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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy G. Colburn,
Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project
Directorate I, Division of Licensing Project
Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance,
Availability
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has issued for public
comment a draft of a new guide in the
agency’s Regulatory Guide Series. This
series has been developed to describe
and make available to the public such
information as methods that are
acceptable to the NRC staff for
implementing specific parts of the
NRC’s regulations, techniques that the
staff uses in evaluating specific
problems or postulated accidents, and
data that the staff needs in its review of
applications for permits and licenses.
The draft Regulatory Guide, entitled
‘‘Guidelines for Lightning Protection for
Nuclear Power Plants,’’ is temporarily
identified by its task number, DG–1137,
which should be mentioned in all
related correspondence. This proposed
regulatory guide offers guidance for
NRC licensees and applicants to use in
developing and implementing practices
that the staff finds acceptable for
complying with the agency’s regulatory
requirements in Criterion 2, ‘‘Design
Bases for Protection Against Natural
Phenomena,’’ as it appears in Appendix
A, ‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear
Power Plants,’’ to Title 10, Part 50, of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR
Part 50). Specifically, Criterion 2
requires, in part, that nuclear power
plant (NPP) structures, systems, and
components (SSCs) that are important to
safety must be designed to withstand
the effects of natural phenomena
without losing their capability to
perform their respective safety
functions.
While the regulations address
lightning protection for safety-related
electrical equipment, they do not
explicitly provide guidance concerning
the design and installation of lightning
protection systems (LPSs) to ensure that
electrical transients resulting from
lightning phenomena do not cause
spurious operation safety-related
systems or render them inoperable. As
proposed, DG–1137 would augment the
regulations by establishing explicit
guidance that is consistent with LPS
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design and installation practices that are
currently applied throughout the
commercial power industry.
Toward that end, the NRC staff has
selected for endorsement a total of four
standards issued by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE), which taken together, provide
comprehensive lightning protection
guidance for nuclear power plants.
Specifically, the four standards are IEEE
Std. 665–1995 (2001 revision), IEEE
Guide for Generating Station Grounding,
IEEE Std. 666–1991, IEEE Design Guide
for Electrical Power Service Systems for
Generating Stations, IEEE Std. 1050–
1996, IEEE Guide for Instrumentation
and Control Equipment Grounding in
Generating Stations, and IEEE Std.
C62.23–1995 (2001 revision), IEEE
Application Guide for Surge Protection
of Electric Generating Plants.
The NRC staff is soliciting comments
on Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1137,
and comments may be accompanied by
relevant information or supporting data.
Please mention DG–1137 in the subject
line of your comments. Comments on
this draft regulatory guide submitted in
writing or in electronic form will be
made available to the public in their
entirety through the NRC’s Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS). Personal information
will not be removed from your
comments. You may submit comments
by any of the following methods.
Mail comments to: Rules and
Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
E-mail comments to:
NRCREP@nrc.gov. You may also submit
comments via the NRC’s rulemaking
Web site at https://ruleforum.llnl.gov.
Address questions about our rulemaking
Web site to Carol A. Gallagher (301)
415–5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.
Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and
Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, between
7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal
workdays.
Fax comments to: Rules and
Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at (301) 415–5144.
Requests for technical information
about Draft Regulatory Guide DG–1137
may be directed to Christina E.
Antonescu at (301) 415–6792 or via email to CEA1@nrc.gov.
Comments would be most helpful if
received by April 20, 2005. Comments
received after that date will be
considered if it is practical to do so, but
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the NRC is able to ensure consideration
only for comments received on or before
this date. Although a time limit is given,
comments and suggestions in
connection with items for inclusion in
guides currently being developed or
improvements in all published guides
are encouraged at any time.
Electronic copies of the draft
regulatory guide are available through
the NRC’s public Web site under Draft
Regulatory Guides in the Regulatory
Guides document collection of the
NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also
available in the NRC’s Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html,
under Accession #ML050480101. Note,
however, that the NRC has temporarily
suspended public access to ADAMS so
that the agency can complete security
reviews of publicly available documents
and remove potentially sensitive
information. Please check the NRC’s
Web site for updates concerning the
resumption of public access to ADAMS.
In addition, regulatory guides are
available for inspection at the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR), which is
located at 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland; the PDR’s mailing
address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC
20555–0001. The PDR can also be
reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737
or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–
3548, and by e-mail to PDR@nrc.gov.
Requests for single copies of draft or
final guides (which may be reproduced)
or for placement on an automatic
distribution list for single copies of
future draft guides in specific divisions
should be made in writing to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Reproduction and Distribution Services
Section; by email to
DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by fax to
(301) 415–2289. Telephone requests
cannot be accommodated.
Regulatory guides are not
copyrighted, and Commission approval
is not required to reproduce them. (5
U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day
of February, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael E. Mayfield,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public
comment a draft of a new guide in the agency's Regulatory Guide Series.
This series has been developed to describe and make available to the
public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff
for implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques
that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated
accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
The draft Regulatory Guide, entitled ``Guidelines for Lightning
Protection for Nuclear Power Plants,'' is temporarily identified by its
task number, DG-1137, which should be mentioned in all related
correspondence. This proposed regulatory guide offers guidance for NRC
licensees and applicants to use in developing and implementing
practices that the staff finds acceptable for complying with the
agency's regulatory requirements in Criterion 2, ``Design Bases for
Protection Against Natural Phenomena,'' as it appears in Appendix A,
``General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,'' to Title 10, Part
50, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50). Specifically,
Criterion 2 requires, in part, that nuclear power plant (NPP)
structures, systems, and components (SSCs) that are important to safety
must be designed to withstand the effects of natural phenomena without
losing their capability to perform their respective safety functions.
While the regulations address lightning protection for safety-
related electrical equipment, they do not explicitly provide guidance
concerning the design and installation of lightning protection systems
(LPSs) to ensure that electrical transients resulting from lightning
phenomena do not cause spurious operation safety-related systems or
render them inoperable. As proposed, DG-1137 would augment the
regulations by establishing explicit guidance that is consistent with
LPS
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design and installation practices that are currently applied throughout
the commercial power industry.
Toward that end, the NRC staff has selected for endorsement a total
of four standards issued by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), which taken together, provide comprehensive lightning
protection guidance for nuclear power plants. Specifically, the four
standards are IEEE Std. 665-1995 (2001 revision), IEEE Guide for
Generating Station Grounding, IEEE Std. 666-1991, IEEE Design Guide for
Electrical Power Service Systems for Generating Stations, IEEE Std.
1050-1996, IEEE Guide for Instrumentation and Control Equipment
Grounding in Generating Stations, and IEEE Std. C62.23-1995 (2001
revision), IEEE Application Guide for Surge Protection of Electric
Generating Plants.
The NRC staff is soliciting comments on Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
1137, and comments may be accompanied by relevant information or
supporting data. Please mention DG-1137 in the subject line of your
comments. Comments on this draft regulatory guide submitted in writing
or in electronic form will be made available to the public in their
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be removed from your
comments. You may submit comments by any of the following methods.
Mail comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
E-mail comments to: NRCREP@nrc.gov. You may also submit comments
via the NRC's rulemaking Web site at https://ruleforum.llnl.gov. Address
questions about our rulemaking Web site to Carol A. Gallagher (301)
415-5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.
Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on
Federal workdays.
Fax comments to: Rules and Directives Branch, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 415-5144.
Requests for technical information about Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
1137 may be directed to Christina E. Antonescu at (301) 415-6792 or via
e-mail to CEA1@nrc.gov.
Comments would be most helpful if received by April 20, 2005.
Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given,
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published
guides are encouraged at any time.
Electronic copies of the draft regulatory guide are available
through the NRC's public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the
Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading
Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic
copies are also available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html,
under Accession ML050480101. Note, however, that the NRC has
temporarily suspended public access to ADAMS so that the agency can
complete security reviews of publicly available documents and remove
potentially sensitive information. Please check the NRC's Web site for
updates concerning the resumption of public access to ADAMS.
In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland; the PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to PDR@nrc.gov. Requests for single copies of draft or final
guides (which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic
distribution list for single copies of future draft guides in specific
divisions should be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and
Distribution Services Section; by email to DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by
fax to (301) 415-2289. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is
not required to reproduce them. (5 U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of February, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael E. Mayfield,
Director, Division of Engineering Technology, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 05-3626 Filed 2-24-05; 8:45 am]
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