res, an d com m en ts, th e Com m ission h as system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts, com p on en ts w ill be reason ably assu red rem oved th e w ord s p ortion s of an d p roced u res, an d p erson n el to carry ou t in an y p eriod of exten d ed op eration . sim ilar w ord in g from th e Statem en t of all activities of fire p rotection . Th e FPP Fu rth er d iscu ssion an d ju stification for Con sid eration s w h en it cou ld be in clu d es system an d facility d esign , fire exclu d in g stru ctu res an d com p on en ts m isin terp reted to m ean a su bcom p on en t p reven tion , fire d etection , an n u n ciation ,

th at p erform active fu n ction s an d are p iece-p art d em on stration . con fin em en t, su p p ression ,

w ith in th e scop e of th e licen se ren ew al A com m en ter argu ed th at th e ad m in istrative con trols, fire brigad e ru le, bu t ou tsid e th e scop e of th e Com m ission sh ou ld n ot exclu d e from organ ization , in sp ection an d m ain ten an ce ru le, are p resen ted in review m an u al valves th at are rarely m ain ten an ce, train in g, qu ality Section (vi). op erated d u rin g th e life of th e p lan t, assu ran ce, an d testin g.

On e com m en ter argu ed th at th e som e of w h ich are relied on as p art of Th e FPP is p art of th e CLB an d Com m ission sh ou ld n ot exclu d e active con tin gen cy action s in p lan t em ergen cy con tain s m ain ten an ce an d testin g com p on en ts becau se agin g can be op eratin g p roced u res. Th e com m en ter criteria th at p rovid e reason able d iscon tin u ou s, lead in g to catastrop h ic argu ed th at becau se th ese valves are assu ran ce th at fire p rotection system s, failu res. Exam p les of catastrop h ic rarely officially exercised , th ere is stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts are cap able failu res p rovid ed by th e com m en ter in su fficien t evid en ce th at th e active of p erform in g th eir in ten d ed fu n ction .

in clu d ed overstretch in g of m etal, fu n ction s w ill be m ain tain ed in th e Th e Com m ission con clu d es th at it is ben d in g of beam s, an d em brittlem en t. In ren ew al p eriod . Th e Com m ission ap p rop riate to allow licen se ren ew al th eir su p p lem en tal com m en ts, NEI an d d isagrees w ith th e com m en ters ap p lican ts to take cred it for th e FPP as Yan kee Atom ic Electric Com p an y assertion th at th ere is in su fficien t an existin g p rogram th at m an ages th e in d icated th at th e u se of th e term evid en ce th at th e active fu n ction s w ill d etrim en tal effects of agin g. Th e p ortion s of cou ld be m isin terp reted be m ain tain ed in th e ren ew al p eriod . Com m ission con clu d es th at in stalled an d lead to an u n n ecessary evalu ation Su ch valves are w ith in th e scop e of fire p rotection com p on en ts th at p erform of all p assive su bcom p on en ts of active variou s regu latory p rogram s, in clu d in g active fu n ction s can be gen erically stru ctu res an d com p on en ts. th e m ain ten an ce ru le. Con sequ en tly, th e exclu d ed from an agin g m an agem en t Th e com m en ters ap p ear to h ave ability of th e valves to p erform th eir review on th e basis of p erform an ce or m isu n d erstood th e Com m ission s in ten t in ten d ed fu n ction m u st be assu red con d ition -m on itorin g p rogram s afford ed w ith regard to active an d p assive th rou gh eith er (1) effective p reven tive by th e FPP th at are cap able of d etectin g fu n ction s. Passive p arts of stru ctu res m ain ten an ce or (2) p erform an ce or an d su bsequ en tly m itigatin g th e an d com p on en ts th at on ly p erform con d ition m on itorin g. d etrim en tal effects of agin g.

active fu n ction s d o n ot requ ire an agin g m an agem en t review . Stru ctu res an d (vi) Exclu d in g Fire Protection (vii) Fu tu re Exclu sion of Stru ctu res an d com p on en ts th at p erform both p assive Com p on en ts With Active Fu n ction s Com p on en ts on th e Basis of NRC an d active fu n ction s requ ire an agin g Th e scop e of th e m ain ten an ce ru le Requ irem en ts m an agem en t review for th eir in ten d ed d oes n ot gen erally in clu d e in stalled fire As p art of th e on goin g regu latory p assive fu n ction on ly. Th e exclu sion p rotection system s, stru ctu res, an d p rocess, th e NRC evalu ates em ergin g regard in g active com p on en ts is focu sed com p on en ts becau se p erform an ce an d tech n ical issu es an d , w h en w arran ted ,

on active fu n ction s rath er th an on an con d ition m on itorin g is requ ired by establish es n ew or revised regu latory exclu sion of th e en tire com p on en t. For § 50.48. Th erefore, for th e p u rp oses of requ irem en ts as p art of th e resolu tion of exam p le, d iesel gen erators an d air licen se ren ew al, in stalled stru ctu res an d a n ew tech n ical issu e, su bject to th e com p ressors (exclu d in g stru ctu ral com p on en ts th at p erform active p rovision s of th e backfit ru le (§ 50.109).

su p p orts) p erform active fu n ction s an d fu n ction s can be gen erically exclu d ed In creasin g exp erien ce w ith agin g

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22473 n u clear p ow er p lan ts h as led to th e Com p ilation of th e CLB is u n n ecessary op eration al con cern s an d issu es at im p osition or con sid eration of to p erform a licen se ren ew al review . sp ecific p lan ts w ere id en tified to ad d ition al requ irem en ts. For exam p le, On e com m en ter argu ed th at th e d em on strate th e in ad equ acy of th e at th is tim e th e Com m ission is d efin ition of CLB in § 54.3 sh ou ld be CLBs. On e com m en ter stated th at th e con sid erin g ru lem akin g activities clarified . Sp ecifically, th e com m en ter Yan kee Row e reactor p ressu re vessel associated w ith steam gen erator in terp rets th at licen see w ritten p roblem (th e p lan t w as rem oved from p erform an ce an d con tain m en t com m itm en ts m ad e in d ocketed service rath er th an sh ow com p lian ce in sp ection s. For steam gen erators, th e licen sin g corresp on d en ce su ch as w ith its CLB for its reactor p ressu re Com m ission is con sid erin g th e n eed for resp on ses to bu lletin s, gen eric letters, vessel) d em on strates th e in ad equ acy of a p erform an ce-based ru le to ad d ress an d en forcem en t action s an d CLBs. Th e com m en ter stated th at th e steam gen erator tu be in tegrity. To com m itm en ts in safety evalu ation s an d Row e exp erien ce d em on strated th at ad d ress con cern s regard in g licen see even t rep orts (item s in th e th ird exam in ation of th e licen sin g basis for con tain m en ts an d lin ers, th e sen ten ce of th e d efin ition ) sh ou ld be exten d ed op eration cou ld jeop ard ize th e Com m ission is con sid erin g am en d in g con sid ered as p art of th e CLB on ly to rem ain in g years on th e cu rren t licen se.

§ 50.55(a) to in corp orate th e m ost recen t th e exten t th at th ese com m itm en ts Th e Com m ission d id n ot agree w ith version of Su bsection s IWE an d IWL in reflect com p lian ce w ith m ore form al th e com m en ts on th e p reviou s ru le in th e Am erican Society of Mech an ical requ irem en ts an d regu lation s. Th ese th is area an d com m en ts received for th is En gin eers (ASME) Cod e, Section XI. w ou ld in clu d e th ose elem en ts of NRC ru lem akin g d id n ot p rovid e com p ellin g requ irem en ts an d regu lation s id en tified reason s to alter th e p reviou s Th ese n ew requ irem en ts, if in th e first tw o sen ten ces of th e Com m ission d eterm in ation s. Th e im p lem en ted , w ou ld be relevan t to both d efin ition . All oth er licen see exam p les cited w ere all id en tified by agin g m an agem en t an d th e stru ctu res com m itm en ts id en tified in th ose th e NRC th rou gh th e in sp ection an d an d com p on en ts su bject to an agin g d ocu m en t typ es listed in th e th ird oversigh t p rocesses. Th e id en tification m an agem en t review for licen se ren ew al sen ten ce sh ou ld n ot be con sid ered CLB of th ese issu es th rou gh th e regu latory (i.e., p assive, lon g-lived stru ctu res an d com m itm en ts if th ey are n ot oth erw ise p rocess d em on strates th at th e com p on en ts). As a resu lt, as p art of n ecessary to d em on strate com p lian ce Com m ission s p rogram s are effective in relevan t fu tu re ru lem akin gs, th e w ith NRC requ irem en ts an d regu lation s. id en tifyin g an d resolvin g n ew tech n ical Com m ission in ten d s to evalu ate Th e Com m ission is aw are of p u blic an d safety issu es an d areas of w h eth er th ese n ew requ irem en ts can be con cern s associated w ith th e d efin ition n on com p lian ce in a tim ely fash ion . In con sid ered effective in con tin u in g to of CLB in § 54.3. Som e of th ese con cern s each exam p le p rovid ed by th e m an age th e effects of agin g th rou gh an y can be exp licitly lin ked to w h at is com m en ters, ap p rop riate corrective ren ew al term . A p ositive con clu sion m ean t by th e term w ritten action w as taken or is bein g taken on a cou ld establish th e bases for fu rth er com m itm en ts as it relates to th e CLB. p lan t-sp ecific or on an in d u stry-w id e lim itin g th e licen se ren ew al review . Th ese con cern s relate to on goin g basis to eith er m od ify th e CLB to resolve

e. Reaffirm ation of Con clu sion s con sid eration of th e regu latory an d th e con cern or to en su re th e con tin u ed Con cern in g th e Cu rren t Licen sin g Basis licen see p rocesses for d efin in g, com p lian ce w ith th e p resen t CLB. Th e an d Main tain in g th e Fu n ction of id en tifyin g, trackin g, an d valid atin g Com m ission agrees th at th e Yan kee S ystem s, S tru ctu res, an d Com p on en ts licen see com m itm en ts. Alth ou gh Row e case d em on strated th at th e id en tified in th e licen se ren ew al regu latory p rocess can jeop ard ize (i) Cu rren t Licen sin g Basis ru lem akin g p rocess, m an y of th ese cu rren t op eration d u rin g licen se con cern s are n ot d irectly associated ren ew al activities. Th e d ecision to retire As d efin ed in § 54.3 of th e ru le, th e w ith licen se ren ew al, bu t are relevan t to th e Yan kee Row e p lan t w as a u tility CLB is th e set of NRC requ irem en ts cu rren t com m itm en t m an agem en t econ om ic d ecision w h en faced w ith th e ap p licable to a sp ecific p lan t an d a m eth od s an d p ractices. Th erefore, th e p rosp ect of d em on stratin g con tin u ed licen sees w ritten com m itm en ts for Com m ission is evalu atin g con cern s com p lian ce w ith its CLB. Non -

en su rin g com p lian ce w ith an d op eration associated w ith th e d efin ition of CLB in com p lian ce w ith th e CLB, w h ile n ot w ith in ap p licable NRC requ irem en ts th e con text of cu rren tly op eratin g sh ow n in th e Row e exam p le, is on e of an d th e p lan t-sp ecific d esign basis reactors an d m ay, in th e fu tu re, th e reason s th at ju stifies th e existen ce of (in clu d in g all m od ification s an d d eterm in e th at th e d efin ition of CLB th e regu latory p rocess.

ad d ition s to su ch com m itm en ts over th e n eed s to be clarified . Th u s, th e Pu blic Citizen stated th at th e life of th e licen se) th at are d ocketed an d Com m ission con clu d es th at, at th is Com m ission s con ten tion th at all are in effect. A d etailed exp lan ation of tim e, a revision to th e d efin ition of CLB reactors are in com p lian ce w ith th eir th e CLB, th e regu latory p rocesses is p rem atu re an d w ill n ot be con sid ered CLBs is both arbitrary an d cap riciou s u n d erlyin g th e CLB, com p lian ce w ith as p art of th is ru lem akin g. an d n eith er stan d s th e test of logic n or th e CLB, an d con sid eration of th e CLB In ad d ition , th e Com m ission reality. Th e com m en ter con tin u ed by is con tain ed in th e SOC for th e p reviou s con clu d es th at, for th e licen see ren ew al statin g th at th e NRCs assu m p tion is licen se ren ew al ru le (56 FR 64949: review , con sid eration of w ritten based u p on th e sp eciou s argu m en t th at Decem ber 13, 1991). In su m m ary, th e com m itm en ts on ly n eed en com p ass h avin g op erated w ith ou t a m eltd ow n for con clu sion s m ad e in th e SOC for th e th ose com m itm en ts th at con cern th e a fin ite p eriod of tim e m ean s th at safety p reviou s ru le rem ain valid . Th e CLB cap ability of system s, stru ctu res, an d is ad equ ate.

rep resen ts th e evolvin g set of com p on en ts, id en tified in § 54.21(a), Th e Com m ission d oes n ot con ten d requ irem en ts an d com m itm en ts for a in tegrated p lan t assessm en t an d th at all reactors are in fu ll com p lian ce sp ecific p lan t th at are m od ified as § 54.21(c) tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses, w ith th eir resp ective CLBs on a n ecessary over th e life of a p lan t to to p erform th eir in ten d ed fu n ction s, as con tin u ou s basis. Rath er, as d iscu ssed en su re con tin u ation of an ad equ ate level d elin eated in § 54.4(b). in th e SOC for th e p reviou s ru le, th e of safety. Th e regu latory p rocess is th e For th e p reviou s ru le as w ell as for regu latory p rocess p rovid es reason able m ean s by w h ich th e Com m ission th is ru lem akin g, com m en ters argu ed assu ran ce th at th ere is com p lian ce w ith con tin u ally assesses th e ad equ acy of th at th e CLB of a n u m ber of p lan ts is th e CLB. Th e NRC con d u cts its an d com p lian ce w ith th e CLB. in ad equ ate. Mu ltip le exam p les of in sp ection an d en forcem en t activities

22474 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s u n d er th e p resu m p tion th at n on - com p on en ts, th e p ortion of th e CLB an d a licen se ren ew al evalu ation . Th is com p lian ces w ill occu r. th at can be im p acted by th e d etrim en tal activity w ill likely in clu d e exam in ation Th e Com m ission d oes n ot believe th at effects of agin g is th e d esign basis. Th u s, of th e p lan t itself to u n d erstan d an d an absen ce of accid en ts over a given th ere is n o com p ellin g reason to verify licen see activities associated w ith p eriod of tim e equ ates to ad equ ate con sid er, for licen se ren ew al, an y agin g m an agem en t review s an d action s safety. Neith er d oes th e Com m ission p ortion of th e CLB oth er th an th at bein g taken to m itigate d etrim en tal believe th at all risk can be elim in ated . w h ich is associated w ith th e stru ctu res effects of agin g.

Ad equ ate safety is a su bjective term th at an d com p on en ts of th e p lan t (i.e., th at After con sid eration of all com m en ts can n ot be d irectly m easu red . Th e p art of th e CLB th at can su ffer con cern in g th e com p ilation of th e CLB, Com m ission s p erform an ce in d icators d etrim en tal effects of agin g). All oth er th e Com m ission h as recon firm ed its d em on strate th at, w h ile n ot asp ects of th e CLB h ave con tin u in g con clu sion m ad e for th e p reviou s ru le qu an tifiable, relative safety levels are relevan ce in th e licen se ren ew al p eriod th at it is n ot n ecessary to com p ile, in creasin g. An absen ce of accid en ts over as th ey d o in th e origin al op eratin g review , an d su bm it a list of d ocu m en ts a fin ite p eriod of tim e can be con sid ered term , bu t w ith ou t an y association w ith th at com p rise th e CLB in ord er to as ju st on e safety p erform an ce in d icator. an agin g p rocess th at m ay cau se p erform a licen se ren ew al review .

Desp ite im p rovin g p erform an ce in valid ation . From a p ractical (ii) Main tain in g th e Fu n ction of in d icators, th e Com m ission in ten d s to stan d p oin t, an ap p lican t m u st con su lt System s, Stru ctu res, an d Com p on en ts con tin u e th e m eticu lou s p rocess of th e CLB for a stru ctu re or com p on en t in in su rin g an d m ain tain in g an ad equ ate ord er to p erform an agin g m an agem en t As d iscu ssed in th e SOC for th e level of p rotection . review . Th e CLB for th e stru ctu re or p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le, th e Com m en ters for both th e p reviou s com p on en t of in terest con tain s th e Com m ission stated th at con tin u ed safe ru le an d for th is ru lem akin g argu ed th at op eration of a n u clear p ow er p lan t in form ation d escribin g th e fu n ction al th e p lan t-sp ecific CLB sh ou ld be requ ires th at system s, stru ctu res, an d requ irem en ts n ecessary to d eterm in e th e com p iled an d th e NRC sh ou ld verify com p on en ts th at p erform or su p p ort p resen ce of an y agin g d egrad ation .

com p lian ce w ith th e CLB as p art of th e safety fu n ction s con tin u e to p erform in licen se ren ew al p rocess. Pu blic Citizen Th e d efin ition of CLB in § 54.3(a) accord an ce w ith th e ap p licable stated th at Th e NRC m u st review th e states th at a p lan ts CLB con sists, in requ irem en ts in th e licen sin g basis. In d ocu m en ts w h ich m ake u p th e cu rren t p art, of a licen sees w ritten ad d ition , th e Com m ission stated th at th e licen sin g basis an d exam in e th e p lan t com m itm en ts * *

th at are d ocketed effects of ARDUTLR m u st be m itigated itself in ord er to d eterm in e w h eth er th e * *

Becau se th ese d ocu m en ts h ave to en su re th at th e aged system s, licen see h as com p lied w ith th e cu rren t alread y been su bm itted to th e NRC an d stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w ill licen sin g basis, an d fu rth er, are in th e d ocket files for th e p lan t, th ey ad equ ately p erform th eir d esign ed su bm ission of th e d ocu m en ts, an d NRC are n ot on ly available to th e NRC for u se safety or in ten d ed fu n ction .

verification of th e licen sees com p lian ce in th e ren ew al review , th ey are also In d evelop in g th is fin al ru le, a key w ith its CLB is n ecessary to avoid available for p u blic in sp ection an d issu e th at th e Com m ission con sid ered frau d an d abu se. Pu blic Citizen also cop yin g in th e Com m ission s p u blic w as w h eth er or n ot a focu s on en su rin g con ten d s th at [a]bsen t th e su bm ission d ocu m en t room s. Fu rth erm ore, th e NRC a system s, stru ctu res or com p on en ts of th e d ocu m en ts th e p u blic an d th e m ay review an y su p p ortin g fu n ction th rou gh p erform an ce or Com m ission are left to exam in e th e d ocu m en tation th at it m ay w ish to con d ition m on itorin g is a su fficien t reactors licen se ren ew al ap p lication in sp ect or au d it in con n ection w ith its basis for con clu d in g th at th e CLB w ill an d th e IPA in a vacu u m . ren ew al review . If th e ren ew ed licen se be m ain tain ed th rou gh ou t th e p eriod of Th e Com m ission d isagrees w ith th e is gran ted , th ose d ocu m en ts con tin u e to exten d ed op eration . Th e Com m ission com m en ter, an d p oin ts ou t th at th e rem ain su bject to NRC in sp ection an d con sid ered w h eth er th e regu latory p rop osed ru le d id n ot exp licitly requ ire au d it th rou gh ou t th e term of th e p rocess an d a focu s on fu n ction ality th e ren ew al ap p lican t to com p ile th e ren ew ed licen se. Th e Com m ission d u rin g th e licen se ren ew al review for CLB for its p lan t. Th e Com m ission con tin u es to believe th at resu bm ission th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration are rejected a com p ilation requ irem en t for of th e d ocu m en ts con stitu tin g th e CLB su fficien t to p rovid e reason able th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le for th e is u n n ecessary. With resp ect to th e assu ran ce th at an accep table level of reason s set forth in th e accom p an yin g com m en ters argu m en t th at th e CLB safety (i.e., th e CLB) w ill be m ain tain ed .

SOC (56 FR at 64952). Th e Com m ission n eed s to be verified , th e Com m ission Con tin u ed safe op eration of a con tin u es to believe th at a p rescrip tive h ad con clu d ed w h en it ad op ted th e com m ercial n u clear p ow er p lan t requ irem en t to com p ile th e CLB is n ot p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le th at a requ ires th at system s, stru ctu res, an d n ecessary. Fu rth erm ore, su bm ission of reverification of CLB com p lian ce as p art com p on en ts th at p erform or su p p ort d ocu m en ts for th e en tire CLB is n ot of th e ren ew al review w as u n n ecessary safety fu n ction s con tin u e to fu n ction in n ecessary for th e Com m ission s review (56 FR at 64951-52). Pu blic Citizen accord an ce w ith th e ap p licable of th e ren ew al ap p lication . As stated in p resen ted n o in form ation qu estion in g requ irem en ts in th e licen sin g basis of section III.b(i) of th is SOC, th e th e con tin u in g sou n d n ess of th e th e p lan t an d th at oth ers d o n ot Com m ission h as d eterm in ed th at th e Com m ission s ration ale, an d th e su bstan tially in crease th e frequ en cy of sin gle issu e gen eric to all p lan ts w ith Com m ission reaffirm s its earlier ch allen ges to th ose requ ired for safety.

regard to licen se ren ew al is th e effects con clu sion th at a sp ecial verification of As a p lan t ages, a variety of agin g of age-related d egrad ation d u rin g th e CLB com p lian ce in con n ection w ith th e m ech an ism s are op erative, in clu d in g p eriod of exten d ed op eration . As review of a licen se ren ew al ap p lication erosion , corrosion , w ear, th erm al an d exp lain ed in th e SOC for th e p reviou s is u n n ecessary. Th e Com m ission rad iation em brittlem en t, ru le, section IV.c(i) (56 FR at 64948), th e in ten d s, as stated by th e com m en ter, to m icrobiologically in d u ced agin g effects, CLB of an y p lan t is com p rised of exam in e th e p lan t-sp ecific CLB as creep , sh rin kage, an d p ossibly oth ers yet n u m erou s regu lation s, licen se n ecessary to m ake a licen sin g d ecision to be id en tified or fu lly u n d erstood .

con d ition s, th e d esign basis, etc. As on th e con tin u ed fu n ction ality of How ever, th e d etrim en tal effects of d iscu ssed in III(e)(ii), Main tain in g th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts agin g m ech an ism s can be observed by fu n ction of system s, stru ctu res, an d su bject to an agin g m an agem en t review d etrim en tal ch an ges in th e p erform an ce

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22475 ch aracteristics or con d ition of system s, p erson n el. On ce a d etrim en tal p rotection (secu rity), an d rad iation stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts if th ey are p erform an ce or con d ition cau sed by p rotection requ irem en ts, are n ot su bject p rop erly m on itored . agin g or oth er factors is revealed , to p h ysical agin g p rocesses th at m ay Agin g can affect all system s, m itigatin g action s are taken to fu lly cau se n on com p lian ce w ith th ose asp ects stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts to som e restore th e con d ition to its origin al of th e CLB.

d egree. Gen erally, th e ch an ges resu ltin g d esign basis. As a resu lt of th ese Alth ou gh th e d efin ition of CLB in Part from d etrim en tal agin g effects are p rogram s, d egrad ation d u e to agin g 54 is broad an d en com p asses variou s grad u al. Licen sees h ave am p le m ech an ism s (d etrim en tal agin g effects) asp ects of th e NRC regu latory p rocess op p ortu n ity to d etect th ese d egrad ation s is cu rren tly bein g ad equ ately m an aged , (e.g., op eration an d d esign th rou gh p erform an ce an d con d ition eith er d irectly or in d irectly, for m ost requ irem en ts), th e Com m ission m on itorin g p rogram s, tech n ical system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts. con clu d es th at a sp ecific focu s on sp ecification su rveillan ces requ ired by Con sequ en tly, th ere is con sid erable fu n ction ality is ap p rop riate for

§ 50.36, an d oth er licen see m ain ten an ce logic in en su rin g th at th e d esign basis p erform in g th e licen se ren ew al review .

activities. Excep t for som e w ell- (as d efin ed in § 50.2) of system s, Reason able assu ran ce th at th e fu n ction u n d erstood agin g m ech an ism s su ch as stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts is of im p ortan t system s, stru ctu res, an d n eu tron em brittlem en t an d in tergran u lar m ain tain ed th rou gh activities th at com p on en ts w ill be m ain tain ed stress corrosion crackin g, th e en su re con tin u ed fu n ction ality. Th is th rou gh ou t th e ren ew al p eriod ,

straigh tforw ard ap p roach to d etectin g p rocess, in clu d in g su rveillan ce, is relied com bin ed w ith th e ru les stip u lation an d m itigatin g th e effects of agin g on in th e cu rren t term to en su re th at all asp ects of a p lan ts CLB (e.g.,

begin s w ith a p rocess th at verifies th at con tin u ed op erability, (i.e., to th e tech n ical sp ecification s) an d th e NRCs th e in ten d ed d esign fu n ction s of greatest exten t p racticable, th e in ten d ed regu latory p rocess carry forw ard in to system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts d esign fu n ction s w ill be p rop erly th e ren ew al p eriod , are view ed as h ave n ot been com p rom ised or p erform ed ). Th e focu s on m ain tain in g su fficien t to con clu d e th at th e CLB d egrad ed . Licen sees are requ ired by fu n ction ality resu lts in th e con tin u in g (w h ich rep resen ts an accep table level of cu rren t regu lation s to d evelop an d cap ability of system s, stru ctu res, an d safety) w ill be m ain tain ed . Fu n ction al im p lem en t p rogram s th at en su re th at com p on en ts, in clu d in g su p p ortin g cap ability is th e p rin cip al em p h asis for con d ition s ad verse to qu ality, in clu d in g system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts, to m u ch of th e CLB an d is th e focu s of th e d egrad ed system , stru ctu re, or p erform th eir in ten d ed fu n ction s as m ain ten an ce ru le an d oth er regu latory com p on en t fu n ction , are p rom p tly d esign ed . requ irem en ts to en su re th at agin g issu es id en tified an d corrected . Th e licen sees A key elem en t of th e 10 CFR 54 are ap p rop riately m an aged in th e p rogram s in clu d e self-in sp ection , d efin ition of th e CLB is th e p lan t- cu rren t licen se term .

m ain ten an ce, an d tech n ical sp ecific d esign -basis in form ation An exam p le of p erform an ce sp ecification su rveillan ce p rogram s th at d efin ed in 10 CFR 50.2. Accord in g to verification activities th at m u st be m on itor an d test th e p h ysical con d ition th is d efin ition , [d ]esign bases m ean s p erform ed by licen sees is th e loss of of p lan t system s, stru ctu res, an d th at in form ation w h ich id en tifies th e coolan t accid en t (LOCA)/ loss of offsite com p on en ts. sp ecific fu n ction s to be p erform ed by a p ow er (LOOP) in tegrated tests. Th is For exam p le, tech n ical sp ecification s stru ctu re, system , or com p on en t of a tech n ical sp ecification su rveillan ce is in clu d e lim itin g con d ition s for facility, an d th e sp ecific valu es or typ ically requ ired to be p erform ed at op eration (LCOs), w h ich are th e low est ran ges of valu es ch osen for con trollin g least on ce every 18 m on th s. Th is test fu n ction al cap ability or p erform an ce p aram eters as referen ce bou n d s for sim u lates a coin cid en t LOCA/ LOOP levels of equ ip m en t requ ired for safe d esign . In ad d ition , d esign bases (d esign -basis accid en t) for each train or op eration of th e facility. Tech n ical id en tify sp ecific fu n ction s to be d ivision of em ergen cy altern atin g sp ecification s also requ ire su rveillan ce p erform ed by a system , stru ctu re, an d cu rren t (ac) p ow er sou rce (e.g.,

requ irem en ts relatin g to test, calibration , com p on en t, an d d esign -basis valu es em ergen cy d iesel gen erators), th e or in sp ection to verify th at th e n ecessary m ay be d erived for ach ievin g fu n ction al associated em ergen cy core coolin g qu ality of system s, stru ctu res, an d goals. For p lan t system s, stru ctu res, an d system s (e.g., safety in jection com p on en ts is m ain tain ed , th at facility com p on en ts th at are n ot su bject to su bsystem s), an d oth er electrically op eration is w ith in safety lim its, an d p erform an ce or con d ition -m on itorin g d riven safety com p on en ts (e.g.,

th at LCOs con tin u e to be m et. p rogram s or for th ose on w h ich th e con tain m en t isolation valves, Fu rth erm ore, § 50.55a requ ires, in p art, d etrim en tal effects of agin g m ay n ot be em ergen cy ven tilation / filtration th at system s, stru ctu res, an d as read ily ap p aren t, verification of com p on en ts, an d au xiliary feed w ater com p on en ts be tested an d in sp ected sp ecific d esign valu es (e.g., p ip in g w all com p on en ts). All en gin eered safety again st qu ality stan d ard s com m en su rate th ickn ess) or d em on stration by an alysis featu res requ ired to actu ate for an actu al w ith th e im p ortan ce of th e safety can be a basis for con clu d in g th at th e LOCA/ LOOP are requ ired to actu ate for fu n ction to be p erform ed , su ch as requ ired fu n ction (s) w ill be m ain tain ed th e test an d eith er d u p licate th e LOCA/

in service testin g (IST) an d in service in th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . LOOP fu n ction com p letely (e.g., electric in sp ection s (ISIs) of p u m p s an d valves. Wh en th e d esign bases of system s, load s are sequ en ced on to em ergen cy Elem en ts for tim ely m itigation of th e stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts can be bu sses, con tain m en t isolation valves effects of age-related d egrad ation con firm ed eith er in d irectly by actu ally sh u t from fu lly op en p osition s) in clu d e activities th at p rovid e in sp ection or d irectly by verification of or ap p roxim ate th e actu al fu n ction to reason able assu ran ce th at system s, fu n ction ality th rou gh test or op eration , th e greatest exten t p racticable (e.g.,

stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w ill a reason able con clu sion can be d raw n safety in jection p u m p s start an d ru n in p erform th eir in ten d ed fu n ction s w h en th at th e CLB is or w ill be m ain tain ed . recircu lation m od e in stead of actu ally called on . Th rou gh th ese p rogram s, Th is con clu sion recogn izes th at th e in jectin g w ater in to th e reactor coolan t licen sees id en tify th e d egrad ation of p ortion of th e CLB th at can be im p acted system ). Design -basis valu es th at can com p on en ts resu ltin g from a n u m ber of by th e d etrim en tal effects of agin g is on ly be m easu red d u rin g th is testin g, d ifferen t en viron m en tal stressors as w ell lim ited to th e d esign -bases asp ects of su ch as load sequ en ce tim es an d as d egrad ation from in ad equ ate th e CLB. All oth er asp ects of th e CLB, em ergen cy bu s voltage resp on se to th e m ain ten an ce or errors cau sed by e.g., qu ality assu ran ce, p h ysical sequ en ced load s, are d irectly verified .

22476 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s Betw een in tegrated tests, m on th ly an d Th e ap p roach reflected in th is ru le agin g m an agem en t review . How ever, th e qu arterly su rveillan ces verify sp ecific m ain tain s th e requ irem en t for each Com m ission d oes n ot believe th at it can com p on en t p erform an ce criteria su ch as ren ew al ap p lican t to ad d ress p ossible gen erically exclu d e stru ctu res an d em ergen cy d iesel gen erator start tim es d etrim en tal effects of agin g for certain com p on en ts th at or p u m p flow valu es. Th e accep tan ce system s, stru ctu res an d com p on en ts (1) Do n ot h ave p erform an ce an d criteria stated in th e su rveillan ce d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration con d ition ch aracteristics th at are as requ irem en ts are d erived from d esign - th rou gh th e IPA p rocess. Th e ru le w ill read ily m on itorable as active basis valu es w ith ap p rop riate sim p lify th e IPA p rocess con sisten t w ith com p on en ts; an d con servatism s bu ilt in to accou n t for (1) th e Com m ission s d eterm in ation th at (2) Are n ot su bject to p eriod ic, an y u n certain ties or m easu rem en t th e agin g m an agem en t review sh ou ld p lan n ed rep lacem en t.

toleran ces. Satisfactory accom p lish m en t focu s on en su rin g th at stru ctu res an d Un like th e exten sive exp erien ce an d p eriod ic rep etition of th ese typ es of com p on en ts p erform th eir in ten d ed associated w ith th e p erform an ce an d su rveillan ce p rovid e reason able fu n ction (s) an d (2) th e ad d ition al con d ition m on itorin g of th e active assu ran ce th at system , stru ctu re, an d exp erien ce th e Com m ission h as gain ed fu n ction s of stru ctu res an d com p on en ts, com p on en t fu n ction s w ill be p erform ed related to agin g m an agem en t review little exp erien ce h as been gain ed from as d esign ed . sin ce p u blish in g th e cu rren t licen se th e evalu ation of lon g-term effects of ren ew al ru le. agin g on th e p assive fu n ction s of

f. In tegrated Plan t A ssessm en t Th e IPA p rocess con tin u es to requ ire stru ctu res an d com p on en ts. Th e an in itial review of all p lan t system s, Com m ission con sid ers th at th e Th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts to id en tify d etrim en tal effects of agin g affectin g requ ired licen se ren ew al ap p lican ts to th e scop e of stru ctu res an d com p on en ts p assive fu n ction s of stru ctu res an d p erform a system atic screen in g of p lan t requ irin g agin g m an agem en t review for com p on en ts are less ap p aren t th an th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts to licen se ren ew al. Th e p rin cip al d etrim en tal effects of agin g affectin g th e u ltim ately d eterm in e if agin g w ou ld be d ifferen ces betw een th e IPA p rocess in active fu n ction s of stru ctu res an d ad equ ately m an aged in th e p eriod of th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le an d com p on en ts. Th erefore, th e Com m ission exten d ed op eration . Th is IPA p rocess th e IPA p rocess in th is ru le is con clu d es th at a gen eric exclu sion for w ou ld begin broad ly an d con sid er all (1) Th e d eterm in ation of th e red u ced p assive stru ctu res an d com p on en ts is p lan t system s, stru ctu res, an d set of stru ctu res an d com p on en ts th at in ap p rop riate at th is tim e. Th e com p on en ts. Th e IPA w ou ld th en focu s Com m ission also con clu d es th at an on on ly th ose th at are im p ortan t to m u st u n d ergo an agin g m an agem en t review ; agin g m an agem en t review of th e p assive licen se ren ew al an d fin ally on on ly fu n ction s of stru ctu res an d com p on en ts (2) Th e form of th e agin g m an agem en t th ose stru ctu res an d com p on en ts th at is w arran ted to p rovid e th e reason able review (m an agin g th e effects of agin g on cou ld be su bject to ARDUTLR. For th ose assu ran ce th at th eir in ten d ed fu n ction s fu n ction ality versu s m an agin g agin g stru ctu res an d com p on en ts su bject to are ad equ ately m ain tain ed d u rin g th e m ech an ism s); an d ARDUTLR, th e IPA p rocess requ ired an (3) Th e elim in ation of th e term , p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

evalu ation an d d em on stration th at ARDUTLR. Ad d ition al exp erien ce w ith m an agin g eith er (1) n ew p rogram s or licen see th e effects of agin g on th e fu n ction of action s w ou ld be im p lem en ted to (i) Determ in ation of Stru ctu res an d th ese stru ctu res an d com p on en ts m ay p reven t or m itigate an y ARDUTLR Com p on en ts Requ irin g Agin g n arrow th e selection of stru ctu res an d d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration Man agem en t Review for Licen se com p on en ts requ irin g an agin g or (2) ju stifies th at n o action s are Ren ew al m an agem en t review for licen se ren ew al n ecessary. In th e SOC for th e p reviou s licen se in th e fu tu re.

On th e basis of exp erien ce gain ed ren ew al ru le, th e Com m ission stated New Jersey com m en ted th at sin ce so from im p lem en tation of th e p reviou s th at, as it gain s m ore exp erien ce w ith m u ch of origin al p lan t d esign assu m ed licen se ren ew al ru le, th e Com m ission age-related d egrad ation review s, it m ay 40 years of service, u tilities sh ou ld be d eterm in ed th at th e p reviou s ru le revisit th e n eed for su ch a d iscip lin ed requ ired to d eterm in e th e actu al requ ired th e evalu ation of an review p rocess an d m ay n arrow th e con d ition s of system s, stru ctu res, an d u n n ecessarily large n u m ber of p lan t scop e of th e safety review . Th e com p on en ts at th e 40-year p oin t system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts to Com m ission n ow believes th at after licen se ren ew al m ileston e.

establish ap p rop riate agin g m an agem en t review in g its recen t im p lem en tation Th e focu s of th e licen se ren ew al ru le in th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . exp erien ce, a n arrow er scop e of review on p assive, lon g-lived stru ctu res an d Th is exp erien ce, fu rth er con sid eration is w arran ted . Th e Com m ission com p on en ts con form s to th e of existin g activities, an d th e recen t con clu d es th at a gen eric exclu sion from com m en ters con cern . For a licen see to ad op tion of th e m ain ten an ce ru le h ave agin g m an agem en t review is ap p rop riate p erform an effective agin g m an agem en t led th e Com m ission to con clu d e th at for th ose categories of stru ctu res an d review of lon g-lived , p assive stru ctu res m an y of th ese system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts su bject to existin g an d com p on en ts id en tified in th e IPA, com p on en ts are alread y su bject to p rogram s an d activities th at th e a logical startin g p oin t for a given activities th at en su re th eir fu n ction Com m ission believes are su fficien t to stru ctu re or com p on en t m ay be to assess th rou gh an y p eriod of exten d ed p rovid e reason able assu ran ce of its cu rren t con d ition again st th e CLB via op eration . Th erefore, th e Com m ission is con tin u ed fu n ction in th e p eriod of a on e tim e in sp ection . Alth ou gh th is am en d in g th e IPA p rocess in th is exten d ed op eration . assessm en t is n ot sp ecifically requ ired ru lem akin g to m ore efficien tly focu s th e As d iscu ssed in Section III.d of th is by th e ru le, th e licen see m u st licen se ren ew al review on certain SOC, th e Com m ission h as d eterm in ed d em on strate th at th e effects of agin g w ill stru ctu res an d com p on en ts for w h ich th at th e existin g regu latory p rocess, be m an aged so th at th e in ten d ed th e regu latory p rocess an d existin g existin g licen see p rogram s an d fu n ction (s) w ill be m ain tain ed for th e licen see p rogram s an d activities m ay activities, an d th e m ain ten an ce ru le p eriod of exten d ed op eration . If a n ot ad equ ately m an age th e d etrim en tal p rovid e th e basis for gen erically licen see ch ooses n ot to p erform a on e effects of agin g in th e p eriod of exclu d in g stru ctu res an d com p on en ts tim e in sp ection or sim ilar assessm en t exten d ed op eration . th at p erform active fu n ction s from an for a p articu lar stru ctu re or com p on en t,

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22477 th e agin g m an agem en t review m u st still Stru ctu res or com p on en ts m ay h ave reactor coolan t p ressu re bou n d ary, to be ad equ ately d em on strate th at d etrim en tal active fu n ction s, p assive fu n ction s, or in clu d ed in an agin g m an agem en t effects of agin g w ill be m an aged d u rin g both . For exam p le, alth ou gh a p u m p or review (e.g., p ressu rized w ater reactor th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . a valve h as som e m ovin g p arts, a p u m p m ain steam lin es). Th e Com m ission casin g or valve bod y p erform s a d oes n ot lim it th e con sid eration of (a) Passive Stru ctu res an d p ressu re-retain in g fu n ction w ith ou t p ressu re bou n d aries for an agin g Com p on en ts m ovin g p arts. A p u m p casin g or a valve m an agem en t review to on ly th e reactor In Section III.d of th is SOC, th e bod y m eets th e Com m ission s coolan t p ressu re bou n d ary. All p ressu re Com m ission con clu d ed th at stru ctu res d escrip tion an d w ou ld th erefore be retain in g bou n d aries n ecessary for th e an d com p on en ts th at p erform active con sid ered for an agin g m an agem en t p erform an ce of th e in ten d ed fu n ction s fu n ction s can be gen erically exclu d ed review . How ever, th e m ovin g p arts of d elin eated in § 54.4 w ou ld be su bject to from an agin g m an agem en t review on th e p u m p , su ch as th e p u m p im p eller, an agin g m an agem en t review . For th e basis of p erform an ce or con d ition - w ou ld n ot be su bject to agin g exam p le, th ose p ortion s of a p lan ts m on itorin g p rogram s. Th e Com m ission m an agem en t review . Ad d ition ally, th e m ain steam lin es th at m eet th e in ten d ed recogn izes th at stru ctu res an d m ain ten an ce ru le im p lem en tation fu n ction criteria of § 54.4 w ou ld be com p on en ts th at h ave p assive fu n ction s gu id an ce (Regu latory Gu id e 1.160) in clu d ed in an agin g m an agem en t gen erally d o n ot h ave p erform an ce an d con tain s a p rovision by w h ich licen sees review .

con d ition ch aracteristics th at are as m ay classify certain system s, stru ctu res, On e com m en ter exp ressed a belief read ily m on itorable as th ose th at an d com p on en ts (e.g., racew ays, tan ks, th at cables w ere p rem atu rely in clu d ed p erform active fu n ction s. Th erefore, th e an d stru ctu res) as, in h eren tly reliable. as p assive an d sh ou ld n ot be su bject Com m ission con clu d es th at an agin g In h eren tly reliable system s, stru ctu res, to an agin g m an agem en t review . Th e m an agem en t review is requ ired for an d com p on en ts by d efin ition gen erally com m en ter stated th at th e on ly agin g stru ctu res an d com p on en ts w ith in th e d o n ot requ ire an y con tin u in g effects of cables are sh ortin g an d loss of scop e of th e licen se ren ew al ru le th at m ain ten an ce action s an d sh ou ld be con tin u ity, an d for cables n ot in a h arsh p erform p assive in ten d ed fu n ction s. con sid ered as p assive. en viron m en t, th ese effects w ou ld be Th e Com m ission h as review ed several As exam p les of th e im p lem en tation of im m ed iately d etected d u rin g n orm al in d u stry con cep ts of p assive th is screen in g requ irem en t, th e op eration or fu n ction al testin g. Th e stru ctu res an d com p on en ts an d h as Com m ission con sid ers stru ctu res an d Com m ission con sid ers th e exam p les of d eterm in ed th at th ey d o n ot accu rately com p on en ts m eetin g th e p assive electrical com p on en ts (e.g., electrical d escribe th e stru ctu res an d com p on en ts d escrip tion as in clu d in g, bu t n ot lim ited cables, con n ection s, an d electrical th at sh ou ld be su bject to an agin g to, th e reactor vessel, th e reactor coolan t p en etration s) listed in 10 CFR m an agem en t review for licen se ren ew al. system p ressu re bou n d ary, steam 54.21(a)(1)(i) an d Section III.f(i)(a) of th e Accord in gly, th e Com m ission h as gen erators, th e p ressu rizer, p ip in g, SOC to be p rop erly categorized as d evelop ed a d escrip tion of p assive p u m p casin gs, valve bod ies, th e core p assive becau se th ey p erform th eir ch aracteristics of stru ctu res an d sh rou d , com p on en t su p p orts, p ressu re in ten d ed fu n ction w ith ou t m ovin g p arts com p on en ts. Fu rth erm ore, th e retain in g bou n d aries, h eat exch an gers, or w ith ou t a ch an ge in con figu ration or Com m ission h as d irectly in corp orated ven tilation d u cts, th e con tain m en t, th e p rop erties an d th e effects of agin g th ese ch aracteristics in to th e IPA con tain m en t lin er, electrical an d d egrad ation for th ese com p on en ts are p rocess to avoid th e creation of a n ew m ech an ical p en etration s, equ ip m en t n ot read ily m on itorable. Th e term , p assive. Th is SOC u ses th e term h atch es, seism ic Category I stru ctu res, Com m ission also believes th at th is p assive for con ven ien ce. electrical cables an d con n ection s, cable categorization is n ot p rem atu re as stated Fu rth erm ore, th e d escrip tion of trays, an d electrical cabin ets. by th e com m en ter.

p assive stru ctu res an d com p on en ts Ad d ition ally, th e Com m ission Th e Com m ission d isagrees w ith th e in corp orated in to § 54.21(a) sh ou ld be d eterm in ed th at stru ctu res an d com m en ters assertion th at th e agin g u sed on ly in con n ection w ith th e IPA com p on en ts th at p erform active effects of cable m ake it easy to m on itor review in th e licen se ren ew al p rocess. fu n ction s are n ot su bject to an agin g fu n ction al d egrad ation . Alth ou gh th ere Th e Com m ission h as d eterm in ed th at m an agem en t review (e.g., p u m p s h ave been sign ifican t ad van ces in th is p assive stru ctu res an d com p on en ts for (excep t casin g), valves (excep t bod y), area, th ere is n o sin gle m eth od or w h ich agin g d egrad ation is n ot read ily m otors, d iesel gen erators, air com bin ation of m eth od s th at can m on itored are th ose th at p erform an com p ressors, sn u bbers, th e con trol rod p rovid e th e n ecessary in form ation abou t in ten d ed fu n ction w ith ou t m ovin g p arts d rive, ven tilation d am p ers, p ressu re th e con d ition of electrical cable or w ith ou t a ch an ge in con figu ration or tran sm itters, p ressu re in d icators, w ater cu rren tly in service regard in g th e exten t p rop erties. For exam p le, a p u m p or level in d icators, sw itch gears, coolin g of agin g d egrad ation or rem ain in g valve h as m ovin g p arts, an electrical fan s, tran sistors, batteries, breakers, qu alified life. Degrad ation d u e to agin g relay can ch an ge its con figu ration , an d relays, sw itch es, p ow er in verters, circu it of electrical cables cau sed by elevated a battery ch an ges its electrolyte board s, battery ch argers, an d p ow er tem p eratu re an d rad iation can cau se p rop erties w h en d isch argin g. Th erefore, su p p lies). How ever, p ressu re-retain in g em brittlem en t in th e form of crackin g of th e p erform an ce or con d ition of th ese bou n d aries (e.g., p u m p casin gs, valve in su lation an d jacket m aterials. Th e com p on en ts is read ily m on itored an d bod ies, flu id system p ip in g) an d cracks d egrad e th e electrical p rop erties w ou ld n ot be cap tu red by th is stru ctu ral su p p orts (e.g., d iesel of th e in su lation m aterials. Th e m ajor d escrip tion . Fu rth er, th e Com m ission gen erator stru ctu ral su p p orts) th at are con cern is th at failu res of d eteriorated h as con clu d ed th at a ch an ge in n ecessary for th e stru ctu re or cable system s (cables, con n ection s, an d con figu ration or p rop erties sh ou ld be com p on en t to p erform its in ten d ed p en etration s) m igh t be in d u ced d u rin g in terp reted to in clu d e a ch an ge in fu n ction m eet th e d escrip tion of accid en t con d ition s. Becau se th ese state, w h ich is a term som etim es fou n d p assive, an d w ill be su bject to an agin g com p on en ts are relied on to rem ain in th e literatu re relatin g to p assive. m an agem en t review . fu n ction al d u rin g an d follow in g d esign -

For exam p le, a tran sistor can ch an ge A com m en ter requ ested clarification basis even ts (in clu d in g con d ition s of its state an d th erefore w ou ld n ot be as to w h eth er th e Com m ission in ten d ed n orm al op eration ) an d th ere are screen ed in u n d er th is d escrip tion . p ressu re bou n d aries, oth er th an th e cu rren tly n o kn ow n effective m eth od s

22478 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s for con tin u ou s m on itorin g of cable fu n ction s, su ch gen eric exclu sion is n ot th at h ave a less rigorou s ap p roach to system s, th ese exam p les of p assive ap p rop riate. How ever, th e Com m ission oversigh t an d m ain ten an ce an d th ose electrical com p on en ts su bject to an d oes n ot in ten d to p reclu d e a licen se th at h ave a su fficien tly h igh level of agin g m an agem en t review w ill rem ain ren ew al ap p lican t from p rovid in g site- licen see p rogram s an d regu latory in 10 CFR 54.21(a)(1)(i) an d Section III sp ecific ju stification in a licen se oversigh t. Th e com m en ter th en su ggests f(i)(a) of th e SOC. ren ew al ap p lication th at a rep lacem en t th at th e ru le sh ou ld recogn ize th e p rogram on th e basis of p erform an ce or qu ality an d effectiven ess of th e (b) Lon g-Lived Stru ctu res an d con d ition for a p assive stru ctu re or p rogram s in th e secon d category an d Com p on en ts com p on en t p rovid es reason able ap p rop riately cred it th em relative to an Th e Com m ission recogn izes th at, as a assu ran ce th at th e in ten d ed fu n ction of agin g m an agem en t review . Sp ecifically, gen eral m atter, th e effects of agin g on a th e p assive stru ctu re or com p on en t w ill th e com m en ter p rovid ed th e reactor stru ctu re or com p on en t are cu m u lative be m ain tain ed in th e p eriod of exten d ed coolan t p ressu re bou n d ary as an th rou gh ou t its service life. On e w ay to op eration . exam p le of a p assive, lon g-lived effectively m itigate th ese effects is to A com m en ter recom m en d ed th at th e com p on en t for w h ich rigorou s p rogram s rep lace th at stru ctu re or com p on en t, Com m ission exclu d e sp ecific an d regu latory oversigh t cu rren tly exist eith er (i) on a sp ecified in terval based com p on en ts from an agin g m an agem en t to ad equ ately m an age th e effects of u p on th e qu alified life of th e stru ctu re review if th ey h ave been rep laced in th e agin g. Cu rren tly, th e Com m ission or com p on en t or (ii) p eriod ically in later years of th e origin al licen se or if believes it w ou ld be too d ifficu lt to accord an ce w ith a sp ecified tim e p eriod th ey are su bject to rou tin e testin g. Th e fu rth er d ivid e th e stru ctu res an d to p reven t p erform an ce d egrad ation s Com m ission believes th at on e-tim e com p on en ts requ ired for an agin g lead in g to loss of in ten d ed fu n ction com p on en t rep lacem en ts an d m an agem en t review in to th ose p assive, d u rin g th e p eriod of op eration . rep lacem en ts based on rou tin e testin g lon g-lived stru ctu res an d com p on en ts Wh ere a stru ctu re or com p on en t is are essen tially rep lacem en ts based on rigorou sly m an aged an d th ose n ot as rep laced based u p on a qu alified life p erform an ce or con d ition . Absen t th e rigorou sly m an aged . Th e variation s (ap p rop riately d eterm in ed ), it follow s sp ecific n atu re of th e p erform an ce or am on g p lan t sp ecific d esign s an d th at th e rep laced stru ctu re or con d ition rep lacem en t criteria (e.g., p rogram s m ake su ch a d eterm in ation com p on en t w ill n ot exp erien ce rou tin e testin g p rogram ) it is n ot u n m an ageable at p resen t. How ever, as d etrim en tal effects of agin g su fficien t to ap p rop riate for th e Com m ission to th e Com m ission gain s m ore exp erien ce p reclu d e its in ten d ed fu n ction . Th is is gen erically exclu d e all su ch w ith in d u stry activities for m an agem en t becau se th e p u rp ose of qu alification of rep lacem en t p rogram s of p assive of p assive, lon g-lived stru ctu res an d th e life of a stru ctu re or com p on en t is stru ctu res an d com p on en ts. How ever, com p on en ts, it m ay con sid er fu rth er to d eterm in e th e tim e p eriod for w h ich th e Com m ission d oes n ot p reclu d e a th e in ten d ed fu n ction of th at stru ctu re n arrow in g th e scop e of th ose stru ctu res licen se ren ew al ap p lican t from an d com p on en ts requ irin g an agin g or com p on en t can be reason ably p rovid in g a p lan t-sp ecific ju stification assu red . m an agem en t review . With regard to th e in a licen se ren ew al ap p lication th at a com m en ters sp ecific exam p le of th e Wh ere a stru ctu re or com p on en t is on e-tim e rep lacem en t p rogram or rep laced p eriod ically in accord an ce reactor coolan t p ressu re bou n d ary, rep lacem en t p rogram on th e basis of becau se of its h igh -risk sign ifican ce, th e w ith a sp ecified tim e p eriod , th e rou tin e testin g of p assive stru ctu res an d regu latory p rocess w ill en su re th at d ifferen ces in p lan t-sp ecific d esign an d com p on en ts p rovid es reason able op eration al h istories, an d th e lack of d egrad ed p erform an ce of th e stru ctu re assu ran ce th at fu n ction ality w ill be or com p on en t exp erien ced d u rin g th e op eratin g exp erien ce beyon d th e m ain tain ed in th e p eriod of exten d ed rep lacem en t in terval w ill be ad equ ately origin al op eratin g term s, th e op eration .

ad d ressed an d th e establish ed rep lacin g A com m en ter requ ested th at th e Com m ission d oes n ot believe it in terval w ill be ap p rop riate. Th u s, th ere Com m ission p rovid e an exam p le of a ap p rop riate to gen erically exclu d e th e is a h igh likelih ood th at th e d etrim en tal p erform an ce- or con d ition -based reactor coolan t p ressu re bou n d ary from effects of agin g w ill n ot accu m u late rep lacem en t p rogram th at cou ld be u sed an agin g m an agem en t review .

d u rin g th e su bsequ en t p eriod su ch th at to ju stify th at agin g effects w ill be (ii) Th e IPA Process th ere is a loss of in ten d ed fu n ction . ad equ ately m an aged d u rin g th e p eriod In su m , a stru ctu re or com p on en t th at of exten d ed op eration . Wh ile an exact Th e Com m ission revised an d is n ot rep laced eith er (i) on a sp ecified ap p lication of a p erform an ce or sim p lified th e IPA requ irem en ts in terval based u p on th e qu alified life of con d ition rep lacem en t is n ecessarily (§ 54.21(a)) as follow s:

th e stru ctu re or com p on en t or (ii) d ep en d en t on p lan t-sp ecific situ ation s First, in stead of listin g th ose system s, p eriod ically in accord an ce w ith a an d th eir resp ective agin g effects of stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at are sp ecified tim e p eriod , is d eem ed by con cern , th e Com m ission w ou ld im p ortan t to licen se ren ew al, on ly a list

§ 54.21(a)(1)(ii) of th is ru le to be lon g- gen erally exp ect th at su ch a is requ ired (from th ose system s, lived , an d th erefore su bject to th e rep lacem en t p rogram w ou ld h ave stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w ith in th e

§ 54.21(a)(3) agin g m an agem en t review . d efin ed p erform an ce or con d ition scop e of licen se ren ew al) of stru ctu res It is im p ortan t to n ote, h ow ever, th at m easu rin g m eth od s (e.g., w all th ickn ess an d com p on en ts th at a licen see th e Com m ission h as d ecid ed n ot to of h eat exch an ger tu bes), an establish ed d eterm in es to be su bject to an agin g gen erically exclu d e p assive stru ctu res m on itorin g frequ en cy th at su p p orts m an agem en t review for th e p eriod of an d com p on en ts th at are rep laced based tim ely d iscovery of d egrad ed con d ition s exten d ed op eration . A licen see h as th e on p erform an ce or con d ition from an (e.g., every refu elin g ou tage), an d an flexibility to d eterm in e th e set of agin g m an agem en t review . Absen t th e ap p rop riate rep lacem en t criterion (e.g., stru ctu res an d com p on en ts for w h ich an sp ecific n atu re of th e p erform an ce or u p on reach in g a sp ecified n u m ber of agin g m an agem en t review is p erform ed ,

con d ition rep lacem en t criteria an d th e tu bes p lu gged ). p rovid ed th at th is set en com p asses th e fact th at th e Com m ission h as On e com m en ter stated th at th e stru ctu res an d com p on en ts for w h ich d eterm in ed th at com p on en ts w ith Com m ission sh ou ld con sid er d ivid in g th e Com m ission h as d eterm in ed an p assive fu n ction s are n ot as read ily lon g-lived p assive stru ctu res an d agin g m an agem en t review is requ ired m on itorable as com p on en ts w ith active com p on en ts in to tw o categories: th ose for th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22479 Th erefore, a licen sees agin g DOE com m en ted th at th e w ord in g in m u st be con sid ered for an agin g m an agem en t review m u st in clu d e § 54.21(a)(3), requ irin g a d em on stration m an agem en t review .

stru ctu res an d com p on en ts th at th e effects of agin g w ill be m an aged

g. T im e-Lim ited A gin g A n alyses an d (1) Th at w ere n ot su bject to so th at th e in ten d ed fu n ction (s) w ill be Ex em p tion s rep lacem en t based on a qu alified life or m ain tain ed , cou ld be in terp reted too a sp ecified tim e p eriod ; an d restrictively. Sp ecifically, DOE asserts (i) Tim e-Lim ited Agin g An alyses (2) Th at p erform an in ten d ed fu n ction th at th e IPA p rocess serves to Th e d efin ition of ARDUTLR in th e

(§ 54.4) w ith ou t m ovin g p arts or w ith ou t d em on strate th at a stru ctu re or p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le requ ires a a ch an ge in con figu ration or p rop erties. com p on en t w ill p erform in a m an n er licen see evalu ation an d NRC ap p roval In establish in g th is flexibility, th e con sisten t w ith th e CLB rath er th an to of p reviou s tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses Com m ission recogn izes th at licen sees p rovid e absolu te assu ran ce th at th e for system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts m ay fin d it p referable to n ot take stru ctu re or com p on en t w ill n ot fail.

w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al th at m axim u m ad van tage of th e Th erefore, DOE recom m en d s revisin g eith er w ere based on an assu m ed service Com m ission s gen eric con clu sion § 54.21(a)(3) to in clu d e requ irin g a life or a p eriod of op eration d efin ed by regard in g stru ctu res an d com p on en ts d em on stration th at th e effects of agin g th e origin al licen se term . For exam p le, th at d o n ot requ ire an agin g are ad equ ately m an aged an d th at th e certain p lan t-sp ecific safety an alyses m an agem en t review , an d m ay u n d ertake in ten d ed fu n ction s are m ain tain ed , to m ay h ave been based on an exp licitly a broad er scop e of review th an is th e exten t requ ired by th e CLB.

Th e Com m ission agrees w ith DOE assu m ed 40-year p lan t life (e.g., asp ects m in im ally requ ired . For exam p le, a of th e reactor vessel d esign ). As a resu lt, licen see m ay d esire to review all th at th e IPA p rocess is n ot in ten d ed to d em on strate absolu te assu ran ce th at an evalu ation for licen se ren ew al w ou ld p assive stru ctu res an d com p on en ts. be requ ired . Th ose tim e-lim ited agin g Th is set of stru ctu res an d com p on en ts stru ctu res or com p on en ts w ill n ot fail, bu t rath er th at th ere is reason able an alyses th at n eed to be evalu ated for w ou ld be accep table becau se it in clu d es ren ew al are lim ited to th ose an alyses lon g-lived as w ell as p eriod ically assu ran ce th at th ey w ill p erform su ch th at th e in ten d ed fu n ction s, as w ith (i) tim e-related assu m p tion s, (ii) rep laced stru ctu res an d com p on en ts u tilized in d eterm in in g th e accep tability an d , th erefore, en com p asses all d elin eated in § 54.4, are m ain tain ed con sisten t w ith th e CLB. Th e of system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts stru ctu res an d com p on en ts th at w ou ld w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al (as Com m ission h as clarified th e w ord in g be id en tified th rou gh criteria (1) an d (2) d efin ed in Section 54.4), (iii) w h ich are in § 54.21(a)(3) to requ ire a above. based u p on a p eriod of p lan t op eration d em on stration th at th e effects of agin g Secon d , th e IPA m u st con tain a equ al to or greater th an th e cu rren t be ad equ ately m an aged so th at th e d escrip tion of th e m eth od ology u sed to licen se term , bu t less th an th e in ten d ed fu n ction (s) w ill be m ain tain ed d eterm in e th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d cu m u lative p eriod of p lan t op eration con sisten t w ith th e CLB.

com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of licen se On e com m en ter su ggested th at th e (viz ., th e existin g licen se term p lu s th e ren ew al an d th ose stru ctu res an d am en d m en t p rovid es m ore u n certain ty p eriod of exten d ed op eration requ ested com p on en ts su bject to an agin g as to w h ich stru ctu res an d com p on en ts in th e ren ew al ap p lication ). Tim e-m an agem en t review . sh ou ld be con sid ered for an agin g lim ited agin g an alyses based on an Th ird , th e IPA m u st con tain a m an agem en t review . Sp ecifically, th e assu m ed p eriod of p lan t op eration sh ort d em on stration , for each stru ctu re an d com m en ter cited fasten ers as an of th e cu rren t op eratin g term sh ou ld be com p on en t su bject to an agin g exam p le of w h at is im p ortan t bu t ad d ressed w ith in th e origin al licen se m an agem en t review , th at th e effects of ap p ears n ot to be con sid ered in th e an d n eed n ot be review ed for licen se agin g w ill be m an aged so th at th e p rop osed ru le. Th e com m en ter states ren ew al.

in ten d ed fu n ction (s) w ill be m ain tain ed th at th e NRC sh ou ld p rovid e m ore Becau se th e Com m ission d eleted th e for th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . d etailed gu id an ce. term of ARDUTLR, th is licen se ren ew al Th is d em on stration m u st in clu d e a Th e Com m ission d oes n ot agree th at ru le id en tifies th ese exp licit tim e-d escrip tion of activities, as w ell as an y th e ru le p rovid es m ore u n certain ty w ith lim ited an alyses as issu es th at m u st be ch an ges to th e CLB an d p lan t regard to w h at stru ctu res an d clearly ad d ressed w ith in th e licen se m od ification s th at are relied on to com p on en ts sh ou ld be con sid ered . In ren ew al p rocess. Th is ru le exp licitly d em on strate th at th e in ten d ed fact, th e ru le p rovid es clear criteria for requ ires th at fu n ction (s) w ill be ad equ ately w h at typ es of stru ctu res an d (1) Ap p lican ts p erform an evalu ation m ain tain ed d esp ite th e effects of agin g com p on en ts m u st be su bject to an agin g of tim e-lim ited agin g issu es relevan t to in th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . m an agem en t review n am ely p assive, system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts A com m en ter su ggested th at th e lon g-lived stru ctu res an d com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al in regu latory text in clu d e a m ore from th ose d eterm in ed to be w ith in th e th e licen se ren ew al ap p lication ; an d com p reh en sive list of com p on en ts scop e of licen se ren ew al. With regard to (2) Th e ad equ ate resolu tion of tim e-su bject to an agin g m an agem en t review th e sp ecific exam p le of fasten ers cited lim ited agin g an alysis issu es as p art of in ord er to clarify its in ten t. Th e by th e com m en ter, th e ru le w ou ld th e stan d ard s for issu an ce of a ren ew ed Com m ission d ecid ed th at n ot to in clu d e requ ire an agin g m an agem en t review for licen se.

a m ore d etailed list of com p on en ts fasten ers becau se fasten ers are Th e tim e-lim ited p rovision s or su bject to an agin g m an agem en t review . con sid ered to be p assive an d if th e an alyses of con cern are th ose th at Com p on en ts su bject to an agin g fasten ers (1) w ere d eterm in ed to be (1) In volve th e effects of agin g; m an agem en t review are h igh ly p lan t w ith in th e scop e of licen se ren ew al as (2) In volve tim e-lim ited assu m p tion s sp ecific an d th e Com m ission d oes n ot d efin ed in § 54.4 an d (2) w ere d efin ed by th e cu rren t op eratin g term ,

in ten d to establish p lan t-sp ecific lists by d eterm in ed n ot to be su bject to p eriod ic for exam p le, 40 years; regu lation . How ever, th e Com m ission rep lacem en t or rep lacem en t based on a (3) In volve system s, stru ctu res, an d w ill in clu d e ad d ition al clarification an d qu alified fasten er life. As in th e com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of licen se exam p les of com p on en ts requ irin g an p reviou s ru le, th is ru le d oes n ot ren ew al; agin g m an agem en t review in its d elin eate a com p reh en sive list of th e (4) In volve con clu sion s or p rovid e th e im p lem en tation gu id an ce for th e ru le. sp ecific stru ctu res an d com p on en ts th at basis for con clu sion s related to th e

22480 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s cap ability of th e system , stru ctu re, an d (EQ) of electrical equ ip m en t, m etal October 1990 th at d id n ot resu lt in com p on en t to p erform its in ten d ed corrosion allow an ce, in service flaw backfits, th e Com m ission fou n d th at fu n ction s; grow th an alyses th at d em on strate on ly 3 issu es for w h ich a reexam in ation (5) Were d eterm in ed to be relevan t by stru ctu ral stability for 40 years, of th e backfit d eterm in ation ap p eared to th e licen see in m akin g a safety in service local m etal con tain m en t be p ru d en t. In tw o in stan ces, th e d eterm in ation ; an d corrosion an alyses, an d h igh -en ergy reexam in ation con firm ed th e (6) Are con tain ed or in corp orated by lin e-break p ostu lation based on fatigu e ap p rop riaten ess of th e n o backfit referen ce in th e CLB. cu m u lative u sage factor. con clu sion for an ad d ition al 20 years of Th e ap p lican t for licen se ren ew al w ill Th ree issu es w ere raised by five op eration beyon d th e origin al 40-year be requ ired in th e ren ew al ap p lication com m en ters relatin g to tim e-lim ited licen se term . Th e th ird issu e (GSI Item to agin g an alyses in th e p rop osed ru le. III.A.1.3 Main tain Su p p ly of Th yroid (1) Ju stify th at th ese an alyses are valid (1) Th e p rop osed ru le con tain s a Blockin g Agen t) h ad been p laced in th e for th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration ; d efin ition of tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses resolu tion p rocess for reason s ap art (2) Exten d th e p eriod of evalu ation of in § 54.3 w h ich is fu rth er d iscu ssed in from licen se ren ew al. Th u s, cost-ben efit th e an alyses su ch th at th ey are valid for th e p rop osed SOC. How ever, th e an alyses of th e resolved GSIs w ere th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration , for p rop osed ru le d efin ition ap p eared to relatively in sen sitive to con sid eration of exam p le, 60 years; or con tain tw o criteria in d efin in g tim e- th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . Th e (3) Ju stify th at th e effects of agin g w ill lim ited agin g an alyses w h ile th e cost-ben efit m eth od ologies u tilized in be ad equ ately m an aged for th e p eriod of d iscu ssion in th e p rop osed SOC resolu tion of GSIs are th e sam e as th ose exten d ed op eration if an ap p lican t ap p eared to con tain six criteria. Th ree u sed by th e NRC in con ju n ction w ith can n ot or ch ooses n ot to ju stify or com m en ters in d icated th at th ere m ay be th e fu ll gam u t of regu latory action s exten d an existin g tim e-lim ited agin g p oten tial in con sisten cies betw een th e in volvin g n u clear p ow er p lan ts, an alysis. p rop osed ru le d efin ition an d th e in clu d in g ru lem akin g an d en forcem en t.

Th e Com m ission con sid ers an alyses p rop osed SOC. Th e com m en ters Sin ce th e m eth od ologies are th e sam e, to be relevan t if th e an alyses p rovid ed recom m en d ed variou s m eth od s for th e Com m ission believes th at th e resu lts th e basis for th e licen sees safety in corp oratin g th e SOC lan gu age in th e of NUREG-0933 can be reason ably d eterm in ation an d , in th e absen ce of th e ru le. extrap olated to oth er regu latory an alyses, th e licen see m ay h ave reach ed Th e p rop osed SOC d iscu ssion w as assessm en ts w h ere backfits w ere n ot a d ifferen t safety con clu sion . Tim e- in ten d ed to fu rth er clarify th e criteria im p osed on th e basis of cost-ben efit lim ited agin g an alyses th at n eed to be con tain ed in th e p rop osed ru le an alyses lim ited to 40 years of ad d ressed in a licen se ren ew al d efin ition . After review in g th e op eration . Fu rth erm ore, cost-ben efit evalu ation are n ot n ecessarily th ose com m en ts, th e Com m ission h as d ecid ed con sid eration s sim p ly d o n ot com e in to an alyses th at h ave been p reviou sly to rep lace th e p rop osed d efin ition of p lay in backfit d eterm in ation s in volvin g review ed or ap p roved by th e tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses in § 54.3 ad equ ate p rotection excep t in selectin g Com m ission . Th e follow in g exam p les w ith th e six criteria in th e p rop osed am on g d ifferen t w ays of ach ievin g illu strate tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses SOC as recom m en d ed . ad equ ate p rotection , as is ackn ow led ged th at n eed to be ad d ressed an d w ere n ot (2) On e com m en ter recom m en d ed in 10 CFR 50.109(a)(7). Th e IPE an d p reviou sly review ed an d ap p roved by recon sid eration of all p rop osed p lan t IPEEE are licen sees stu d ies to search for th e Com m ission . m od ification s w h ich w ere n ot im p osed p lan t vu ln erabilities to in tern al an d (1) Th e FSAR states th at th e d esign by th e Com m ission d u e to a cost-ben efit extern al even ts. As su ch , th e IPE an d com p lies w ith a certain ASME Cod e an alysis th at h ad tim e-d ep en d en t IPEEE are n ot in ten d ed to id en tify or requ irem en t. A review of th e ASME factors. Th e com m en ter su ggested th at ad d ress m atters in volvin g ad equ ate Cod e requ irem en t reveals th at a tim e- th is sh ou ld in clu d e an y backfits w h ich p rotection an d , to d ate, n o su ch issu es lim ited agin g an alysis is requ ired . Th e th e Com m ission d eclin ed to im p ose, as h ave been id en tified .

actu al calcu lation w as p erform ed by th e w ell as p oten tial p lan t m od ification s to (3) Tw o com m en ters recom m en d ed licen see to m eet cod e requ irem en ts. Th e red u ce risk id en tified in p rogram s su ch clarifyin g th at th e requ irem en t of tim e-sp ecific calcu lation w as n ot referen ced as th e in d ivid u al p lan t exam in ation lim ited agin g an alyses d oes n ot ap p ly to in th e FSAR an d th e NRC h ad n ot (IPE) an d th e in d ivid u al p lan t a com p on en t th at is rep laced based on review ed th e calcu lation . exam in ation of extern al even ts (IPEEE) a qu alified life less th an th e fu ll origin al (2) In resp on se to a gen eric letter, a for severe accid en t vu ln erabilities. licen se term . Th e com m en ters cited th e licen see su bm itted a letter to th e NRC Th e Com m ission d oes n ot regard su ch EQ of electrical equ ip m en t p u rsu an t to com m ittin g to p erform a tim e-lim ited recon sid eration to be n ecessary to § 50.49 as a sp ecific exam p le. Th is typ e agin g an alysis th at w ou ld ad d ress th e p rovid e reason able assu ran ce th at th ere of equ ip m en t is rep laced d u rin g th e con cern in th e gen eric letter. Th e NRC is n o u n d u e risk to th e p u blic h ealth cu rren t licen se term an d w ill con tin u e h ad n ot d ocu m en ted a review of th e an d safety for th e p eriod of exten d ed to be rep laced d u rin g th e ren ew al term licen sees resp on se an d h ad n ot op eration of n u clear p ow er p lan ts. based on its qu alified life.

review ed th e actu al an alysis. As d iscu ssed in th e SOC for th e Th e Com m ission s in ten t for th e Th e Com m ission exp ects th at th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le (56 FR requ irem en t of tim e-lim ited agin g n u m ber of tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses 64943 at 64948), in NUREG-0933, A an alyses is to cap tu re, for ren ew al th at n eed to be ad d ressed in a licen se Prioritization of Gen eric Safety Issu es, review , certain p lan t-sp ecific agin g ren ew al evalu ation is relatively sm all. th e NRC exam in ed 249 gen eric safety an alyses th at are exp licitly based on th e Alth ou gh th e n u m ber an d typ e w ill vary issu es (GSIs) th at h ad been resolved d u ration of th e cu rren t op eratin g licen se d ep en d in g on th e p lan t-sp ecific CLB, th rou gh October 1990, in ord er to of th e p lan t. Th e Com m ission s con cern th ese an alyses cou ld in clu d e reactor id en tify p ossible cases w h ere is th at th ese agin g an alyses d o n ot cover vessel n eu tron em brittlem en t con sid eration of th e ad d ition al p eriod of th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

(p ressu rized th erm al sh ock, u p p er-sh elf op eration d u rin g th e ren ew al term Un less th ese an alyses are evalu ated , th e en ergy, su rveillan ce p rogram ), con crete m igh t h ave altered th e NRCs regu latory Com m ission d oes n ot h ave assu ran ce con tain m en t ten d on p restress, m etal d ecision n ot to u n d ertake ad d ition al th at th e system s, stru ctu res, an d fatigu e, en viron m en tal qu alification action . Of th e 139 GSIs resolved th rou gh com p on en ts ad d ressed by th ese

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22481 an alyses can p erform th eir in ten d ed becau se th e on ly exem p tion s of con cern (1) Th at th ere are sp ecial fu n ction (s) d u rin g th e p eriod of for licen se ren ew al are th ose th at h ave circu m stan ces w ith resp ect to age-exten d ed op eration . Th e p eriod ic tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses. related d egrad ation u n iqu e to licen se rep lacem en t p rogram d iscu ssed in th e Th u s, th e Com m ission h as revised ren ew al or en viron m en tal p rotection so p reviou s p aragrap h w ou ld en su re th at § 54.21(c)(2) to requ ire a listin g of on ly th at ap p lication of eith er 10 CFR Part 54 th e su bject com p on en t can p erform its th ose exem p tion s in effect at th e tim e of or 10 CFR Part 51 w ou ld n ot serve th e in ten d ed fu n ction (s) d u rin g th e p eriod ren ew al ap p lication th at are based on p u rp ose for w h ich th ese ru les w ere of exten d ed op eration . Th u s, th e tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses as d efin ed in ten d ed ; or Com m ission agrees w ith th e in § 54.3. (2) Becau se of circu m stan ces u n iqu e com m en ters th at com p on en ts rep laced Th e Com m ission w ill rely on exp licit to th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration ,

based on qu alified lives less th an th e w ord in gs in th e gran ted exem p tion s to th ere w ou ld be n on com p lian ce w ith th e d u ration of th e cu rren t licen se term d eterm in e if an exem p tion is in effect at p lan ts CLB or op eration th at is in im ical n eed n ot be ad d ressed u n d er tim e- th e tim e of ren ew al ap p lication . Th e to th e p u blic h ealth an d safety d u rin g lim ited agin g an alyses for ren ew al if th e Com m ission w ill n ot requ ire an th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

sch ed u led rep lacem en t con tin u es to be exem p tion to be con sid ered for licen se Th e in ten t of th ose p rovision s in th e p erform ed in th e p eriod of exten d ed ren ew al if th e exem p tion w as gran ted p reviou s ru le w as to clarify th at safety op eration . Th is is con sisten t w ith th e w ith an exp licit exp iration d ate th at h as an d en viron m en tal m atters n ot u n iqu e d efin ition of tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses p assed p rior to th e ren ew al ap p lication . to th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration in § 54.3. How ever, th e Com m ission w ill requ ire w ou ld n ot be th e su bject of th e ren ew al exem p tion s gran ted w ith ou t exp licit ap p lication or th e su bject of a h earin g in (ii) Exem p tion s exp iration d ates to be con sid ered for a ren ew al p roceed in g absen t sp ecific Th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le ren ew al. If an ap p lican t believes th at a Com m ission d irection . Rath er, issu es requ ired th at an ap p lican t for licen se certain exem p tion h as exp ired an d yet th at rep resen t a cu rren t p roblem for ren ew al p rovid e a list of all p lan t- th e su p p ortin g d ocu m en tation d oes n ot op eration w ou ld h ave been ad d ressed in sp ecific exem p tion s gran ted u n d er 10 h ave a clearly stated exp iration d ate, th e accord an ce w ith th e Com m ission s CFR 50.12. An evalu ation th at ju stifies ap p lican t sh ou ld u p d ate its CLB p rior to regu latory p rocess an d p roced u res.

th e con tin u ation of th e exem p tion s for su bm ittin g its ren ew al ap p lication to Th u s, u n d er th e p reviou s ru le, a th e ren ew al term m u st be p rovid ed for clearly in d icate th at th e exem p tion h as m em ber of th e p u blic w h o believed th at exem p tion s th at w ere eith er gran ted on exp ired . a cu rren t p roblem exists w ith a licen se th e basis of an assu m ed service life or or a m atter exists th at is n ot ad equ ately a p eriod of op eration bou n d ed by th e h . S tan d ard s for Issu an ce of a Ren ewed ad d ressed by cu rren t NRC regu lation s origin al licen se term of th e facility or Licen se an d th e S cop e of Hearin gs w ou ld h ave eith er p etition ed th e NRC to oth erw ise related to system s, stru ctu res, Section 54.29 of th e p reviou s licen se take ap p rop riate action u n d er § 2.206, or or com p on en ts su bject to ARDUTLR. ren ew al ru le p rovid ed th at th e p etition ed th e NRC to in stitu te With th e d eletion of th e d efin ition of Com m ission m ay issu e a ren ew ed ru lem akin g to ad d ress th e issu e u n d er ARDUTLR an d th e corresp on d in g licen se if § 2.802.

ad d ition of a sep arate tim e-lim ited agin g (a) Action s h ave been id en tified an d Th e Com m ission con tin u es to believe an alysis requ irem en t, th e Com m ission h ave been or w ill be taken w ith resp ect th at agin g m an agem en t of certain h as in clu d ed th is exem p tion review to age-related d egrad ation u n iqu e to im p ortan t system s, stru ctu res, an d w ith th e sep arate tim e-lim ited agin g licen se ren ew al of system s, stru ctu res, com p on en ts d u rin g th is p eriod of an alysis requ irem en t in § 54.21(c). Th is an d com p on en ts im p ortan t to licen se exten d ed op eration sh ou ld be th e focu s ch an ge is con sisten t w ith th e ren ew al, su ch th at th ere is reason able of a ren ew al p roceed in g an d th at issu es Com m ission s in ten t to review assu ran ce th at th e activities au th orized con cern in g op eration d u rin g th e exem p tion s based on tim e-lim ited agin g by th e ren ew ed licen se w ill be cu rren tly au th orized term of op eration an alyses u n d er th e cu rren t ru le. con d u cted in accord an ce w ith th e sh ou ld be ad d ressed as p art of th e Tw o com m en ters qu estion ed th e cu rren t licen sin g basis, an d th at an y cu rren t licen se rath er th an d eferred p rop osed requ irem en t to list an d ch an ges m ad e to th e p lan ts cu rren t u n til a ren ew al review (w h ich w ou ld evalu ate all gran ted exem p tion s, licen sin g basis in ord er to com p ly w ith n ot occu r if th e licen see ch ooses n ot to in clu d in g th ose th at are n o lon ger in th is p aragrap h are oth erw ise in accord ren ew its op eratin g licen se). How ever, effect. On e com m en ter recom m en d ed w ith th e Act an d th e Com m ission s in th is fin al ru le, th e Com m ission h as th at on ly exem p tion s in effect at th e regu lation s. n arrow ed th e scop e of stru ctu res an d tim e of ren ew al ap p lication an d (b) An y ap p licable requ irem en ts of com p on en ts th at w ill requ ire an agin g con tin u in g in to th e p eriod of exten d ed su bp art A of 10 CFR Part 51 h ave been m an agem en t review for th e p eriod of op eration sh ou ld be con sid ered for satisfied . exten d ed op eration an d id en tification ren ew al. Fu rth er, th e oth er com m en ter (c) An y m atters raised u n d er 10 CFR an d evalu ation of tim e-lim ited agin g in d icated th at requ irin g a listin g of all 2.758 h ave been ad d ressed as requ ired an alyses by th e ap p lican t. Accord in gly, exem p tion s is in con sisten t w ith th e by th at (section ). con form in g ch an ges in § 54.29 h ave rem oval of oth er lists cu rren tly requ ired Issu es th at w ere m aterial to th e been m ad e to reflect th e refocu sed in 10 CFR 54, su ch as th e list of system s, fin d in gs in § 54.29 of th e p reviou s ru le, ren ew al review . Sp ecifically, § 54.29 h as stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts im p ortan t as w ell as m atters ap p roved by th e been revised to d elete th e term age-to licen se ren ew al, to p rovid e ap p lican ts Com m ission for h earin g u n d er § 2.758, related d egrad ation u n iqu e to licen se flexibility in d evelop in g su itable w ere w ith in th e scop e of a h earin g on ren ew al, an d su bstitu te th e fin d in gs m eth od ologies to im p lem en t th e a ren ew ed licen se. Th e p reviou s licen se (requ ired for con sisten cy w ith th e requ irem en ts of § 54.21. Th e ren ew al ru le m od ified § 2.758 to clarify revised § 54.21 (a)(3) an d (c)) w ith Com m ission agrees w ith th e th at ch allen ges to th e licen se ren ew al resp ect to agin g m an agem en t review an d com m en ters. Exem p tion s th at h ave ru le in an ad ju d icatory h earin g on a tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses evalu ation exp ired are n o lon ger p art of th e CLB for ren ew al ap p lication w ou ld be for th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

th at p lan t. Fu rth er, a requ irem en t to list con sid ered by th e Com m ission on ly in Fu rth erm ore, § 2.758 h as sim ilarly been all exem p tion s in effect is u n n ecessary th e follow in g lim ited circu m stan ces: revised to d elete th e term s age-related

22482 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s d egrad ation u n iqu e to licen se ren ew al m isin terp retin g th e scop e of th e ren ew al in form ation in clu d ed th e IPA lists of an d u n iqu e to th e requ ested term . Th e review an d fin d in g. system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts, elim in ation of ARDUTLR requ ires Section 54.29(a) of th e p rop osed ru le ju stification for assessm en t m eth od s, elim in ation of th e con cep t th at th e set forth th e th ree fin d in gs, in an d d escrip tion s of p rogram s to m an age ren ew al review or h earin g m u st be p aragrap h s (a)(1), (a)(2) an d (a)(3), ARDUTLR.

con fin ed to agin g issu es th at are w h ich th e NRC m u st m ake in ord er to Th e sim p lification of th e IPA p rocess u n iqu e to licen se ren ew al. In stead , issu e a ren ew ed licen se. Th e first (Section III.f of th is SOC) an d th e lim its on th e scop e of ren ew al review fin d in g in p aragrap h (a)(1) w as d ivid ed clarification of th e con cep t of ARDUTLR an d h earin g are based on carefu l review in to tw o n u m bered p aragrap h s (1)(i) an d (Section III.b of th is SOC) h ave resu lted of th e su fficien cy of th e NRC regu latory (1)(ii). DOE com m en ted th at n u m berin g in a p oten tial in con sisten cy regard in g th e clau ses cou ld lead to an erron eou s th e treatm en t of in form ation associated p rocess to resolve issu es n ot con sid ered in terp retation th at tw o sep arate, p arallel w ith th e IPA. Th e Com m ission h as in ren ew al.

con d ition s m u st be m et in ord er to m ake d eterm in ed th at th ere is n o n eed to Section 54.29 of th e p rop osed ru le (59 th e first fin d in g. To avoid th e p oten tial in clu d e th e en tire IPA in an FSAR FR 46579) w as in ten d ed to accom p lish m isin terp retation , DOE recom m en d ed a su p p lem en t becau se on ly th e several th in gs. Prop osed § 54.29(a) w as revised n u m berin g sch em e. Th e in form ation associated w ith th e IPA in ten d ed to d efin e th e fin d in gs th at th e Com m ission agrees th at sep arately regard in g th e basis for d eterm in in g th at Com m ission m u st m ake in ord er to n u m berin g clau ses (i) an d (ii) in agin g effects are m an aged d u rin g th e issu e a ren ew ed op eratin g licen se to a p aragrap h (a)(1) cou ld lead to an p eriod of exten d ed op eration requ ires n u clear p ow er p lan t an d th e scop e of erron eou s in terp retation th at tw o th e ad d ition al regu latory oversigh t an y h earin g on th e ren ew al p arallel con d ition s m u st be m et in ord er afford ed by p lacin g th e in form ation in ap p lication .2 By con trast, p rop osed to m ake th e fin d in g in p aragrap h (a)(1). th e FSAR. Th erefore, on ly a su m m ary

§ 54.29 (b) an d (c) w ere in ten d ed to Th erefore, th e Com m ission h as ad op ted d escrip tion of th e p rogram s an d id en tify th e issu es th at w ere NOT to be an ap p roach sim ilar to th e DOE activities for m an agin g th e effects of p art of th e ren ew al review an d to re- p rop osal. agin g d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed em p h asize th e ren ew al ap p lican ts op eration for th ose stru ctu res an d

i. Regu latory an d A d m in istrative obligation u n d er its cu rren t op eratin g com p on en ts requ irin g an agin g Con trols licen se to ad d ress, in th e con text of th at m an agem en t review n eed s to be Certain regu latory an d ad m in istrative in clu d ed in th e FSAR su p p lem en t. Th e licen se, th ose agin g m atters id en tified in con trols in th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al th e cou rse of its ren ew al review th at IPA m eth od ology an d th e list of ru le w ere im p osed to sp ecify th e stru ctu res an d com p on en ts n eed n ot m ay reason ably be exp ected to cau se a circu m stan ces an d requ irem en ts ap p ear in an FSAR su p p lem en t, loss of fu n ction for system s, stru ctu res, n ecessary to m ake ch an ges relatin g to alth ou gh th is in form ation w ill still be or com p on en ts d u rin g th e cu rren t term th e d eterm in ation an d m an agem en t of requ ired in th e ap p lication for licen se of op eration . Both DOE an d NEI ARDUTLR an d th e record keep in g an d ren ew al.

com m en ted th at by com bin in g th ese rep ortin g requ irem en ts relatin g to th e Th e Com m ission h as also elim in ated p u rp oses in to a sin gle section , th e ren ew al ap p lication . In view of th e § 54.21 (b) an d (d ) of th e p reviou s ru le.

p rop osed ru le cou ld be erron eou sly greater relian ce on existin g p rogram s in Th ese section s con cern CLB ch an ges in terp reted as requ irin g a gen eral th e licen se ren ew al p rocess, as associated w ith ARDUTLR an d p lan t d em on stration of com p lian ce w ith th e d iscu ssed in Section III.d of th is SOC, m od ification s n ecessary to en su re th at CLB as a p rerequ isite for issu in g a th e Com m ission h as d eterm in ed th at ARDUTLR is ad equ ately m an aged ren ew ed licen se. Wh ile th e Com m ission m an y of th ese requ irem en ts are n o d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

believes th at th e p rop osed ru le w as lon ger n ecessary. Th erefore, th e Th is in form ation is n ow requ ired as p art su fficien tly clear in d istin gu ish in g Com m ission h as d ecreased th e of § 54.21 (a)(3) an d (c). Relevan t betw een th e issu es th at m u st be record keep in g an d rep ortin g bu rd en on in form ation con cern in g ch an ges to th e ad d ressed as p art of th e ren ew al review th e ap p lican t for licen se ren ew al in th e CLB an d p lan t m od ification s requ ired to versu s th ose w h ich m u st be ad d ressed level of d etail in th e ap p lication , d em on strate th at agin g effects for in th e con text of th e cu rren t licen se, th e requ irem en ts for su p p lem en tin g th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts Com m ission h as con sid ered th e FSAR, an d in record keep in g requ irin g an agin g m an agem en t review com m en ts of DOE an d NEI as evid en ce requ irem en ts. for licen se ren ew al m u st be d escribed in th at th e lan gu age of th e p rop osed ru le Th e Com m ission seeks to en su re th at, th e ap p lication for licen se ren ew al cou ld be fu rth er im p roved . Up on review in gen eral, on ly th e in form ation n eed ed (§ 54.21 (a)(3) an d (c)). If a licen se of NEIs an d DOEs p rop osals, th e to m ake its safety d eterm in ation is ren ew al ap p lican t or th e Com m ission Com m ission h as d ecid ed to ad op t an su bm itted to th e NRC for licen se d eterm in es th at CLB ch an ges or p lan t ap p roach sim ilar to th e DOE p rop osal, ren ew al review an d th at regu latory m od ification s form th e basis for an IPA w h ich n arrow s § 54.29 to th e fin d in gs to con trols im p osed by th e licen se ren ew al con clu sion regard in g stru ctu res an d be m ad e for issu an ce of a ren ew ed ru le are con sisten t w ith existin g com p on en ts requ irin g an agin g licen se, an d d escribes in a n ew section , regu latory con trols on sim ilar m an agem en t review , th en an 54.30, th e licen sees resp on sibilities for in form ation th at m ay be d evelop ed by a ap p rop riate d escrip tion of th e CLB ad d ressin g safety m atters u n d er its licen see d u rin g th e cu rren t op eratin g ch an ge or p lan t m od ification m u st be cu rren t licen se, th at are n ot w ith in th e term . in clu d ed in th e FSAR su p p lem en t.

scop e of th e ren ew al review . Sep aratin g Su bsequ en t ch an ges are con trolled by (i) Con trols on Tech n ical In form ation in § 50.59.

th e su bjects in to tw o d ifferen t section s an Ap p lication Section 54.21(c) of th e p reviou s sh ou ld m in im ize an y p ossibility of In § 54.21, th e p reviou s licen se licen se ren ew al ru le requ ired th at an 2 Th e scop e of Com m ission review d eterm in es th e ren ew al ru le requ ires th at an ap p lican t for licen se ren ew al su bm it (1) scop e of ad m issible con ten tion s in a ren ew al ap p lication in clu d e a su p p lem en t to th e a list of all p lan t-sp ecific exem p tion s h earin g absen t a Com m ission fin d in g u n d er 10 CFR FSAR th at p resen ts th e in form ation gran ted p u rsu an t to 10 CFR 50.12 an d 2.758. requ ired by th is section . Th is each relief gran ted p u rsu an t to 10 CFR

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22483 50.55a an d (2) an evalu ation if th e d eleted th e requ irem en t to list an d system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts exem p tion or relief w as related to a evalu ate reliefs from § 54.21(c). w ill be p laced in to th e FSAR system , stru ctu re, or com p on en t th at In its com m en ts, NEI n oted th at th e su p p lem en t. Licen se con d ition s an d w as su bject to ARDUTLR or a tim e- requ irem en t con tain ed in § 54.22 of th e lim itation s d eterm in ed to be n ecessary lim ited fu n ction . Th ese lists an d p rop osed ru le requ irin g ju stification for as p art of th e licen se ren ew al review evalu ation s w ere to be in clu d ed in th e tech n ical sp ecification s ch an ges th at are w ill con tin u e to be requ ired by th e su p p lem en t to th e FSAR. At th at tim e, n ecessary to m an age th e effects of agin g Com m ission in accord an ce w ith th e Com m ission d eterm in ed th at th ese in th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration be § 54.33(b).

requ irem en ts w ere n ecessary to m ake an p laced in th e FSAR su p p lem en t is n ot Th e regu latory p rocess w ill con tin u e in d ep en d en t assessm en t th at all gen erally con sisten t w ith cu rren t to en su re th at p rop osed ch an ges to exem p tion s an d reliefs h ad been regu latory p ractices. NEI states th at th e p rogram s an d activities th at m ay affect evalu ated as p art of th e licen se ren ew al basis for su ch tech n ical sp ecification d escrip tion s in th e FSAR w ill receive p rocess. Th e Com m ission d eterm in ed ch an ges on ly sh ou ld be requ ired to be ad equ ate review by th e licen see an d , if th at th ese requ irem en ts w ere im p ortan t d ocu m en ted in th e bases section of th e ap p rop riate, by th e NRC. Th erefore, th e becau se th ey p rovid ed a su m m ary of th e tech n ical sp ecification s. Th e Com m ission h as d eleted th e § 54.33(d )

in stan ces in th e licen sin g basis for th e Com m ission agrees w ith NEI con cern in g requ irem en ts for m akin g ch an ges to p eriod of exten d ed op eration in w h ich th e requ irem en t to in clu d e th e p reviou sly ap p roved p rogram s an d th e staff d eterm in ed th at strict ju stification for tech n ical sp ecification s p roced u res to m an age ARDUTLR.

com p lian ce w ith existin g regu latory in th e FSAR su p p lem en t an d h as (iii) Ad d ition al Record s an d requ irem en ts is n ot n eed ed to en su re clarified th e requ irem en t in § 54.22 to be Record keep in g Requ irem en ts th at th e p u blic h ealth an d safety is m ore con sisten t w ith § 50.36. Section 54.22 n ow states th at th e ju stification Section 54.37 of th e p reviou s ru le ad equ ately p rotected .

for ch an ges or ad d ition s to th e tech n ical requ ired th at th e, § 50.71(e) requ ired ,

Th e Com m ission con tin u es to believe sp ecification s m u st be con tain ed in th e p eriod ic FSAR u p d ate:

th at th e ration ale an d basis for requ irin g (1) In clu d e an y system s, stru ctu res, th e in form ation to be su bm itted are still licen se ren ew al ap p lication .

an d com p on en ts n ew ly id en tified as valid for exem p tion s. Th e Com m ission (ii) Con d ition s of Ren ew ed Licen se im p ortan t to licen se ren ew al after th e h as relocated th e requ irem en t to list an d Section 54.33 of th e p reviou s ru le ren ew ed licen se is issu ed ;

evalu ate certain exem p tion s to p rop osed requ ired th at, u p on ren ew al, a licen see (2) Id en tify an d p rovid e ju stification

§ 54.21(c). Th u s, th ese exem p tion s can , m ain tain th e p rogram s an d p roced u res, for an y system s, stru ctu res, an d th erefore, be con sid ered a su bset of w h ich w ou ld h ave been review ed an d com p on en ts d eleted from th e list of tim e-lim ited agin g issu es. ap p roved by th e NRC staff, for m an agin g system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts Con sisten t w ith th e Com m ission s ARDUTLR. In ad d ition , § 54.33 im p ortan t to licen se ren ew al; an d ration ale for in clu d in g on ly a su m m ary establish ed requ irem en ts for m akin g (3) Describe h ow ARDUTLR w ill be d escrip tion of p rogram s an d activities in ch an ges to p reviou sly ap p roved m an aged for th ose n ew ly id en tified th e FSAR su p p lem en t, th e Com m ission p rogram s an d p roced u res to m an age system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts.

con clu d es th at on ly a su m m ary ARDUTLR con sisten t w ith th e ru le Th e Com m ission review ed th e d escrip tion of th e evalu ation of tim e- ch an ges th at d elete th e term requ irem en ts for u p d atin g th e FSAR lim ited agin g an alyses, in clu d in g a ARDUTLR. (§ 54.37(b)) an d d eterm in ed th at th e su m m ary of th e bases for exem p tion s Con sid erin g th e p rop osed requ irem en ts n eed ed to be m od ified . As th at are based on tim e-lim ited agin g am en d m en ts associated w ith th e d iscu ssed in Section III.i.(i) of th is SOC, an alyses, n eed s to be in clu d ed in th e elim in ation of th e term ARDUTLR, th e requ irem en t to list system s, FSAR su p p lem en t. Th e Com m ission th e ru le requ ires p rogram s an d stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at are con clu d es th at n o n eed s exist to p roced u res to m an age th e effects of im p ortan t to licen se ren ew al in th e establish ad d ition al requ irem en ts th at agin g for certain system s, stru ctu res, FSAR su p p lem en t th at accom p an ies th e p lace th e list of exem p tion s or sp ecific an d com p on en ts. How ever, th e ren ew al ap p lication h as been d eleted .

exem p tion evalu ation s in to th e FSAR Com m ission w ill n ot ap p rove sp ecific Th erefore, in ord er to be con sisten t w ith su p p lem en t, alth ou gh th is in form ation p rogram s an d p roced u res as en vision ed th e con trols on tech n ical in form ation m u st still be con tain ed in th e by th e p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le d iscu ssed in Section III.i.(i), th e ap p lication for licen se ren ew al. (e.g., effective p rogram s). Th e Com m ission h as revised th e A relief from Cod es n eed n ot be Com m ission w ill review p rogram s an d requ irem en ts for in form ation to be evalu ated as p art of th e licen se ren ew al p roced u res d escribed in th e licen se in clu d ed in th e p eriod ic FSAR p rocess. A relief gran ted p u rsu an t to 10 ren ew al ap p lication an d d eterm in e su p p lem en t. For exam p le, th e p reviou s CFR 50.55a is sp ecifically en vision ed by w h eth er th ese p rogram s an d p roced u res requ irem en t to id en tify an d p rovid e th e regu latory p rocess. A relief exp ires p rovid e reason able assu ran ce th at th e ju stification , in th e p eriod ic FSAR after a sp ecified tim e in terval (n ot to fu n ction ality of system s, stru ctu res, an d u p d ate, for an y system s, stru ctu res, an d exceed 10 years) an d a licen see is com p on en ts requ irin g review w ill be com p on en ts d eleted from th e requ ired to reju stify th e basis for th e m ain tain ed in th e p eriod of exten d ed aforem en tion ed list is n o lon ger relief. At th at tim e, th e NRC p erform s op eration . Th e licen se ren ew al review n ecessary an d h as been d eleted from th e an oth er review an d m ay or m ay n ot th at w ou ld be con d u cted u n d er th is ru le fin al ru le. In ad d ition , th e p reviou s gran t th e relief. Becau se a relief is, in m ay con sid er all p rogram s an d activities ru les requ irem en t to d escribe h ow fact, an NRC-ap p roved d eviation from to m an age th e effects of agin g th at ARDUTLR w ill be m an aged for th ose th e Cod es an d su bject to a p eriod ic en su re fu n ction ality for th ese system s, n ew ly id en tified system s, stru ctu res an d review , th e Com m ission con clu d es th at stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts. A su m m ary com p on en ts h as been m od ified . For reliefs are ad equ ately m an aged by th e d escrip tion of th e p rogram s an d n ew ly id en tified system s, stru ctu res, existin g regu latory p rocess an d sh ou ld activities for m an agin g th e effects of an d com p on en ts th at w ou ld h ave n ot requ ire an agin g m an agem en t review agin g for th e p eriod of exten d ed requ ired eith er an agin g m an agem en t an d p oten tial reju stification for licen se op eration or evalu ation of tim e-lim ited review or a tim e-lim ited agin g an alysis, ren ew al. Th erefore, th e Com m ission h as agin g an alyses, as ap p rop riate, for th ese th e fin al ru le requ ires th at th e licen see

22484 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s d escribe in th e p eriod ic FSAR u p d ate Un d er th is ru le, th e Com m ission w ill op eratin g a n u clear p ow er p lan t in th e h ow th e effects of agin g w ill be m an aged review asp ects of p rogram s an d con text of an en viron m en tal im p act to en su re th at th e system s, stru ctu res, p roced u res d escribed in th e licen se statem en t (EIS), it sh ou ld be recogn ized an d com p on en ts p erform th eir in ten d ed ren ew al ap p lication an d d eterm in e th at th ese an alyses h ave been con d u cted fu n ction d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed w h eth er th ese p rogram s an d p roced u res in th e con text of EISs as p art of th e op eration . w ill p rovid e reason able assu ran ce th at Com m ission s p rocess for com p lyin g Tw o com m en ters in d icated th at th e th e fu n ction ality of system s, stru ctu res, w ith th e m an d ates of th e Nation al level of d etail requ ired by § 54.37(b) (a an d com p on en ts requ irin g review w ill En viron m en tal Policy Act (NEPA).

d escrip tion of h ow th e effects of agin g be m ain tain ed in th e p eriod of exten d ed How ever, NEPA d oes n ot requ ire su ch w ill be m an aged in th e p eriod of op eration . Th e licen se ren ew al review econ om ic an alyses. In a sep arate exten d ed op eration ) is greater th an , an d th at w ou ld be con d u cted u n d er th is ru le ru lem akin g (59 FR 37724) th e th erefore in con sisten t w ith , th e level of m ay con sid er all p rogram s an d activities Com m ission is con sid erin g w h eth er th e d etail requ ired in th e FSAR su p p lem en t th at m an age th e effects of agin g an d Com m ission s cu rren t an alytical requ ired by § 54.21(d ) (a su m m ary en su re fu n ction ality for th ese certain ap p roach sh ou ld be altered by m ovin g d escrip tion of th e p rogram s an d system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts. aw ay from econ om ic an alyses in EISs activities n ecessary for m an agin g th e Th e existin g regu latory p rocess, existin g an d red irectin g th e NEPA evalu ation to effects of agin g). Th e Com m ission licen see oversigh t activities, an d th e focu s on en viron m en tal im p acts. In believes th at it is im p ortan t to n ote th at ad d ition al regu latory con trols associated su m , th e Com m ission is n ot statu torily th e system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w ith p lacin g a su m m ary d escrip tion of requ ired , an d d oes n ot believe it is d iscu ssed in § 54.37(b) are th ose n ewly activities to m an age th e effects of agin g n ecessary, to p erform econ om ic id en tified system s, stru ctu res, an d in to th e FSAR are su fficien t to en su re an alyses of exten d ed op eration of com p on en ts th at w ou ld h ave been th at ch an ges to p rogram s th at cou ld n u clear p ow er p lan t licen ses.

su bject to an agin g m an agem en t review d ecrease th e overall effectiven ess of th e (2) NEI com m en ted th at an agin g in th e licen se ren ew al p rocess. If p rogram s to m an age th e effects of agin g m an agem en t review th at in volves an id en tified as p art of th e licen se ren ew al an d th e evalu ation of tim e-lim ited agin g issu e th at is bein g ad d ressed by th e NRC p rocess, in form ation con cern in g th e an alyses for th e system s, stru ctu res, an d as a GSI or an u n resolved safety issu e agin g m an agem en t for th ese stru ctu res com p on en ts requ irin g licen se ren ew al (USI) sh ou ld n ot h old u p th e issu an ce an d com p on en ts w ou ld h ave been review w ill receive ap p rop riate review of a ren ew ed licen se p en d in g th e con tain ed in th e ap p lication for licen se by th e licen see. Th erefore, th e resolu tion of th e issu e.

Com m ission h as d eleted § 54.37(c). Resolu tion of a USI or GSI gen erically ren ew al. Du rin g th e licen se ren ew al for th e set of ap p licable p lan ts is n ot p rocess, th e ap p lication an d th e FSAR IV. General Comments and Responses n ecessary for th e issu an ce of a ren ew ed su p p lem en t, togeth er, p rovid e th e (1) On e com m en ter recom m en d ed licen se. GSIs an d USIs th at d o n ot n ecessary in form ation an d th at th e NRC p erform a fu ll econ om ic con tain issu es related to th e licen se ad m in istrative con trols to evalu ate an d an alysis for th e p eriod of exten d ed ren ew al agin g m an agem en t review or h elp en su re th e efficacy of agin g op eration . Th e com m en ter in d icated tim e-lim ited agin g evalu ation are n ot a p rogram s for th ese stru ctu res an d th at top ics su ch as th e exp en se in volved su bject of review or fin d in g for licen se com p on en ts. After a ren ew ed licen se is in m on itorin g an d / or rep lacin g ren ew al. How ever, d esign ation of an issu ed , th e in form ation in th e FSAR com p on en ts, th e in crease in issu e as a GSI or USI d oes n ot exclu d e su p p lem en t serves th e d u al p u rp oses of d ecom m ission in g costs as p lan ts are th e issu e from th e scop e of th e agin g (1) Assu rin g th at th e licen see h as op erated lon ger an d w aste is m an agem en t review or tim e-lim ited con sid ered relevan t tech n ical accu m u lated , a com p arison of th e costs agin g evalu ation .

in form ation regard in g th e evalu ation of for op eratin g th e p lan t for th e ad d ition al For an issu e th at is both w ith in th e agin g effects for th ese n ew ly id en tified tim e versu s th e cost of oth er sou rces of scop e of th e agin g m an agem en t review system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts p ow er n eed to be ad d ressed . or tim e-lim ited agin g evalu ation an d an d (2) establish in g ap p rop riate Th e econ om ics of electrical p ow er w ith in th e scop e of a USI or GSI, th ere ad m in istrative an d regu latory con trols gen eration is th e resp on sibility of th e are several ap p roach es w h ich can be on th e p rogram s th at m an age agin g for in d ivid u al u tility an d th e Fed eral or u sed to satisfy th e fin d in g requ ired by th ese n ew ly id en tified system s, State agen cies th at are given th at section 54.29. If an ap p licable gen eric stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts. Th erefore, au th ority an d resp on sibility. Gen erally, resolu tion h as been ach ieved before th e Com m ission con clu d es th at th e a State p u blic u tility com m ission or th e issu an ce of a ren ew ed licen se, ch aracterization of th e level of d etail Fed eral En ergy Regu latory Com m ission , im p lem en tation of th at resolu tion cou ld requ ired in th e FSAR su p p lem en t for alon g w ith th e u tility, h ave th e be in corp orated w ith in th e ren ew al n ew ly id en tified system s, stru ctu res, resp on sibility an d th e au th ority to ap p lication . An ap p lican t m ay ch oose to an d com p on en ts by § 54.37(b) is ad d ress econ om ic issu es associated w ith su bm it a tech n ical ration ale w h ich ap p rop riate. p ow er gen eration . Fu rth erm ore, th e d em on strates th at th e CLB w ill be Section 54.37(c) of th e p reviou s ru le Com m ission s regu latory resp on sibility m ain tain ed u n til som e later p oin t in requ ired th at a licen see d o th e (as d efin ed by th e Atom ic En ergy Act, tim e in th e p eriod of exten d ed follow in g: th e NRCs organ ic statu te) d oes n ot op eration , at w h ich p oin t on e or m ore (1) Su bm it to th e NRC at least con fer u p on th e Com m ission p rim ary reason able op tion s (e.g., rep lacem en t, an n u ally a list of all ch an ges m ad e to au th ority for regu latin g th e econ om ics an alytical evalu ation , or a su rveillan ce/

p rogram s for m an agem en t of ARDUTLR of n u clear p ow er gen eration . Un d er m ain ten an ce p rogram ) w ou ld be th at d o n ot d ecrease th e effectiven ess of th ese circu m stan ces, th e Com m ission available to ad equ ately m an age th e effective p rogram s, w ith a su m m ary d oes n ot believe th at it sh ou ld p erform effects of agin g. (An ap p lican t w ou ld of th e ju stification an d econ om ic an alyses of n u clear p ow er h ave to d escribe its basis for con clu d in g (2) Main tain d ocu m en tation for an y gen eration as a basis for in form in g th e th at th e CLB is m ain tain ed , in th e ch an ges to effective p rogram s th at are Com m ission s licen sin g d ecision s. licen se ren ew al ap p lication , an d briefly d eterm in ed n ot to red u ce th e Wh ile it is tru e th at th e Com m ission d escribe op tion s th at are tech n ically effectiven ess of th e p rogram . cu rren tly ad d resses th e econ om ics of feasible d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22485 op eration to m an age th e effects of agin g, d iscu ssed in th e SOC of th e p reviou s ch an ges to th e licen se ren ew al ru le.

bu t w ou ld n ot h ave to p reselect w h ich ru le (56 FR at 64951), th e Com m ission s Rath er, th e Com m ission relied solely on op tion w ou ld be u sed .) An oth er in sp ection p rogram obtain s su fficien t th e exp ertise of rep resen tatives of ap p roach cou ld be for an ap p lican t to in form ation on licen see p erform an ce, n u clear u tilities, in d u stry organ ization s, d evelop an agin g m an agem en t p rogram th rou gh d irect observation an d arch itects an d en gin eerin g firm s, w h ich , for th at p lan t, in corp orates a verification of licen see activities, to con su ltan ts an d con tractors, an d Fed eral resolu tion to th e agin g effects issu e. d eterm in e w h eth er th e facility is bein g an d State agen cies.

An oth er op tion cou ld be to p rop ose to op erated safely an d w h eth er th e Th e Com m ission d isagrees. Con sisten t am en d th e CLB (as a sep arate action licen see m an agem en t con trol p rogram is w ith th e Com m ission s p olicy of seekin g ou tsid e of th e licen se ren ew al effective an d to ascertain w h eth er th ere in p u t from th e en tire sp ectru m of th e ap p lication ) w h ich , if ap p roved , w ou ld is a reason able assu ran ce th at th e p u blic, th e Com m ission p rovid ed am p le revise th e CLB su ch th at th e in ten d ed licen see is in com p lian ce w ith op p ortu n ity for p u blic com m en t. Th e fu n ction is n o lon ger w ith in th e CLB. regu latory requ irem en ts. Fu rth er, as Com m ission h eld a p u blic w orksh op on (3) Several com m en ters su ggested th at d iscu ssed in th e SOC for th e p reviou s Sep tem ber 30, 1993, to d iscu ss as p lan ts age, th e regu latory ru le (56 FR at 64947), th e Com m ission altern ative ap p roach es to th e licen se requ irem en ts n eed to be stren gth en ed h as a p rogram for th e review of ren ew al ru le. A n otice of th e p u blic rath er th an relaxed . Th ese com m en ters op eratin g even ts at n u clear p ow er w orksh op w as p u blish ed in th e Federal in d icated th at th e p rop osed licen se p lan ts. Th e total p rogram offers a h igh Register on Au gu st 12, 1993. In ad d ition ren ew al ru le is a relaxation of th e d egree of assu ran ce th at even ts th at are to th e Federal Register n otice, th e NRC p reviou s ru le, servin g on ly to p rovid e p oten tially risk sign ifican t or p recu rsors exp licitly con tacted fou r p u blic in terest in cen tives for ap p lican ts, rath er th an an to sign ifican t even ts are bein g review ed grou p s th at h ad p reviou sly in d icated en h an cem en t to p u blic safety. an d resolved exp ed itiou sly. Resp on se to in terest in licen se ren ew al. Th e NRC Th e Com m ission d oes n ot agree th at even ts m ay resu lt in m in or follow u p staff con tacted rep resen tatives from th e regu lation s m u st be stren gth en ed sim p ly in sp ection activities at a sin gle p lan t u p Un ion of Con cern ed Scien tists, th e becau se a p lan t ages. Th e Com m ission to gen eric safety im p rovem en ts at all Nu clear In form ation an d Resou rce believes th at ad d ition al regu lation s p lan tsregard less of licen se term s. Service, th e Natu ral Resou rces Defen se sh ou ld be im p osed w h en th ere is som e Th u s, th e Com m ission con tin u ou sly Cou n cil, an d th e Pu blic Citizen reason to believe th at cu rren t regu lation an alyzes con d ition s, acts, an d p ractices Litigation Grou p . Rep resen tatives from are in ad equ ate. Th e Com m ission s th at cou ld affect safe op eration of p lan ts th e Nu clear In form ation an d Resou rce regu latory p rocess con tin u ou sly an d takes ap p rop riate action . Service an d th e Pu blic Citizen Litigation assesses th e n eed for ad d ition al (5) On e com m en ter asked w h eth er th e Grou p atten d ed th e w orksh op . Written oversigh t an d im p lem en ts ap p rop riate origin al ru les con cern in g em ergen cy com m en ts from th e Oh io Citizen s for regu lation s to en su re p u blic h ealth an d p rep ared n ess are still in effect, even Resp on sible En ergy, In c. w ere also safety. Equ ally im p ortan t, h ow ever, is th ou gh th e p rop osed ru le ch an ges d id received . Th e p rop osed ch an ges to th e th e Com m ission s p olicy to en su re th at n ot m en tion an y revision s to em ergen cy licen se ren ew al ru le w ere p u blish ed in its regu lation s p rom ote a stable, p rep ared n ess requ irem en ts. Th e th e Federal Register on Sep tem ber 9, efficien t, an d p red ictable regu latory Com m ission s resp on se is; yes, th e 1994, for p u blic com m en t. Th ree p u blic en viron m en t. Th erefore, w h ere th e p reviou s ru les p rovision s on em ergen cy in terest grou p s p rovid ed com m en ts: th e Com m ission recogn izes a m ore efficien t p rep ared n ess are still in effect. Pu blic Citizen , th e Oh io Citizen s for an d stable m ean s of ach ievin g a (6) On e com m en ter stated th at th e Resp on sible En ergy, In c., an d th e Sierra p articu lar level of safety, it strives to ru le sh ou ld be w ritten in lan gu age th at Clu b. Du rin g th e u p com in g im p lem en t th at ap p roach . th e average, literate citizen can d evelop m en t of im p lem en tation Th e Com m ission im p lem en ted a com p reh en d . Th e com m en ter fu rth er gu id an ce (a stan d ard review p lan for licen se ren ew al ru le becau se existin g states th at tech n ical term s, or licen se ren ew al an d a regu latory gu id e regu lation s d id n ot con tain clear sp ecialized p h raseology w h ose p u rp ose for licen se ren ew al), extern al NRC gu id an ce on ren ew als an d , fu rth er, th e is to exp ress a p recise m ean in g, legal or m eetin gs w ill be op en to th e p u blic an d Com m ission believed th at cu rren t oth erw ise, can an d sh ou ld be fu lly th e d raft stan d ard review p lan for regu lation s w ere in ad equ ate to ad d ress exp lain ed . Th e Com m ission agrees w ith licen se ren ew al an d th e d raft regu latory th e effects of agin g in th e p eriod of th e com m en ter to th e exten t th at NRC gu id e for licen se ren ew al w ill be m ad e exten d ed op eration . Up on d ocu m en ts sh ou ld be w ritten so th at as available for p u blic com m en t.

im p lem en tation of th e p reviou s licen se m an y p eop le as p ossible can (8) NEI stated th at 10 CFR 54.23 ren ew al ru le, h ow ever, th e Com m ission com p reh en d th em . Th e exp ectation is requ ires an en viron m en tal rep ort th at d eterm in ed th at th e ru le cou ld be for all Com m ission d ocu m en ts to be com p lies w ith th e requ irem en ts of 10 am en d ed to create a m ore efficien t an d w ritten as clearly as p ossible so th at CFR Part 51. 10 CFR 51.53 requ ires a stable licen se ren ew al p rocess, w h ile th ey can be easily com p reh en d ed . Th e su p p lem en tal en viron m en tal rep ort. Th e retain in g th e sam e d egree of safety Com m ission h as taken step s to clarify w ord in g sh ou ld be con sisten t betw een p rovid ed by th e p reviou s ru le. tech n ical term s an d p h raseology in th e Parts 51 an d 54. Th e Com m ission agrees (4) Nevad a com m en ted th at th e fin al ru le an d SOC. For exam p le: th e an d th e Part 54 w ord in g w ill be ch an ged Com m ission sh ou ld be an alyzin g p h rase age-related d egrad ation u n iqu e to be con sisten t w ith Part 51.

w h eth er th ere w as an y con d ition , act, or to licen se ren ew al w as n ot w ell (9) Tw o com m en ters en cou raged th e p ractice th at occu rred d u rin g th e p eriod u n d erstood an d n ot easily exp lain ed ; in creation of im p lem en tation gu id an ce in of in itial licen sin g th at w ou ld affect th e p art becau se of th is th e Com m ission h as th e form of a regu latory gu id e an d a p eriod of exten d ed op eration . In a broad rem oved th is p h rase from th e ru le. stan d ard review p lan . Th e cu rren t NRC sen se, th e regu latory p rocess (7) On e com m en ter claim ed th at th e effort is focu sed on th e com p letion of con tin u ou sly evalu ates th e safety statu s Com m ission d id n ot con su lt w ith eith er th is licen se ren ew al ru le an d th e review of licen sed p lan ts an d m od ifies an y en viron m en tal grou p or an y of th e in itial licen se ren ew al su bm ittals.

licen sin g bases as n ecessary to en su re m em bers of th e gen eral p u blic w h en th e Th e NRC in ten d s to d evelop an d issu e th at p lan t op eration is n ot in im ical to Com m ission w as seekin g ad vice d u rin g gu id an ce in th e fu tu re in th e form of a th e p u blic h ealth an d safety. As a p u blic w orksh op on th e p rop osed regu latory gu id e an d a stan d ard review

22486 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s p lan , h ow ever, th e gu id an ce m ay n ot be review are an sw ered in resp on se to lon g-lived , p assive stru ctu res an d issu ed p rior to th e NRC review of a qu estion 3 in th is Section . com p on en ts. If, h ow ever, an ap p lican t, n u m ber of su bm ittals. Discu ssion . Th e IPA in th e p rop osed in th e site-sp ecific ren ew al ap p lication ,

(10) On e com m en ter su ggested th at am en d m en t to th e licen se ren ew al ru le can d em on strate th at th eir facility h as th e NRC sh ou ld requ ire an u p d ate of con tain s a p rocess to n arrow th e focu s sp ecific p rogram s or p rocesses in p lace p lan t en viron s for p aram eters su ch as of th e agin g m an agem en t review to to d etect on goin g d egrad ation su ch th at p op u lation d en sity to assu re th at th e en com p ass th ose stru ctu res an d failu re of red u n d an t, lon g-lived , p assive origin al licen sin g basis is still valid com p on en ts th at are lon g-lived an d stru ctu res an d com p on en ts is avoid ed ,

p rior to licen se ren ew al. p assive (see § 54.21(a)(1) (i) an d (ii)). th e Com m ission m ay be able to cred it Th e Com m ission d oes n ot agree th at In SECY-94-140, th e Com m ission su ch p rogram s an d allow red u n d an t, a review of p lan t en viron s is n ecessary con sid ered th e p ossibility th at lon g-lived , p assive stru ctu res an d as a p recon d ition for licen se ren ew al. red u n d an t, lon g-lived , p assive com p on en ts to be gen erically exclu d ed Asid e from su ch a review bein g beyon d stru ctu res an d com p on en ts cou ld be from fu rth er agin g m an agem en t review .

th e scop e of licen se ren ew al, th e gen erically exclu d ed from an agin g 3. Is th ere ad d ition al in form ation for Com m ission s regu lation s in 10 CFR m an agem en t review for licen se ren ew al. th e Com m ission to con sid er th at w ou ld 50.71(e) requ ire a licen see to en su re th at Th e basis for th is con sid eration w as th at satisfy th e Com m ission s con cern th e FSAR con tain s th e latest an d m ost red u n d an cy is on e asp ect of a d efen se- relative to th e d etection of d egrad ation accu rate in form ation . Th is requ irem en t in -d ep th d esign p h ilosop h y th at cou ld in red u n d an t, lon g-lived , p assive in clu d es p aram eters on p lan t en viron s p rovid e reason able assu ran ce th at stru ctu res an d com p on en ts su ch th at su ch as p op u lation d en sity, w h ich is certain sin gle failu res w ou ld n ot ren d er failu res th at m igh t resu lt in loss of n orm ally con tain ed in Ch ap ter 2 of th e system s, stru ctu res, or com p on en ts system fu n ction are u n likely, an d to in cap able of p erform in g th eir in ten d ed w arran t a gen eric exclu sion ?

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fu n ction (s). Th e staff reason ed th at On e com m en ter stated th at bu ilt in V. Public Response to Specific alth ou gh sim u ltan eou s failu res of red u n d an cy is an essen tial safety featu re Questions red u n d an t stru ctu res an d com p on en ts an d su ggested th at red u n d an t, p assive, In th e Notice of Prop osed Ru le (59 FR are h yp oth etically p ossible, th e p h ysical lon g-lived stru ctu res an d com p on en ts at 46589), th e Com m ission requ ested variables an d th e d ifferen ces in sh ou ld n ot be exclu d ed from an agin g op eration al an d m ain ten an ce h istories m an agem en t review .

p u blic com m en t on five sp ecific th at w ill in flu en ce th e in cid en ce an d In d u stry com m en ters, on th e oth er qu estion s. Th e Com m ission ap p reciates rates of agin g d egrad ation betw een h an d , attem p ted to p rovid e su fficien t th e p u blics com m en ts on th ese five ju stification for gen erically exclu d in g oth erw ise id en tical stru ctu res an d qu estion s. from an agin g m an agem en t review th ose com p on en ts m ake sim u ltan eou s failu res Discu ssion . An agin g m an agem en t com p on en ts w h ose failu re w ill n ot of red u n d an t equ ip m en t u n likely. In review is requ ired for a sm all su bset of ad d ition , existin g p rogram s an d resu lt in a loss of system fu n ction . Th e stru ctu res an d com p on en ts w ith in th e requ irem en ts (i.e., m ain ten an ce ru le an d in d u stry d ivid ed th ese com p on en ts in to scop e of licen se ren ew al. As d escribed 10 CFR Part 50, Ap p en d ix B) w ou ld tw o categories: (1) red u n d an t in Section III.f of th is SOC, th e resu lt in activities to d eterm in e th e root com p on en ts an d (2) sm all com p on en ts Com m ission believes, on th e basis of cau ses for failu res an d m itigate fu tu re th at can be isolated , su ch as in stru m en t existin g regu latory requ irem en ts an d occu rren ces of th em . lin es. Th e in d u stry believes th at op eratin g exp erien ce, th at th e agin g On fu rth er con sid eration , h ow ever, p assive, lon g-lived com p on en ts th at m an agem en t review can be lim ited to th e Com m ission h as recogn ized , h ave d esign ed red u n d an cy are su bject to p assive, lon g-lived stru ctu res an d becau se it can n ot gen erically d eterm in e exten sive licen see p rogram s th at verify com p on en ts. th at all licen sees h ave p rocesses, stru ctu ral in tegrity an d fu n ction al

1. Sh ou ld ad d ition al stru ctu res an d p rogram s, or p roced u res in p lace for th e cap ability. Th ese exten sive p rogram s, com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of licen se tim ely d etection of d egrad ed con d ition s togeth er w ith th e establish ed ren ew al be exp licitly requ ired to receive as a resu lt of agin g d u rin g th e p eriod of red u n d an cy, en su re th at th e effects of an agin g m an agem en t review ? exten d ed op eration for p assive, lon g- agin g w ill be d etected so th at corrective

2. If so, w h at w ou ld be th e bases for lived stru ctu res an d com p on en ts, th at action can be taken before a loss of th e requ irin g su ch ad d ition al stru ctu res an d th e p oten tial exists for red u ced system s in ten d ed fu n ction . Th e com p on en ts to be su bject to an agin g reliability an d failu re of red u n d an t, in d u stry believes th at th e strin gen t m an agem en t review ? lon g-lived , p assive stru ctu res an d seism ic d esign requ irem en ts cou p led Com m en ters resp on d ed to qu estion s 1 com p on en ts. If th e con d ition of th ese w ith cu rren t p lan t p rogram s p rovid es an d 2 by statin g th at ad d ition al stru ctu res an d com p on en ts w ere greater assu ran ce th at stru ctu ral stru ctu res an d com p on en ts n ot in clu d ed d egrad ed below th eir CLB (i.e., d esign in tegrity an d cap ability of p assive in th e p rop osed ru le requ ire an agin g bases, in clu d in g seism ic d esign ), com p on en ts w ill be m ain tain ed d u rin g m an agem en t review , n o ad d ition al w ith ou t d etection an d corrective action , an earth qu ake. Moreover, th e in d u stry stru ctu res an d com p on en ts requ ire an a failu re of red u n d an t, p assive believes th at th e slow , lon g-term agin g m an agem en t review , an d stru ctu res an d com p on en ts is p ossible ch aracteristics of th e agin g p rocess an d stru ctu res an d com p on en ts requ irin g an given , for exam p le, th e occu rren ce of a th e fact th at th is agin g p rocess is n ot agin g m an agem en t review u n d er th e d esign -basis seism ic even t, su ch th at th e occu rrin g at an id en tical rate in p rop osed ru le sh ou ld be exclu d ed . Th e system m ay n ot be able to p erform its red u n d an t train s, allow s d egrad ed Com m ission h as resp on d ed to th e in ten d ed fu n ction s. Th erefore, w ith ou t con d ition s to becom e self-revealin g in d ivid u al com m en ts on requ irin g an read ily m on itorable p erform an ce an d / or before a loss of th e in ten d ed system agin g m an agem en t review for ad d ition al con d ition ch aracteristics to reveal fu n ction .

stru ctu res an d com p on en ts in Section d egrad ation th at exceed s CLB levels (as As d iscu ssed in th e p rop osed ru le III(d )(v) of th is SOC. Com m en ts statin g in th e case of p assive, lon g-lived am en d m en t, th e Com m ission con clu d ed th at ad d ition al stru ctu res an d stru ctu res an d com p on en ts) th e th at p assive, lon g-lived com p on en ts com p on en ts sh ou ld be gen erically Com m ission believes it in ap p rop riate to sh ou ld be su bject to an agin g exclu d ed from an agin g m an agem en t p erm it gen eric exclu sion of red u n d an t, m an agem en t review becau se, in gen eral,

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22487 fu n ction al d egrad ation of th ese n ot resu lt in th e loss of th e associated rep lacem en t of retired n u clear p ow er com p on en ts is n ot as read ily revealable system s in ten d ed fu n ction . Th e p lan ts. On e u tility h as recen tly so th at th e regu latory p rocess an d in d u stry cites sm all in stru m en t lin es in d icated th at d ecision s regard in g existin g licen see p rogram s m ay n ot an d sen sors th at can be isolated (i.e., licen se ren ew al m ad e earlier in th e ad equ ately m an age th e d etrim en tal m an u al isolation by op erator action ) as cu rren t licen se term m ay create effects of agin g in th e p eriod of exam p les of com p on en ts th at cou ld be su bstan tial cu rren t-d ay econ om ic exten d ed op eration . In th eir com m en ts exclu d ed from an agin g m an agem en t ad van tages w h ile still p rovid in g on th e p rop osed ru le am en d m en t, th e review u sin g th ese criteria. su fficien t p lan t-sp ecific h istory. Th is in d u stry p rovid ed som e exam p les of Th e Com m ission can n ot gen erically u tility su ggested th at th e earliest d ate h ow agin g effects of certain p assive exclu d e th ese com p on en ts from for filin g a licen se ren ew al ap p lication stru ctu res an d com p on en ts cou ld be con sid eration for an agin g m an agem en t be ch an ged so th at a licen se ren ew al con sid ered by th e Com m ission to be review for several reason s. Th e ap p lication can be su bm itted earlier ad equ ately m an aged d u rin g th e p eriod Com m ission d oes n ot d eem it th an 20 years before exp iration of th e of exten d ed op eration . How ever, th e ap p rop riate to gen erically cred it existin g op eratin g licen se. Th e term of basis for th e agin g m an agem en t op erator action (e.g., m an u al com p on en t th e ren ew ed licen se w ou ld still be p rogram s d escribed in th e exam p les isolation ), exclu sively as ad equ ate agin g lim ited to 40 years.

relies on in d ivid u al licen see p rogram s m an agem en t for p ortion s of system s th at 4. Is th ere a su fficien t p lan t-sp ecific rath er th an on d esign red u n d an cy. w ou ld oth erw ise requ ire an agin g h istory before 20 years of op eration as Wh ile th e in d u stry exam p les m ay be m an agem en t review . Su ch an exclu sion sp ecified in th e cu rren t ru le th at a basis for d eterm in in g th at agin g of a n ecessarily p resu m es th at m an u al valve p rovid es reason able assu ran ce th at stru ctu re or com p on en t is ad equ ately isolation w ou ld occu ra p resu m p tion agin g con cern s w ou ld be id en tified ? If m an aged in a p lan t-sp ecific ap p lication , th e Com m ission can n ot m ake. In n ot, can relian ce on in d u stry-w id e a gen eric d eterm in ation of accep tability ad d ition , all p assive, lon g-lived exp erien ce be u sed as a basis for is d ifficu lt given th e variation s am on g p ortion s of system s th at p erform an con sid erin g an ap p lication for licen se p lan t d esign s an d p rogram s. How ever, in ten d ed fu n ction as sp ecified in ren ew al before 20 years of op eration ?

as th e NRC gain s m ore exp erien ce w ith § 54.4(b) requ ire an agin g m an agem en t Wh at sh ou ld be th e earliest tim e an th e effects of agin g d u rin g th e p eriod of review . In stru m en t lin es, for exam p le, ap p lican t can ap p ly for a ren ew ed exten d ed op eration an d can better typ ically are p assive, lon g-lived licen se?

d efin e th e bou n d ary of ad equ ate agin g an d form p art of a system s p ressu re Th e NRC received six resp on ses to th e m an agem en t for p assive, lon g-lived bou n d ary. Th e Com m ission can n ot qu estion . Fou r of th e six com m en ters stru ctu res an d com p on en ts, th e gen erically exclu d e th ese p ortion s of op p osed con sid eration of licen se Com m ission m ay con sid er fu rth er system s from an agin g m an agem en t ren ew al ap p lication s p rior to 20 years of n arrow in g th e scop e of p assive, lon g- review becau se failu re of th ese p ortion s op eration . Th ese com m en ts in clu d ed lived stru ctu res an d com p on en ts of system s m ay resu lt in th e loss of th e argu m en ts su ch as:

requ irin g an agin g m an agem en t review . system s in ten d ed fu n ction (e.g., (1) Early ap p lication s m ay n ot allow Ad d ition ally, th e in d u stry d id n ot requ ired in stru m en tation , p ressu re for th e effects of d eterioration d u e to ad equ ately ad d ress th e Com m ission s bou n d ary, flow rate). Th erefore, an agin g to ap p ear in su fficien t d iversity or con cern relative to agin g d egrad ation ap p lican t for licen se ren ew al w ill be in ten sity for m an agem en t to acqu ire a below d esign bases occu rrin g requ ired to p erform an agin g fu ll ran ge of exp erien ce in d ealin g w ith sim u ltan eou sly in red u n d an t train s su ch m an agem en t review for th ese p ortion s th ese p roblem s; th at an in itiatin g even t (e.g., a seism ic of system s. How ever, an ap p lican t for (2) Licen sees m igh t ap p ly for ren ew al even t) m ay lead to failu re of th e licen se ren ew al m ay p erform , or m ay over a sh orter p eriod before th e effects in ten d ed system fu n ction . Th e h ave p erform ed , ad d ition al p lan t- of agin g are ap p aren t; in d u strys argu m en t th at agin g w ill n ot sp ecific an alyses th at ad equ ately (3) Early ap p lication s cou ld occu r at id en tical rates an d th at a failu re d em on strate th at failu re of th ese n on - n egatively im p act th e review sch ed u le in on e red u n d an t train w ill lead to red u n d an t p ortion s of system s will n ot for old er p lan ts; an d in vestigative an d corrective action s resu lt in th e loss of an y of th e associated (4) Th ere is a lack of exp erien ce w ith before th e rem ain in g com p on en t fails, is system s in ten d ed fu n ction s. In th is th e m ain ten an ce ru le. On e of th ese n ot com p ellin g. Absen t m ore d etailed case, th ese p lan t-sp ecific an alyses cou ld com m en ters su ggested th e p ossibility of in form ation , th e Com m ission can n ot p rovid e th e basis for a licen se ren ew al ap p rovin g a licen se ren ew al con tin gen t p reclu d e th e p ossibility of com m on ap p lican t to con clu d e th at th ese n on - on im p osin g certain sp ecial testin g m od e failu res of red u n d an t, p assive red u n d an t p ortion s of system s d o n ot requ irem en ts d u rin g th e fin al years of stru ctu res an d com p on en ts. Fu rth er, th e m eet th e fu n ction al scop in g criteria of th e origin al licen se term to en su re th at Com m ission believes th at cred itin g a § 54.4(b) an d , th erefore, are n ot su bject su bstan tial p h ysical d egrad ation of regu latory requ irem en t (i.e., to an agin g m an agem en t review . p assive, lon g-lived safety-related red u n d an cy) as a su rrogate for an agin g Discu ssion . Th e Com m ission equ ip m en t h ad n ot occu rred . NEI, w h ile m an agem en t p rogram to en su re a con clu d ed in th e SOC for th e cu rren t n ot sp ecifically favorin g a ru le ch an ge system s in ten d ed fu n ction exp loits th e licen se ren ew al ru le (56 FR 64963; allow in g early ap p lication s, stated th at Com m ission s d efen se-in -d ep th Decem ber 13, 1991) th at 20 years of d ep en d in g on th e in d ivid u al p lan t an d p h ilosop h y. In ad d ition , th is argu m en t op eration al an d regu latory exp erien ce its op eratin g h istory, th ere m ay be is circu lar becau se th e establish ed p rovid es a licen see w ith su bstan tial su fficien t op eratin g h istory available to red u n d an cy w ou ld , in essen ce, be u sed am ou n ts of in form ation an d w ou ld p rovid e reason able assu ran ce th at agin g to assu re con tin u ed red u n d an cy in th e d isclose an y p lan t-sp ecific con cern s con cern s can be id en tified an d ,

p eriod of exten d ed op eration . w ith regard to age-related d egrad ation . th erefore, an ap p lican t m ay requ est an Th e in d u stry also p rop osed th at th e In ad d ition , a licen se ren ew al d ecision exem p tion . On e com m en ter (DOE) w as Com m ission gen erically exclu d e from w ith ap p roxim ately 20 years rem ain in g in favor of a ru le ch an ge allow in g an an agin g m an agem en t review certain on th e op eratin g licen se w ou ld be early ap p lication . DOE stated th at, in p ortion s of system s w h ose failu re can reason able con sid erin g th e estim ated gen eral, agin g effects are ap p aren t after eith er be isolated or w h ose failu re w ill tim e n ecessary for u tilities to p lan for on ly a few years of op eration an d th at

22488 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s in d u stry-w id e d ata p rovid es a sou n d VII. Finding of No Significant screen in g of system s, stru ctu res, an d basis to u n d erstan d an d ad d ress th e Environmental Impact: Availability com p on en ts to id en tify th ose th at m u st effects of agin g, even at a p lan t th at h as Th e NRC p rep ared a d raft u n d ergo a p lan t-sp ecific agin g op erated on ly a few years. DOE foresees en viron m en tal assessm en t (EA) for th e m an agem en t review an d (2) th e form of n o tech n ical im p ed im en t to licen se p rop osed ru le p u rsu an t to th e Nation al th is agin g m an agem en t review .

ren ew al p rior to 20 years of op eration . Un d er th e screen in g of system s, En viron m en tal Policy Act of 1969 Based on th e gen eral n atu re of th e stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th at m u st be (NEPA), as am en d ed ; th e regu lation s in form ation p rovid ed by th e fu rth er review ed , th e p rop osed ru le issu ed by th e Cou n cil on En viron m en tal com m en ters, n o ch an ge to th e fin al ru le effectively n arrow s th e scop e of Qu ality (40 CFR 1500-1508), an d th e w ill be m ad e. Th e Com m ission is system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts NRCs regu lation s (Su bp art A of 10 CFR w illin g to con sid er, h ow ever, p lan t- su bject to an agin g m an agem en t review .

51). Un d er NEPA an d th e NRCs sp ecific exem p tion requ ests by th ose In gen eral, th e p reviou s ru le con tain ed regu lation s, th e Com m ission m u st ap p lican ts w h o believe th at th ey m ay a d efin ition of ARDUTLR th at w ou ld con sid er, as an in tegral p art of its h ave su fficien t in form ation available to cau se m an y system s, stru ctu res, an d d ecision m akin g p rocess on th e ju stify ap p lyin g for a ren ew al licen se com p on en ts to requ ire fu rth er agin g p rop osed action , th e exp ected m an agem en t review bu t w ou ld allow p rior to 20 years from th e exp iration d ate of th e cu rren t licen se. en viron m en tal im p acts of p rom u lgatin g existin g licen see p rogram s an d activities

5. Wh at ad d ition al safety, th e p rop osed ru le an d th e reason able (in clu d in g th e m ain ten an ce ru le) to en viron m en tal, or econ om ic ben efits or altern atives to th e action . Th e NRC serve as a basis for con clu d in g th at con cern s, if an y, w ou ld resu lt from a con clu d ed th at p rom u lgation of th e ARDUTLR w ill be ad equ ately m an aged d ecision abou t licen se ren ew al m ad e p rop osed ru le w ou ld n ot sign ifican tly in th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . Th e before th e 20th year of cu rren t p lan t affect th e en viron m en t an d , th erefore, a p rop osed ru le w ou ld retain th e op eration ? fu ll en viron m en tal im p act statem en t screen in g of system s, stru ctu res, an d Th e NRC received tw o resp on ses to w ou ld n ot be requ ired an d a fin d in g of com p on en ts bu t w ou ld red u ce th e scop e th is qu estion . NEI felt th at a sign ifican t n o sign ifican t im p act (FONSI) cou ld be of system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts econ om ic ben efit w ou ld likely be m ad e. Th e basis for th ese con clu sion s requ irin g review to a n arrow ly d efin ed d erived from licen se ren ew al d ecision s an d th e fin d in g are su m m arized below . grou p based on an NRC d eterm in ation ,

m ad e before th e 20th year of op eration . Th e NRC p reviou sly assessed th e in th is ru lem akin g, of th e effectiven ess How ever, th ey stated th at th e in d u stry en viron m en tal im p acts from of cu rren t licen see p rogram s an d can n ot estim ate th e exact ben efit p rom u lgation of a licen se ren ew al ru le activities an d NRC requ irem en ts th at becau se it is likely to vary con sid erably in NUREG-1398, En viron m en tal w ill con tin u e in to th e p eriod of from p lan t to p lan t. NEI also stated th at Assessm en t for th e Fin al Ru le on exten d ed op eration . Becau se th e it is clear th at kn ow led ge gain ed from Nu clear Pow er Plan t Licen se Ren ew al. p rop osed ru le h as essen tially th e sam e licen se ren ew al w ill en h an ce th e In th is assessm en t, th e NRC con clu d ed resu lts w ith resp ect to m an agem en t of u tilitys ability to en gage in lon g-ran ge th at th e p rom u lgation of 10 CFR 54 w ill agin g effects in th e p eriod of exten d ed p lan n in g an d m ay en able th e u tility to h ave n o sign ifican t im p act on th e op eration as th e p reviou s ru le, bu t m od ify its electrical rates accord in gly. en viron m en t. With th is assessm en t as a p rovid es a m ore efficien t p rocess to DOE ad d ed th at th ey w ere u n aw are of baselin e, th e NRCs ap p roach for ach ieve th ese resu lts, th e en viron m en tal an y safety or en viron m en tal con cern s assessin g th e en viron m en tal im p act of im p acts of th e p rop osed ru le w ou ld be th at w ou ld resu lt from a licen se ren ew al th e p rop osed ru le cen tered on an alyzin g sim ilar to th ose u n d er th e p reviou s ru le.

d ecision before th e 20th year of an y d ifferen ces in th e exp ected ru le- With resp ect to th e form of th e agin g op eration , oth er th an th ose issu es th at related action s from th e p reviou s ru le m an agem en t review , th e p rop osed ru le w ou ld be con sid ered for an y licen se com p ared to th ose u n d er th e p rop osed w ou ld establish a clear focu s on ren ew al. ru le. m an agin g th e fu n ction ality of system s, No n ew sp ecific in form ation Th e requ irem en ts for a ren ew ed stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts in th e face con cern in g ad d ition al safety, licen se u n d er both th e p reviou s ru le an d of d etrim en tal agin g effects as op p osed en viron m en tal, or econ om ic ben efits of th e p rop osed ru le are sim ilar. Both to id en tification an d m itigation of agin g licen se ren ew al ap p lication s before th e ap p roach es cou ld resu lt in th e op eration m ech an ism s. Th e Com m ission 20th year w as p rovid ed by an y of p lan ts u p to 20 years beyon d th e con clu d ed th at th e focu s on com m en ters. Th erefore, th e Com m ission exp iration of th e in itial licen se. An id en tification of agin g m ech an ism s is h as d eterm in ed n ot to ch an ge Section em p h asis w ou ld be p laced on certain n ot n ecessary becau se regard less of th e 54.17. system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts agin g m ech an ism , on ly th ose th at lead u n d ergoin g a sp ecific agin g m an agem en t to d egrad ed com p on en t p erform an ce or VI. Availability of Documents review to p rovid e assu ran ce th at th e con d ition (i.e., p oten tial loss of Cop ies of all d ocu m en ts cited in th e effects of agin g are ad equ ately m an aged , fu n ction ality) are of con cern . Th erefore, Su p p lem en tary In form ation section are th u s en su rin g fu n ction ality d u rin g th e th e Com m ission con clu d ed th at an available for in sp ection an d / or for p eriod of exten d ed op eration . Un d er agin g m an agem en t review th at seeks to rep rod u ction for a fee in th e NRC Pu blic both ap p roach es, licen se ren ew al en su re a com p on en ts fu n ction ality is a Docu m en t Room , 2120 L Street N.W. ap p lican ts m u st screen p lan t system s, m ore efficien t an d ap p rop riate review .

(Low er Level), Wash in gton , DC 20555. stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts th rou gh an Th is ch an ge on ly im p roves th e In ad d ition , cop ies of NUREGs cited IPA to d eterm in e w h ich system s, efficien cy of th e licen sees agin g in th is d ocu m en t m ay be p u rch ased stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w ill be m an agem en t review . Th erefore, th e from th e Su p erin ten d en t of Docu m en ts, su bject to a licen se ren ew al review an d en viron m en tal im p acts w ou ld be sim ilar U.S. Govern m en t Prin tin g Office, Mail th en d eterm in e w h eth er ad d ition al to th ose u n d er th e p reviou s ru le.

Stop SSOP, Wash in gton , DC 20402- action s are requ ired to m an age th e Th e u ltim ate licen see action s to 9328. Cop ies are also available for effects of agin g so th at th e in ten d ed m an age agin g in th e ren ew al term u n d er p u rch ase from th e Nation al Tech n ical fu n ction is m ain tain ed . Th e p rin cip al th e p rop osed ru le are exp ected to be In form ation Service, 5285 Port Royal d ifferen ces betw een th e p rop osed ru le sim ilar to th ose u n d er th e p reviou s ru le.

Road , Sp rin gfield , VA 22161. an d th e p reviou s ru le are in (1) th e How ever, th e requ ired activities to

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22489 m an age th e effects of agin g w ill be Secon d , for th e p u rp ose of evalu atin g relevan t to 10 CFR 54 or an y of its arrived at m ore efficien tly u n d er th e th e en viron m en tal im p acts associated am en d m en ts. Th e form al requ irem en ts p rop osed ru le. Th erefore, th e w ith gran tin g a ren ew ed licen se, th e th at an ap p lican t for ren ew al m u st m eet en viron m en tal im p act of licen se NRC is p rep arin g Gen eric an d th e in form ation th at m u st be ren ew al u n d er th e p rop osed ru le w ou ld En viron m en tal Im p act Statem en t for su bm itted for th e NRC to con d u ct a be sim ilar to th at for licen se ren ew al Licen se Ren ew al of Nu clear Plan ts licen se ren ew al review are establish ed u n d er th e p reviou s ru le. Hen ce, th e (GEIS), NUREG-1437, as p art of its in 10 CFR 54. Th e en viron m en tal Com m ission con clu d ed th at th e am en d m en ts to 10 CFR 51. Th e GEIS assessm en t for th e p reviou s licen se p rop osed ru le w ou ld n ot sign ifican tly ad d resses, in gen eric fash ion , th e ren ew al ru le (NUREG-1398) assessed im p act th e en viron m en t. im p acts associated w ith con tin u ed th e d egree to w h ich th e ren ew al of Th e Com m ission s EA an d FONSI for op eration of a n u clear p lan t beyon d its op eratin g licen ses via a form al th e p rop osed ru le w ere issu ed in d raft origin al licen se, in clu d in g th e im p acts regu latory p rocess w ou ld d iffer from an d p u blic com m en ts w ere solicited . of activities to cou n ter th e effects of ren ew al of op eratin g licen ses u n d er Several p u blic com m en ts w ere received agin g, th e im p acts of h igh -level an d existin g regu lation s th at d id n ot sp ecify an d are ad d ressed below . low -level w aste, an d th e effects of stan d ard s for licen se ren ew al. Th e Tw o com m en ters stated th at th e NRC rad ioactive d isch arges. In ad d ition , th e Com m ission con clu d ed , in th at sh ou ld be requ ired to p rep are an EIS for Com m ission h as p rop osed am en d m en ts en viron m en tal assessm en t, th at th e licen se ren ew al. In gen eral, th ese to 10 CFR 51 th at w ou ld requ ire th at a im p acts from sp en t fu el storage u n d er a com m en ters believed th at th e EIS su p p lem en t to th e GEIS be p rep ared for form al licen se ren ew al p rocess w ou ld sh ou ld in clu d e a d iscu ssion on th e in d ivid u al licen se ren ew al ap p lication s n ot d iffer from th e sp en t fu el im p acts follow in g issu es: to ad d ress th ose im p acts th at cou ld n ot from licen se ren ew al u n d er existin g (a) A fu ll d escrip tion of p rop osed be gen erically evalu ated in th e GEIS. regu lation s th at d id n ot sp ecify m itigation m easu res to cou n teract Th is su p p lem en t w ou ld be issu ed in stan d ard s for ren ew als. Th is con clu sion reactor d egrad ation d u e to agin g; d raft for p u blic com m en t. d oes n ot rely on th e Com m ission s (b) Th e cu m u lative effects of an ad d ed On e com m en ter stated th at th e d raft w aste con fid en ce d ecision .

20 years of d isch arge of rad ioactive FONSI for th e p rop osed ru le is Up on con sid erin g th ese com m en ts, in ap p rop riate. Th e com m en ter stated th e Com m ission h as d eterm in ed th at th e coolin g w aters an d / or steam ;

th at th e NRC is creatin g in cen tives for com m en ters con cern s d o n ot alter th e (c) Th e en viron m en tal im p acts of th e licen sees to seek licen se ren ew al by p rop osed fin d in g in th e EA for th e p rolon ged stockp ilin g of h igh -level an d easin g ru les. Th e com m en ter stated th at p rop osed ru le. Con sequ en tly, th e low -level w aste; an d th e red u ction in review of th e n ew ru le Com m ission h as d eterm in ed u n d er th e (d ) Plan s for p u blic in volvem en t from w ill resu lt in sign ifican t en viron m en tal NEPA, an d th e Com m ission s th e first scop in g session , th rou gh im p acts. Th e Com m ission d isagrees. regu lation s in Su bp art A of 10 CFR Part su bsequ en t p u blic h earin g. Th e FONSI for th e p rop osed ru le w as 51, th at th is ru le is n ot a m ajor Fed eral Th e Com m ission h as u n d ertaken a based on th e FONSI from th e p reviou s action sign ifican tly affectin g th e qu ality review of th e en viron m en tal im p acts of licen se ren ew al ru le (see NUREG-1398) of th e h u m an en viron m en t; th erefore, an licen se ren ew al from tw o d ifferen t an d an an alysis of th e d ifferen ce en viron m en tal im p act statem en t is n ot p ersp ectives. First, for th e p u rp oses of betw een th e p reviou s ru le an d th e requ ired . Th is is becau se th is ru le w ill evalu atin g th e en viron m en tal im p acts of p rop osed ru le. As d iscu ssed in th e EA resu lt in th e sam e activities to a form al regu latory p rocess for licen se for th e p rop osed ru le, th e am en d ed ru le ad equ ately m an age th e effects of agin g ren ew al, th e NRC p rep ared NUREG- w ill resu lt in th e sam e activities in th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration as 1398. Th is en viron m en tal assessm en t requ ired to ad equ ately m an age th e in th e p reviou s ru le, alth ou gh , it arrives served to assess th e d egree to w h ich th e effects of agin g in th e p eriod of at th ese activities in a m ore efficien t ren ew al of op eratin g licen ses via a exten d ed op eration as in th e p reviou s m an n er. Th e EA an d FONSI on w h ich form al regu latory p rocess w ou ld d iffer ru le; h ow ever, th e m eth od for arrivin g at th is d eterm in ation is based are available from ren ew al of op eratin g licen ses th ese activities w ill be m ore efficien t. for in sp ection at th e NRC Pu blic u n d er existin g regu lation s th at d o n ot Th is efficien cy is gain ed becau se th e Docu m en t Room , 2120 L Street N.W.

sp ecify stan d ard s for licen se ren ew al NRC is gen erically cred itin g, in th is (Low er Level), Wash in gton , DC. Sin gle ap p lication s. Th e en viron m en tal ru le, th e existin g agin g m an agem en t cop ies of th e en viron m en tal assessm en t assessm en t d iscu ssed th e issu es of p rogram s for w h ich th e ap p lican t w ou ld m ay be obtain ed from Joh n P. Mou lton ,

ad d ition al w aste gen eration , activities h ave h ad to d escribe an d ju stify u n d er Office of Nu clear Reactor Regu lation ,

requ ired to ad d ress agin g d egrad ation in th e p reviou s ru le. Th e Com m ission d oes U.S. Nu clear Regu latory Com m ission ,

th e ren ew al p eriod , an d im p acts of n ot agree w ith th e com m en ter th at th e Wash in gton , DC 20555, (301) 415-1106.

rad ioactive d isch arges. Th e Com m ission am en d m en ts to th e p reviou s ru le con clu d ed in th at en viron m en tal rep resen t an y less strin gen t a review . VIII. Paperw ork Reduction Act assessm en t th at a form al licen se ren ew al Th e en viron m en tal im p acts from th e Statement regu lation establish in g th e stan d ard s for am en d m en ts to th e licen se ren ew al ru le Th is fin al ru le am en d s in form ation licen se ren ew al ap p lication s w ou ld are exp ected to be th e sam e as th e collection requ irem en ts th at are su bject resu lt in n o sign ifican t im p act from p reviou s ru le becau se th e u ltim ate to th e Pap erw ork Red u ction Act of 1980 th ose im p acts exp ected from ren ew al action s to m an age agin g w ill be th e (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Th ese w ith ou t a form al licen se ren ew al sam e. Th erefore, con sisten t w ith th e requ irem en ts w ere ap p roved by th e p rocess. Th e staff p erform ed an fin d in g of n o sign ifican t im p act for th e Office of Man agem en t an d Bu d get, ad d ition al en viron m en tal assessm en t for p reviou s ru le, th e Com m ission fin d s ap p roval n u m ber 3150-0155.

th e p rop osed am en d m en ts to th e th is fin al ru le w ill resu lt in n o Th e p u blic rep ortin g bu rd en for th is p reviou s licen se ren ew al ru le an d sign ifican t im p act. collection of in form ation is estim ated to con clu d ed , con sisten t w ith th e p reviou s On e com m en t stated th at th e w aste average 94,000 h ou rs p er resp on se, en viron m en tal assessm en t, th at th e con fid en ce d ecision assu m p tion s can in clu d in g th e tim e for review in g am en d ed ru le w ou ld resu lt in n o n ot be tran sferred to licen se ren ew al. in stru ction s, search in g existin g d ata sign ifican t im p act. Th e w aste con fid en ce d ecision is n ot sou rces, gath erin g an d m ain tain in g th e

22490 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s d ata n eed ed , an d com p letin g an d am en d m en t con stitu tes a ch an ge to an p u rsu an t to 10 CFR 50.109 n eed n ot be review in g th e collection of in form ation . existin g regu lation , th e NRC h as p rep ared for th is ru le.

Sen d com m en ts regard in g th is bu rd en d eterm in ed th at th e backfit ru le, 10 CFR NEI com m en ted th at th e NRC sh ou ld estim ate or an y oth er asp ect of th is 50.109, d oes n ot ap p ly becau se th is review its d eterm in ation regard in g th e collection of in form ation , in clu d in g am en d m en t on ly affects p rosp ective ap p lication of backfit p rotection to su ggestion s for red u cin g th is bu rd en , to ap p lican ts for licen se ren ew al. Th e licen se ren ew al. Alth ou gh n ot clearly th e In form ation an d Record s p rim ary im p etu s for th e backfit ru le w as stated in its com m en ts, NEI ap p ears to Man agem en t Bran ch (T6 F33), U.S. regu latory stability. On ce th e argu e th at th e p rotection afford ed by 10 Nu clear Regu latory Com m ission , Com m ission d ecid es to issu e a licen se, CFR 50.109 sh ou ld ap p ly in in d ivid u al Wash in gton , DC 20555-0001; an d to th e th e term s an d con d ition s for op eratin g licen se ren ew al p roceed in gs w h en th e Desk Officer, Office of In form ation an d u n d er th at licen se w ou ld n ot be NRC seeks to im p ose requ irem en ts th at Regu latory Affairs, NEOB-10202, ch an ged arbitrarily p ost h oc. As th e go beyon d w h at is n ecessary for (3150-0155), Office of Man agem en t an d Com m ission exp ressed in th e p ream ble ad equ ately m an agin g th e effects of agin g Bu d get, Wash in gton , DC 20503. for 10 CFR 52, w h ich p rosp ectively on in ten d ed fu n ction s in th e p eriod of ch an ged th e requ irem en ts for receivin g exten d ed op eration (i.e.,

IX. Regulatory Analysis en h an cem en ts). NEI stated th at in su ch d esign certification s, th e backfit ru le Th e NRC p rep ared a d raft regu latory cases, th e NRC sh ou ld p erform an an alysis of th e valu es an d im p acts of th e [W]as n ot in ten d ed to ap p ly to every an alysis to d em on strate th at th e regu latory action w h ich ch an ges settled p rop osed ru le an d of a set of sign ifican t p rop osed ad d ition al requ irem en ts w ill exp ectation s. Clearly, th e backfit ru le w ou ld altern atives. Th e d raft regu latory n ot ap p ly to a ru le w h ich im p osed m ore resu lt in su bstan tial in crease in overall an alysis w as p laced in th e strin gen t requ irem en ts on all fu tu re safety an d th at d irect an d in d irect costs Com m ission s p u blic d ocu m en t room ap p lican ts for con stru ction p erm its, even are ju stified relative to th e safety for review by in terested m em bers of th e th ou gh su ch a ru le m igh t argu ably h ave an ben efit. Fu rth erm ore, NEI believes th at p u blic. In ad d ition , a su m m ary of th e ad verse im p act on a p erson w h o w as if th ere are tw o or m ore m ean s of fin d in gs an d con clu sion s of th e con sid erin g ap p lyin g for a p erm it bu t h ad n ot ad equ ately m an agin g th e effects of regu latory an alysis w ere p u blish ed in d on e so yet. In th is latter case, th e backfit agin g, cost m u st be taken in to accou n t th e Federal Register (59 FR 46591, ru le p rotects th e con stru ction p erm it h old er, in selectin g an altern ative.

Sep tem ber 9, 1994) con cu rren t w ith th e bu t n ot th e p ersp ective ap p lican t, or even th e Th e in d u strys d esire for a sp ecial p rop osed ru le. No com m en ts w ere p resen t ap p lican t. (54 FR 15385-86; Ap ril 18, p rovision in th e ru le th at w ou ld im p ose 1989).

received on th e regu latory an alysis. Th e backfit-style requ irem en ts on th e regu latory an alysis h as been fin alized Regu latory stability from a backfittin g Com m ission s review is n eith er an d is available for in sp ection in th e stan d p oin t is n ot a relevan t issu e w ith n ecessary n or ap p rop riate. Th e in ten t of NRC Pu blic Docu m en t Room , 2120 L resp ect to th is ru le. Th ere are n o th e licen se ren ew al ru le is clearto Street NW. (Low er Level), Wash in gton licen sees cu rren tly h old in g ren ew ed en su re th at th e effects of agin g on DC. Sin gle cop ies of th e an alysis m ay be n u clear p ow er p lan t op eratin g licen ses fu n ction ality of certain system s, obtain ed from Josep h J. Mate, Office of w h o w ou ld be affected by th is ru le. No stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts are Nu clear Reactor Regu lation , U.S. ap p lication s for licen se ren ew al h ave ad equ ately m an aged in th e p eriod of Nu clear Regu latory Com m ission , been d ocketed . It is also u n likely th at exten d ed op eration . Th e Com m ission Wash in gton DC 20555, (301) 415-1109. an y licen se ren ew al ap p lication s w ill be d oes n ot in ten d to im p ose requ irem en ts su bm itted before th is ru le becom es on a licen see th at go beyon d w h at is X. Regulatory Flexibility Act n ecessary to ad equ ately m an age agin g Certification effective. Con sequ en tly, th ere are n o valid licen see or ap p lican t exp ectation s effects. Th e focu s of th e in d u strys As requ ired by th e Regu latory con cern ap p ears to be on p oten tial th at m ay be ch an ged regard in g th e term s Flexibility Act of 1980, (5 U.S.C. 605 d isagreem en ts betw een th e Com m ission an d con d ition s for obtain in g a ren ew ed (b)), th e Com m ission certifies th at th is an d ren ew al ap p lican ts regard in g w h at op eratin g licen se. Accord in gly, th is ru le fin al ru le d oes n ot h ave a sign ifican t is or is n ot con sid ered ad equ ate for d oes n ot con stitu te a backfit as econ om ic im p act u p on a su bstan tial m an agin g th e effects of agin g. Th e d efin ed in 10 CFR 50.109(a)(1).

n u m ber of sm all en tities. Th e fin al ru le Com m ission u n d erstan d s th e in d u strys sets forth th e ap p lication p roced u res Fu rth erm ore, on e reason th e con cern , bu t d oes n ot believe it an d th e tech n ical requ irem en ts for Com m ission is am en d in g 10 CFR Part ap p rop riate or con sisten t w ith cu rren t ren ew ed op eratin g licen ses for n u clear 54 is becau se of th e con cern s of n u clear p ractice to fu rth er lim it (i.e., beyon d th e p ow er p lan ts. Th e ow n ers of n u clear p ow er p lan t licen sees w h o w ere lim its establish ed by th e ru le) th e NRC p ow er p lan ts d o n ot fall w ith in th e d issatisfied w ith th e p reviou s staff in its review of an ap p lication for d efin ition of sm all bu sin ess en tities as requ irem en ts in 10 CFR Part 54 an d a ren ew al licen se.

d efin ed in Section 3 of th e Sm all u rged th e Com m ission to m od ify th e Ad d ition ally, th e Com m ission sees n o Bu sin ess Act (15 U.S.C. 632), th e Sm all ru le to ad d ress th eir con cern s. Un d er ju stification for requ irin g a Bu sin ess Size Stan d ard s of th e Sm all th is circu m stan ce, th e p olicy objective con sid eration of costs am on g altern ative Bu sin ess Ad m in istration (13 CFR Part of th e backfit ru le w ou ld n ot be served agin g m an agem en t p rogram s. Th e 121), or th e Com m ission s Size by u n d ertakin g a backfit an alysis. ren ew al p rocess is d esign ed su ch th at a Stan d ard s (56 FR 56671; Novem ber 6, Regu latory an d tech n ical altern atives for ren ew al ap p lican t p rop oses th e 1991). ad d ressin g th e con cern s w ith th e altern atives it believes m an ages th e p reviou s 10 CFR Part 54 w ere an alyzed effects of agin g for th ose stru ctu res an d XI. Non-Applicability of the Backfit an d con sid ered in th e regu latory com p on en ts d efin ed by th e ru le. Th e Rule an alysis th at h as been p rep ared for th is NRC staff h as th e resp on sibility of Th is ru le, like th e p reviou s licen se ru le. Prep aration of a sep arate backfit review in g th e ap p lican ts p rop osals an d ren ew al ru le, ad d resses th e p roced u ral statem en t w ou ld n ot p rovid e an y d eterm in in g w h eth er th ey are ad equ ate an d tech n ical requ irem en ts for su bstan tial ad d ition al ben efit. su ch th at th ere is reason able assu ran ce obtain in g a ren ew ed op eratin g licen se Th erefore, th e Com m ission h as th at activities au th orized by th e for n u clear p ow er p lan ts. Alth ou gh th is d eterm in ed th at a backfit an alysis ren ew ed licen se w ill con tin u e to be

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22491 con d u cted in accord an ce w ith th e CLB. u n d er sec. 102, Pu b. L.91-190, 83 Stat. 853, PART 51ENVIRONMENTAL Th e Com m ission believes th at th is as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 4332). Section s PROTECTION REGULATIONS FOR licen se ren ew al review m u st n ecessarily 2.700a, 2.719 also issu ed u n d er 5 U.S.C. 554. DOMESTIC LICENSING AND RELATED be p erform ed w ith ou t regard to cost. Section s 2.754, 2.760, 2.770, 2.780, also REGULATORY FUNCTIONS issu ed u n d er 5 U.S.C. 557. Section 2.764 an d List of Subjects Table 1A of Ap p en d ix C are also issu ed 3. Th e au th ority citation for Part 51 is 10 CFR Part 2 u n d er secs. 135, 141, Pu b. L.97-425, 96 Stat. revised to read as follow s:

2232, 2241 (42 U.S.C. 10155, 10161). Section Authority: Sec. 161, 68 Stat. 948, as Ad m in istrative p ractice an d 2.790 also issu ed u n d er sec. 103, 68 Stat. 936, am en d ed , Sec. 1701, 106 Stat. 2951, 2952, p roced u re, An titru st, Byp rod u ct as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 2133) an d 5 U.S.C. 2953, (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2297f); secs. 201, as m aterial, Classified in form ation , 552. Section s 2.800 an d 2.808 also issu ed am en d ed , 202, 88 Stat. 1242, as am en d ed ,

En viron m en tal p rotection , Nu clear u n d er 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 2.809 also issu ed 1244 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842). Su bp art A also m aterials, Nu clear p ow er p lan ts an d u n d er 5 U.S.C. 553 an d sec. 29, Pu b. L. 85- issu ed u n d er Nation al En viron m en tal Policy reactors, Pen alties, Sex d iscrim in ation , 256, 71 Stat. 579, as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. Act of 1969, secs. 102, 104, 105, 83 Stat. 853-Sou rce m aterial, Sp ecial n u clear 2039). Su bp art K also issu ed u n d er sec. 189, 854, as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 4332,, 4334,,

m aterial, Waste treatm en t an d d isp osal. 4335); an d Pu b. L.95-604, Title II, 92 Stat.

68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 2239); sec. 134, Pu b.

3033-3041; an d sec. 193, Pu b. L. 101-575, 10 CFR Part 51 L.97-425, 96 Stat. 2230 (42 U.S.C. 10154). 104 Stat. 2835, 42 U.S.C. 2243). Section s Su bp art L also issu ed u n d er sec. 189, 68 Stat. 51.20, 51.30, 51.60, 51.61, 51.80, an d 51.97 Ad m in istrative p ractice an d 955 (42 U.S.C. 2239). Ap p en d ix A also issu ed p roced u re, En viron m en tal im p act also issu ed u n d er secs. 135, 141, Pu b. L. 97-u n d er sec. 6, Pu b. L.91-560, 84 Stat. 1473 425, 96 Stat. 2232, 2241, an d sec. 148, Pu b.

statem en t, Nu clear m aterials, Nu clear (42 U.S.C. 2135). Ap p en d ix B also issu ed L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-223 (42 U.S.C.

p ow er p lan ts an d reactors, Rep ortin g u n d er sec. 10, Pu b. L.99-240, 99 Stat. 1842 10155, 10161, 10168). Section 51.22 also an d record keep in g requ irem en ts. (42 U.S.C. 2021b et seq.). issu ed u n d er sec. 274,73 Stat. 688, as 10 CFR Part 54 am en d ed by 92 Stat. 3036-3038 (42 U.S.C.

2. In § 2.758, p aragrap h s (b) an d (e) 2021) an d u n d er Nu clear Waste Policy Act of Ad m in istrative p ractice an d are revised to read as follow s: 1982, sec. 121, 96 Stat. 2228 (42 U.S.C.

p roced u re, Agin g, Effects of agin g, 10141). Section s 51.43, 51.67, an d 51.109 Tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses, § 2.758 Consideration of Commission also u n d er Nu clear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Backfittin g, Classified in form ation , rules and regulations in adjudicatory sec. 114(f), 96 Stat. 2216, as am en d ed (42 Crim in al p en alties, En viron m en tal proceedings. U.S.C. 10134(f)).

p rotection , Nu clear p ow er p lan ts an d * * * *

4. In § 51.22, p aragrap h (c)(3) is reactors, Rep ortin g an d record keep in g revised to read as follow s:

(b) A p arty to an ad ju d icatory requ irem en ts.

p roceed in g in volvin g in itial or ren ew al § 51.22 Criterion for categorical exclusion; For th e reason s set ou t in th e licen sin g su bject to th is su bp art m ay identification of licensing and regulatory p ream ble an d u n d er th e au th ority of th e actions eligible for categorical exclusion or p etition th at th e ap p lication of a Atom ic En ergy Act of 1954, as am en d ed , otherwise not requiring environmental sp ecified Com m ission ru le or regu lation th e En ergy Reorgan ization Act of 1974, review.

or an y p rovision th ereof, of th e typ e as am en d ed , an d 5 U.S.C. 552 an d 553, * * * *

th e Com m ission is ad op tin g th e d escribed in p aragrap h (a) of th is section , be w aived or an excep tion m ad e (c) * *

follow in g am en d m en ts to 10 CFR Parts (3) Am en d m en ts to Parts 20, 30, 31, 2, 51, an d 54. for th e p articu lar p roceed in g. Th e sole grou n d for p etition for w aiver or 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 50, 51, 54, 60, 61, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 81 an d 100 of th is PART 2RULES OF PRACTICE FOR excep tion sh all be th at sp ecial ch ap ter w h ich relate to DOMESTIC LICENSING PROCEEDINGS circu m stan ces w ith resp ect to th e (i) Proced u res for filin g an d review in g su bject m atter of th e p articu lar ap p lication s for licen ses or con stru ction

1. Th e au th ority citation for Part 2 is revised to read as follow s: p roceed in g are su ch th at th e ap p lication p erm its or oth er form s of p erm ission or of th e ru le or regu lation (or p rovision for am en d m en ts to or ren ew als of Authority: Secs. 161, 181, 68 Stat. 948, th ereof) w ou ld n ot serve th e p u rp oses 953, as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2231); sec. licen ses or con stru ction p erm its or oth er 191, as am en d ed , Pu b. L.87-615, 76 Stat. 409 for w h ich th e ru le or regu lation w as form s of p erm ission ;

(42 U.S.C. 2241); sec. 201, 88 Stat. 1242, as ad op ted . Th e p etition sh all be (ii) Record keep in g requ irem en ts; or am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 5841); 5 U.S.C. 552. accom p an ied by an affid avit th at (iii) Rep ortin g requ irem en ts; an d Section 2.101 also issu ed u n d er secs. 53, 62, id en tifies th e sp ecific asp ect or asp ects (iv) Action s on p etition s for 63, 81, 103, 104, 105, 68 Stat. 930, 932, 933, of th e su bject m atter of th e p roceed in g ru lem akin g relatin g to th ese 935, 936, 937, 938, as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. as to w h ich th e ap p lication of th e ru le am en d m en ts.

2073, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2133, 2134, 2135);

sec. 114(f), Pu b. L.97-425, 96 Stat. 2213, as or regu lation (or p rovision th ereof) * * * *

am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 10134(f)); sec. 102, Pu b. w ou ld n ot serve th e p u rp oses for w h ich 5. Part 54 is revised to read as follow s:

L.91-190, 83 Stat. 853, as am en d ed (42 th e ru le or regu lation w as ad op ted , an d U.S.C. 4332); sec. 301, 88 Stat. 1248 (42 sh all set forth w ith p articu larity th e PART 54REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S.C. 5871). Section s 2.102, 2.103, 2.104, sp ecial circu m stan ces alleged to ju stify RENEWAL OF OPERATING LICENSES 2.105, 2.721 also issu ed u n d er secs. 102, 103, th e w aiver or excep tion requ ested . An y FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 104, 105, 183, 189, 68 Stat. 936, 937, 938, oth er p arty m ay file a resp on se th ereto, 954, 955, as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 2132, 2133, General Provisions 2134, 2135, 2233, 2239). Section 2.105 also by cou n ter affid avit or oth erw ise. Sec.

issu ed u n d er Pu b. L.97-415, 96 Stat. 2073 * * * *

54.1 Pu rp ose.

(42 U.S.C. 2239). Section s 2.200-2.206 also (e) Wh eth er or n ot th e p roced u re in 54.3 Defin ition s.

issu ed u n d er secs. 161b, i, o, 182, 186, 234, 54.4 Scop e.

68 Stat. 948-951, 955, 83 Stat. 444, as p aragrap h (b) of th is section is available, 54.5 In terp retation s.

am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 2201(b), (i), (o), 2236, a p arty to an in itial or ren ew al licen sin g 54.7 Written com m u n ication s.

2282); sec. 206, 88 Stat. 1246 (42 U.S.C. p roceed in g m ay file a p etition for 54.9 In form ation collection requ irem en ts:

5846). Section s 2.600-2.606 also issu ed ru lem akin g p u rsu an t to § 2.802. OMB ap p roval.

22492 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 54.11 Pu blic in sp ection of ap p lication s. d ocketed licen sin g corresp on d en ce su ch accom p lish m en t of an y of th e fu n ction s 54.13 Com p leten ess an d accu racy of as licen see resp on ses to NRC bu lletin s, id en tified in p aragrap h s (a)(1)(i), (ii), or in form ation . gen eric letters, an d en forcem en t action s, (iii) of th is section .

54.15 Sp ecific exem p tion s.

as w ell as licen see com m itm en ts (3) All system s, stru ctu res, an d 54.17 Filin g of ap p lication .

54.19 Con ten ts of ap p lication gen eral d ocu m en ted in NRC safety evalu ation s com p on en ts relied on in safety an alyses in form ation . or licen see even t rep orts. or p lan t evalu ation s to p erform a 54.21 Con ten ts of ap p lication tech n ical In tegrated p lan t assessm en t (IPA) is a fu n ction th at d em on strates com p lian ce in form ation . licen see assessm en t th at d em on strates w ith th e Com m ission s regu lation s for 54.22 Con ten ts of ap p lication tech n ical th at a n u clear p ow er p lan t facilitys sp ecification s.

fire p rotection (10 CFR 50.48),

stru ctu res an d com p on en ts requ irin g 54.23 Con ten ts of ap p lication en viron m en tal qu alification (10 CFR agin g m an agem en t review in accord an ce en viron m en tal in form ation . 50.49), p ressu rized th erm al sh ock (10 w ith § 54.21(a) for licen se ren ew al h ave 54.25 Rep ort of th e Ad visory Com m ittee on CFR 50.61), an ticip ated tran sien ts been id en tified an d th at th e effects of Reactor Safegu ard s. w ith ou t scram (10 CFR 50.62), an d 54.27 Hearin gs. agin g on th e fu n ction ality of su ch station blackou t (10 CFR 50.63).

54.29 Stan d ard s for issu an ce of a ren ew ed stru ctu res an d com p on en ts w ill be licen se. m an aged to m ain tain th e CLB su ch th at (b) Th e in ten d ed fu n ction s th at th ese 54.30 Matters n ot su bject to a ren ew al th ere is an accep table level of safety system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts review . d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . m u st be sh ow n to fu lfill in § 54.21 are 54.31 Issu an ce of a ren ew ed licen se. N u clear p ower p lan t m ean s a n u clear th ose fu n ction s th at are th e bases for 54.33 Con tin u ation of CLB an d con d ition s p ow er facility of a typ e d escribed in 10 in clu d in g th em w ith in th e scop e of of ren ew ed licen se. CFR 50.21(b) or 50.22. licen se ren ew al as sp ecified in 54.35 Requ irem en ts d u rin g term of ren ew ed T im e-lim ited agin g an alyses, for th e p aragrap h s (a)(1)-(3) of th is section .

licen se.

54.37 Ad d ition al record s an d record keep in g p u rp oses of th is p art, are th ose licen see calcu lation s an d an alyses th at: § 54.5 Interpretations.

requ irem en ts.

54.41 Violation s. (1) In volve system s, stru ctu res, an d Excep t as sp ecifically au th orized by 54.43 Crim in al p en alties. com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of licen se th e Com m ission in w ritin g, n o Authority: Secs. 102, 103, 104, 161, 181, ren ew al, as d elin eated in § 54.4(a); in terp retation of th e m ean in g of th e 182, 183, 186, 189, 68 Stat. 936, 937, 938, (2) Con sid er th e effects of agin g; regu lation s in th is p art by an y officer or 948, 953, 954, 955, as am en d ed , sec. 234, 83 (3) In volve tim e-lim ited assu m p tion s em p loyee of th e Com m ission oth er th an Stat. 1244, as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 2132, 2133, d efin ed by th e cu rren t op eratin g term , a w ritten in terp retation by th e Gen eral 2134, 2135, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2236, 2239, for exam p le, 40 years; 2282); secs. 201, 202, 206, 88 Stat. 1242, Cou n sel w ill be recogn ized to be (4) Were d eterm in ed to be relevan t by bin d in g u p on th e Com m ission .

1244, as am en d ed (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842). th e licen see in m akin g a safety General Provisions d eterm in ation ; § 54.7 Written communications.

(5) In volve con clu sion s or p rovid e th e

§ 54.1 Purpose. basis for con clu sion s related to th e All ap p lication s, corresp on d en ce, Th is p art govern s th e issu an ce of cap ability of th e system , stru ctu re, an d rep orts, an d oth er w ritten ren ew ed op eratin g licen ses for n u clear com p on en t to p erform its in ten d ed com m u n ication s sh all be filed in p ow er p lan ts licen sed p u rsu an t to fu n ction s, as d elin eated in § 54.4(b); an d accord an ce w ith ap p licable p ortion s of Section s 103 or 104b of th e Atom ic (6) Are con tain ed or in corp orated by 10 CFR 50.4.

En ergy Act of 1954, as am en d ed (68 referen ce in th e CLB. § 54.9 Information collection Stat. 919), an d Title II of th e En ergy (b) All oth er term s in th is p art h ave requirements: OMB approval.

Reorgan ization Act of 1974 (88 Stat. th e sam e m ean in gs as set ou t in 10 CFR 1242). 50.2 or Section 11 of th e Atom ic En ergy (a) Th e Nu clear Regu latory Act, as ap p licable. Com m ission h as su bm itted th e

§ 54.3 Definitions. in form ation collection requ irem en ts (a) As u sed in th is p art, § 54.4 Scope. con tain ed in th is p art to th e Office of Cu rren t licen sin g basis (CLB) is th e set (a) Plan t system s, stru ctu res, an d Man agem en t an d Bu d get (OMB) for of NRC requ irem en ts ap p licable to a com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of th is ap p roval as requ ired by th e Pap erw ork sp ecific p lan t an d a licen sees w ritten p art are Red u ction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 com m itm en ts for en su rin g com p lian ce (1) Safety-related system s, stru ctu res, et seq.). OMB h as ap p roved th e w ith an d op eration w ith in ap p licable an d com p on en ts w h ich are th ose relied in form ation collection requ irem en ts NRC requ irem en ts an d th e p lan t- u p on to rem ain fu n ction al d u rin g an d con tain ed in th is p art u n d er con trol sp ecific d esign basis (in clu d in g all follow in g d esign -basis even ts (as n u m bers 150-0155.

m od ification s an d ad d ition s to su ch d efin ed in 10 CFR 50.49 (b)(1)) to en su re com m itm en ts over th e life of th e th e follow in g fu n ction s (b) Th e ap p roved in form ation licen se) th at are d ocketed an d in effect. (i) Th e in tegrity of th e reactor coolan t collection requ irem en ts con tain ed in Th e CLB in clu d es th e NRC regu lation s p ressu re bou n d ary; th is p art ap p ear in §§ 54.13, 54.17, con tain ed in 10 CFR Parts 2, 19, 20, 21, (ii) Th e cap ability to sh u t d ow n th e 54.19, 54.21, 54.22, 54.23, 54.33, an d 26, 30, 40, 50, 51, 54, 55, 70, 72, 73, 100 reactor an d m ain tain it in a safe 54.37.

an d ap p en d ices th ereto; ord ers; licen se sh u td ow n con d ition ; or § 54.11 Public inspection of applications.

con d ition s; exem p tion s; an d tech n ical (iii) Th e cap ability to p reven t or sp ecification s. It also in clu d es th e p lan t- m itigate th e con sequ en ces of accid en ts Ap p lication s an d d ocu m en ts sp ecific d esign -basis in form ation th at cou ld resu lt in p oten tial offsite su bm itted to th e Com m ission in d efin ed in 10 CFR 50.2 as d ocu m en ted exp osu re com p arable to th e 10 CFR Part con n ection w ith ren ew al ap p lication s in th e m ost recen t fin al safety an alysis 100 gu id elin es. m ay be m ad e available for p u blic rep ort (FSAR) as requ ired by 10 CFR (2) All n on safety-related system s, in sp ection in accord an ce w ith th e 50.71 an d th e licen sees com m itm en ts stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts w h ose p rovision s of th e regu lation s con tain ed rem ain in g in effect th at w ere m ad e in failu re cou ld p reven t satisfactory in 10 CFR Part 2.

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§ 54.13 Completeness and accuracy of a m an n er th at all Restricted Data an d cabin ets, exclu d in g, bu t n ot lim ited to, information. oth er d efen se in form ation are sep arated p u m p s (excep t casin g), valves (excep t (a) In form ation p rovid ed to th e from u n classified in form ation in bod y), m otors, d iesel gen erators, air Com m ission by an ap p lican t for a accord an ce w ith 10 CFR 50.33(j). com p ressors, sn u bbers, th e con trol rod ren ew ed licen se or in form ation requ ired (g) As p art of its ap p lication an d in d rive, ven tilation d am p ers, p ressu re by statu te or by th e Com m ission s an y even t p rior to th e receip t of tran sm itters, p ressu re in d icators, w ater regu lation s, ord ers, or licen se Restricted Data or th e issu an ce of a level in d icators, sw itch gears, coolin g con d ition s to be m ain tain ed by th e ren ew ed licen se, th e ap p lican t sh all fan s, tran sistors, batteries, breakers, ap p lican t m u st be com p lete an d agree in w ritin g th at it w ill n ot p erm it relays, sw itch es, p ow er in verters, circu it accu rate in all m aterial resp ects. an y in d ivid u al to h ave access to board s, battery ch argers, an d p ow er (b) Each ap p lican t sh all n otify th e Restricted Data u n til an in vestigation is su p p lies; an d Com m ission of in form ation id en tified m ad e an d rep orted to th e Com m ission (ii) Th at are n ot su bject to by th e ap p lican t as h avin g, for th e on th e ch aracter, association , an d rep lacem en t based on a qu alified life or regu lated activity, a sign ifican t loyalty of th e in d ivid u al an d th e sp ecified tim e p eriod .

im p lication for p u blic h ealth an d safety Com m ission sh all h ave d eterm in ed th at (2) Describe an d ju stify th e m eth od s or com m on d efen se an d secu rity. An p erm ittin g su ch p erson s to h ave access u sed in p aragrap h (a)(1) of th is section .

ap p lican t violates th is p aragrap h on ly if to Restricted Data w ill n ot en d an ger th e (3) For each stru ctu re an d com p on en t th e ap p lican t fails to n otify th e com m on d efen se an d secu rity. Th e id en tified in p aragrap h (a)(1) of th is Com m ission of in form ation th at th e agreem en t of th e ap p lican t in th is regard section , d em on strate th at th e effects of ap p lican t h as id en tified as h avin g a is p art of th e ren ew ed licen se, w h eth er agin g w ill be ad equ ately m an aged so sign ifican t im p lication for p u blic h ealth so stated or n ot. th at th e in ten d ed fu n ction (s) w ill be an d safety or com m on d efen se an d m ain tain ed con sisten t w ith th e CLB for secu rity. Notification m u st be p rovid ed § 54.19 Contents of applicationgeneral information. th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

to th e Ad m in istrator of th e ap p rop riate (a) Each ap p lication m u st p rovid e th e (b) CLB ch an ges d u rin g NRC review of region al office w ith in 2 w orkin g d ays of in form ation sp ecified in 10 CFR 50.33(a) th e ap p lication . Each year follow in g id en tifyin g th e in form ation . Th is th rou gh (e), (h ), an d (i). Altern atively, su bm ittal of th e licen se ren ew al requ irem en t is n ot ap p licable to th e ap p lication m ay in corp orate by ap p lication an d at least 3 m on th s before in form ation th at is alread y requ ired to referen ce oth er d ocu m en ts th at p rovid e sch ed u led com p letion of th e NRC be p rovid ed to th e Com m ission by oth er th e in form ation requ ired by th is section . review , an am en d m en t to th e ren ew al rep ortin g or u p d atin g requ irem en ts.

(b) Each ap p lication m u st in clu d e ap p lication m u st be su bm itted th at

§ 54.15 Specific exemptions. con form in g ch an ges to th e stan d ard id en tifies an y ch an ge to th e CLB of th e Exem p tion s from th e requ irem en ts of in d em n ity agreem en t, 10 CFR 140.92, facility th at m aterially affects th e th is p art m ay be gran ted by th e Ap p en d ix B, to accou n t for th e con ten ts of th e licen se ren ew al Com m ission in accord an ce w ith 10 CFR exp iration term of th e p rop osed ap p lication , in clu d in g th e FSAR 50.12. ren ew ed licen se. su p p lem en t.

(c) An evalu ation of tim e-lim ited

§ 54.17 Filing of application. § 54.21 Contents of applicationtechnical agin g an alyses.

(a) Th e filin g of an ap p lication for a information.

(1) A list of tim e-lim ited agin g ren ew ed licen se m u st be in accord an ce Each ap p lication m u st con tain th e an alyses, as d efin ed in § 54.3, m u st be w ith Su bp art A of 10 CFR Part 2 an d 10 follow in g in form ation : p rovid ed . Th e ap p lican t sh all CFR 50.4 an d 50.30. (a) An in tegrated p lan t assessm en t d em on strate th at (b) An y p erson w h o is a citizen , (IPA). Th e IPA m u st (i) Th e an alyses rem ain valid for th e n ation al, or agen t of a foreign cou n try, (1) For th ose system s, stru ctu res, an d p eriod of exten d ed op eration ;

or an y corp oration , or oth er en tity com p on en ts w ith in th e scop e of th is p art, as d elin eated in § 54.4, id en tify (ii) Th e an alyses h ave been p rojected w h ich th e Com m ission kn ow s or h as an d list th ose stru ctu res an d to th e en d of th e p eriod of exten d ed reason to kn ow is ow n ed , con trolled , or com p on en ts su bject to an agin g op eration ; or d om in ated by an alien , a foreign corp oration , or a foreign govern m en t, is m an agem en t review . Stru ctu res an d (iii) Th e effects of agin g on th e in eligible to ap p ly for an d obtain a com p on en ts su bject to an agin g in ten d ed fu n ction (s) w ill be ad equ ately ren ew ed licen se. m an agem en t review sh all en com p ass m an aged for th e p eriod of exten d ed (c) An ap p lication for a ren ew ed th ose stru ctu res an d com p on en ts op eration .

licen se m ay n ot be su bm itted to th e (i) Th at p erform an in ten d ed fu n ction , (2) A list m u st be p rovid ed of p lan t-Com m ission earlier th an 20 years before as d escribed in § 54.4, w ith ou t m ovin g sp ecific exem p tion s gran ted p u rsu an t to th e exp iration of th e op eratin g licen se p arts or w ith ou t a ch an ge in 10 CFR 50.12 an d in effect th at are cu rren tly in effect. con figu ration or p rop erties. Th ese based on tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses as (d ) An ap p lican t m ay com bin e an stru ctu res an d com p on en ts in clu d e, bu t d efin ed in § 54.3. Th e ap p lican t sh all ap p lication for a ren ew ed licen se w ith are n ot lim ited to, th e reactor vessel, th e p rovid e an evalu ation th at ju stifies th e ap p lication s for oth er kin d s of licen ses. reactor coolan t system p ressu re con tin u ation of th ese exem p tion s for th e (e) An ap p lication m ay in corp orate by bou n d ary, steam gen erators, th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration .

referen ce in form ation con tain ed in p ressu rizer, p ip in g, p u m p casin gs, valve (d ) An FSAR su p p lem en t. Th e FSAR p reviou s ap p lication s for licen ses or bod ies, th e core sh rou d , com p on en t su p p lem en t for th e facility m u st con tain licen se am en d m en ts, statem en ts, su p p orts, p ressu re retain in g bou n d aries, a su m m ary d escrip tion of th e p rogram s corresp on d en ce, or rep orts filed w ith h eat exch an gers, ven tilation d u cts, th e an d activities for m an agin g th e effects of th e Com m ission , p rovid ed th at th e con tain m en t, th e con tain m en t lin er, agin g an d th e evalu ation of tim e-lim ited referen ces are clear an d sp ecific. electrical an d m ech an ical p en etration s, agin g an alyses for th e p eriod of (f) If th e ap p lication con tain s equ ip m en t h atch es, seism ic Category I exten d ed op eration d eterm in ed by Restricted Data or oth er d efen se stru ctu res, electrical cables an d p aragrap h s (a) an d (c) of th is section ,

in form ation , it m u st be p rep ared in su ch con n ection s, cable trays, an d electrical resp ectively.

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§ 54.22 Contents of applicationtechnical (b) An y ap p licable requ irem en ts of con tin u e to p erform th eir in ten d ed specifications. Su bp art A of 10 CFR Part 51 h ave been fu n ction s for th e p eriod of exten d ed Each ap p lication m u st in clu d e an y satisfied . op eration . In ad d ition , th e ren ew ed tech n ical sp ecification ch an ges or (c) An y m atters raised u n d er § 2.758 licen se w ill be issu ed in su ch form an d ad d ition s n ecessary to m an age th e h ave been ad d ressed . con tain su ch con d ition s an d lim itation s effects of agin g d u rin g th e p eriod of as th e Com m ission d eem s ap p rop riate exten d ed op eration as p art of th e § 54.30 Matters not subject to a renewal an d n ecessary to h elp en su re th at review.

ren ew al ap p lication . Th e ju stification system s, stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts for ch an ges or ad d ition s to th e tech n ical (a) If th e review s requ ired by § 54.21 associated w ith an y tim e-lim ited agin g sp ecification s m u st be con tain ed in th e (a) or (c) sh ow th at th ere is n ot an alyses w ill con tin u e to p erform th eir licen se ren ew al ap p lication . reason able assu ran ce d u rin g th e cu rren t in ten d ed fu n ction s for th e p eriod of licen se term th at licen sed activities w ill exten d ed op eration .

§ 54.23 Contents of application be con d u cted in accord an ce w ith th e environmental information.

(c) Each ren ew ed licen se w ill in clu d e CLB, th en th e licen see sh all take th ose con d ition s to p rotect th e Each ap p lication m u st in clu d e a m easu res u n d er its cu rren t licen se, as en viron m en t th at w ere im p osed su p p lem en t to th e en viron m en tal rep ort ap p rop riate, to en su re th at th e in ten d ed p u rsu an t to 10 CFR 50.36b an d th at are th at com p lies w ith th e requ irem en ts of fu n ction of th ose system s, stru ctu res or p art of th e CLB for th e facility at th e Su bp art A of 10 CFR Part 51. com p on en ts w ill be m ain tain ed in tim e of issu an ce of th e ren ew ed licen se.

§ 54.25 Report of the Advisory Committee accord an ce w ith th e CLB th rou gh ou t th e Th ese con d ition s m ay be su p p lem en ted on Reactor Safeguards. term of its cu rren t licen se. or am en d ed as n ecessary to p rotect th e Each ren ew al ap p lication w ill be (b) Th e licen sees com p lian ce w ith en viron m en t d u rin g th e term of th e referred to th e Ad visory Com m ittee on th e obligation u n d er Paragrap h (a) of ren ew ed licen se an d w ill be d erived Reactor Safegu ard s for a review an d th is section to take m easu res u n d er its from in form ation con tain ed in th e rep ort. An y rep ort w ill be m ad e p art of cu rren t licen se is n ot w ith in th e scop e su p p lem en t to th e en viron m en tal rep ort th e record of th e ap p lication an d m ad e of th e licen se ren ew al review . su bm itted p u rsu an t to 10 CFR Part 51, available to th e p u blic, excep t to th e § 54.31 Issuance of a renewed license. as an alyzed an d evalu ated in th e NRC exten t th at secu rity classification record of d ecision . Th e con d ition s w ill (a) A ren ew ed licen se w ill be of th e p reven ts d isclosu re. id en tify th e obligation s of th e licen see class for w h ich th e op eratin g licen se in th e en viron m en tal area, in clu d in g, as

§ 54.27 Hearings. cu rren tly in effect w as issu ed .

ap p rop riate, requ irem en ts for rep ortin g A n otice of an op p ortu n ity for a (b) A ren ew ed licen se w ill be issu ed an d record keep in g of en viron m en tal h earin g w ill be p u blish ed in th e Federal for a fixed p eriod of tim e, w h ich is th e d ata an d an y con d ition s an d m on itorin g Register in accord an ce w ith 10 CFR su m of th e ad d ition al am ou n t of tim e requ irem en ts for th e p rotection of th e 2.105. In th e absen ce of a requ est for a beyon d th e exp iration of th e op eratin g n on aqu atic en viron m en t.

h earin g filed w ith in 30 d ays by a p erson licen se (n ot to exceed 20 years) th at is (d ) Th e licen sin g basis for th e w h ose in terest m ay be affected , th e requ ested in a ren ew al ap p lication p lu s ren ew ed licen se in clu d es th e CLB, as Com m ission m ay issu e a ren ew ed th e rem ain in g n u m ber of years on th e d efin ed in § 54.3(a); th e in clu sion in th e op eratin g licen se w ith ou t a h earin g op eratin g licen se cu rren tly in effect. Th e licen sin g basis of m atters su ch as u p on 30-d ay n otice an d p u blication term of an y ren ew ed licen se m ay n ot licen see com m itm en ts d oes n ot ch an ge on ce in th e Federal Register of its in ten t exceed 40 years. th e legal statu s of th ose m atters u n less to d o so. (c) A ren ew ed licen se w ill becom e sp ecifically so ord ered p u rsu an t to effective im m ed iately u p on its issu an ce, p aragrap h s (b) or (c) of th is section .

§ 54.29 Standards for issuance of a th ereby su p ersed in g th e op eratin g renewed license. licen se p reviou sly in effect. If a ren ew ed § 54.35 Requirements during term of A ren ew ed licen se m ay be issu ed by licen se is su bsequ en tly set asid e u p on renewed license.

th e Com m ission u p to th e fu ll term fu rth er ad m in istrative or ju d icial Du rin g th e term of a ren ew ed licen se, au th orized by § 54.31 if th e Com m ission ap p eal, th e op eratin g licen se p reviou sly licen sees sh all be su bject to an d sh all fin d s th at: in effect w ill be rein stated u n less its con tin u e to com p ly w ith all (a) Action s h ave been id en tified an d term h as exp ired an d th e ren ew al Com m ission regu lation s con tain ed in 10 h ave been or w ill be taken w ith resp ect ap p lication w as n ot filed in a tim ely CFR Parts 2, 19, 20, 21, 26, 30, 40, 50, to th e m atters id en tified in Paragrap h s m an n er. 51, 54, 55, 70, 72, 73, an d 100, an d th e (a)(1) an d (a)(2) of th is section , su ch th at (d ) A ren ew ed licen se m ay be ap p en d ices to th ese p arts th at are th ere is reason able assu ran ce th at th e su bsequ en tly ren ew ed in accord an ce ap p licable to h old ers of op eratin g activities au th orized by th e ren ew ed w ith all ap p licable requ irem en ts. licen ses.

licen se w ill con tin u e to be con d u cted in accord an ce w ith th e CLB, an d th at an y § 54.33 Continuation of CLB and § 54.37 Additional records and ch an ges m ad e to th e p lan ts CLB in conditions of renewed license. recordkeeping requirements.

ord er to com p ly w ith th is p aragrap h are (a) Wh eth er stated th erein or n ot, each (a) Th e licen see sh all retain in an in accord w ith th e Act an d th e ren ew ed licen se w ill con tain an d au d itable an d retrievable form for th e Com m ission s regu lation s. Th ese oth erw ise be su bject to th e con d ition s term of th e ren ew ed op eratin g licen se m atters are: set forth in 10 CFR 50.54. all in form ation an d d ocu m en tation (1) m an agin g th e effects of agin g (b) Each ren ew ed licen se w ill be requ ired by, or oth erw ise n ecessary to d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration issu ed in su ch form an d con tain su ch d ocu m en t com p lian ce w ith , th e on th e fu n ction ality of stru ctu res an d con d ition s an d lim itation s, in clu d in g p rovision s of th is p art.

com p on en ts th at h ave been id en tified to tech n ical sp ecification s, as th e (b) After th e ren ew ed licen se is requ ire review u n d er § 54.21(a)(1); an d Com m ission d eem s ap p rop riate an d issu ed , th e FSAR u p d ate requ ired by 10 (2) tim e-lim ited agin g an alyses th at n ecessary to h elp en su re th at system s, CFR 50.71(e) m u st in clu d e an y system s, h ave been id en tified to requ ire review stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts su bject to stru ctu res, an d com p on en ts n ew ly u n d er § 54.21(c). review in accord an ce w ith § 54.21 w ill id en tified th at w ou ld h ave been su bject

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 88 / Mon d ay, May 8, 1995 / Ru les an d Regu lation s 22495 to an agin g m an agem en t review or SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION eligibility for p h ysical an d econ om ic evalu ation of tim e-lim ited agin g in ju ry d isaster assistan ce p rovid ed an alyses in accord an ce w ith § 54.21. 13 CFR Part 123 u n d er section (7)(b) (1) an d (2) of th e Th is FSAR u p d ate m u st d escribe h ow Sm all Bu sin ess Act, 15 U.S.C. 636(b) (1) th e effects of agin g w ill be m an aged DisasterWaiver of Judgment Lien an d (2), w h ere th ere exists good cau se su ch th at th e in ten d ed fu n ction (s) in Restriction to d o so.

§ 54.4(b) w ill be effectively m ain tain ed AGENCY: Sm all Bu sin ess Ad m in istration . Th e p rop osed regu lation ap p lied to d u rin g th e p eriod of exten d ed op eration . ACTION: Fin al ru le. ap p lican ts for d isaster assistan ce w h o h ave ou tstan d in g ju d gm en t lien s in

§ 54.41 Violations.

SUMMARY

Th is fin al ru le ap p lies on ly to favor of SBA or in favor of oth er (a) Th e Com m ission m ay obtain an d isaster loan assistan ce. It w ill en able agen cies. It id en tified tw o n on exclu sive in ju n ction or oth er cou rt ord er to SBA to w aive, for good cau se sh ow n , in stan ces in w h ich good cau se w ill p reven t a violation of th e p rovision s of th e restriction in th e Fed eral Debt ord in arily be fou n d to exist, both of th e follow in g acts Collection Proced u res Act of 1990 th em in volvin g ad verse circu m stan ces (1) Th e Atom ic En ergy Act of 1954, as p roh ibitin g d ebtors on w h ose p rop erty occasion ed by th e d isaster for w h ich th e am en d ed . th e Un ited States h as an ou tstan d in g assistan ce is sou gh t.

(2) Title II of th e En ergy ju d gm en t lien from receivin g d isaster Reorgan ization Act of 1974, as am en d ed Waivers w ou ld be gran ted d en yin g loan assistan ce from th e Fed eral th e eligibility review of an ap p lication or Govern m en t.

(3) A regu lation or ord er issu ed for eith er p h ysical or econ om ic in ju ry p u rsu an t to th ose acts. EFFECTIVE DATE: Th is regu lation is d isaster assistan ce, bu t on ly u p on a (b) Th e Com m ission m ay obtain a effective on May 8, 1995. d em on stration of good cau se by th e cou rt ord er for th e p aym en t of a civil FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ap p lican t. Exam p les of good cau se p en alty im p osed u n d er Section 234 of Bern ard Ku lik at 202/ 205-6734, in clu d e, bu t are n ot lim ited to: (1) th e Atom ic En ergy Act Associate Ad m in istrator for Disaster Delin qu en cies lead in g to a ju d gm en t (1) For violation s of th e follow in g Assistan ce, U.S. Sm all Bu sin ess lien , w h ich are cau sed by a d isaster, (i) Section s 53, 57, 62, 63, 81, 82, 101, Ad m in istration , 409 Th ird Street SW., w h eth er th e origin al d ebt w as in cu rred 103, 104, 107, or 109 of th e Atom ic Wash in gton , DC 20416. p rior to or after th e d isaster, an d (2)

En ergy Act of 1954, as am en d ed ; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Th e d efau lts in an y agreem en t to satisfy a (ii) Section 206 of th e En ergy Fed eral Debt Collection Proced u res Act ju d gm en t lien , w h ich are cau sed by a Reorgan ization Act; of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 3201(e)) p rovid es th at d isaster, w h eth er th e agreem en t h as (iii) An y ru le, regu lation , or ord er a d ebtor w h o ow n s p rop erty w h ich is been m ad e w ith SBA, an oth er cred itor issu ed p u rsu an t to th e section s sp ecified su bject to a ju d gm en t lien for a d ebt agen cy, or an y oth er Fed eral en tity in p aragrap h (b)(1)(i) of th is section ; ow ed to th e Un ited States sh all n ot be h old in g th e lien , su ch as th e Resolu tion (iv) An y term , con d ition , or lim itation eligible to receive an y gran t or loan Tru st Corp oration or th e Fed eral Dep osit of an y licen se issu ed u n d er th e section s w h ich is m ad e, in su red , gu aran teed or In su ran ce Corp oration . In th e case of sp ecified in p aragrap h (b)(1)(i) of th is fin an ced d irectly or in d irectly by th e agreem en ts w ith oth er agen cies, SBA section . Un ited States. It also p rovid es th at su ch w ill n ot w aive th e restriction on (2) For an y violation for w h ich a d ebtor sh all n ot be eligible to receive eligibility u n til th e ap p rop riate Fed eral licen se m ay be revoked u n d er Section fu n d s d irectly from th e Fed eral en tity h as certified th at th e d ebtor h ad 186 of th e Atom ic En ergy Act of 1954, Govern m en t in an y p rogram , excep t m ad e ad h erin g satisfactorily to th e as am en d ed . fu n d s to w h ich th e d ebtor is en titled as term s of th e agreem en t p rior to th e

§ 54.43 Criminal penalties. ben eficiary, u n til th e ju d gm en t is p aid com m en cem en t d ate of th e d isaster.

(a) Section 223 of th e Atom ic En ergy in fu ll or oth erw ise satisfied . How ever, Th e p rop osed regu lation con tem p lates Act of 1954, as am en d ed , p rovid es for th e statu te p erm its an y agen cy th at SBAs Associate Ad m in istrator for crim in al san ction s for w illfu l violation s resp on sible for su ch gran ts or loan s to Disaster Assistan ce, or h is/ h er d esign ee, of, attem p ted violation of, or con sp iracy p rom u lgate regu lation s to allow for w ill m ake th e d eterm in ation as to to violate, an y regu lation issu ed u n d er w aivers of th is restriction . As an agen cy w h eth er good cau se for w aivin g th e section s 161b, 161i, or 161o of th e Act. au th orized to p rovid e several form s of restriction h as been d em on strated by th e For p u rp oses of section 223, all th e assistan ce p roscribed by th is restriction , ap p lican t. Alth ou gh su ch regu lation s in Part 54 are issu ed u n d er in clu d in g d isaster loan assistan ce an d d eterm in ation s are su bject to th e on e or m ore of section s 161b, 161i, or oth er typ es of d irect an d gu aran teed p rovision s of § 123.12 govern in g 161o, excep t for th e section s listed in loan s, SBA also h as th e w aiver au th ority requ ests for recon sid eration , n o ap p eal p aragrap h (b) of th is section . con ferred by th e statu te. from an ad verse d eterm in ation is (b) Th e regu lation s in Part 54 th at are SBA recogn izes th at d isaster losses con tem p lated .

n ot issu ed u n d er Section s 161b, 161i, or m ay strain th e fin an cial resou rces of SBA received n o com m en ts from th e 161o for th e p u rp oses of Section 223 are resp on sible d ebtors to su ch exten t as to p u blic in resp on se to th e Ju n e 29, 1994, as follow s: §§ 54.1, 54.3, 54.4, 54.5, 54.7, p reven t th em from m eetin g th eir Notice of Prop osed Ru lem akin g.

54.9, 54.11, 54.15, 54.17, 54.19, 54.21, fin an cial obligation s to th e Un ited Th erefore, by th is p u blication , SBA is 54.22, 54.23, 54.25, 54.27, 54.29, 54.31, States. Su ch losses also m ay p reven t fin alizin g th e ru le as p rop osed .

54.41, an d 54.43. d ebtors w h o h ave been com p lyin g w ith Compliance With Executive Orders agreem en ts to satisfy on e or m ore Dated at Rockville, Marylan d , th is 1st d ay 12866, 12612 and 12778; the Regulatory ju d gm en ts in favor of th e Un ited States of May, 1995. Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; and from con tin u in g to com p ly w ith th e For th e Nu clear Regu latory Com m ission . The Paperw ork Reduction Act, 44 term s of th ose agreem en ts. Th erefore, by John C. Hoyle, U.S.C. CH 35 p u blication in th e Federal Register on S ecretary of th e Com m ission . Ju n e 29, 1994, 59 FR 33456, SBA SBA su bm itted th is fin al ru le to th e

[FR Doc. 95-11136 Filed 5-5-95; 8:45 am ] p rop osed to issu e a regu lation Office of Man agem en t an d Bu d get for BILLING CODE 7590-01-P p erm ittin g it to w aive th e restriction on p u rp oses of Execu tive Ord er 12866.

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