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Proposed No Significant Hazards
Consideration Determination
Description of Amendment Request:
[Plant Name] requests adoption of an
approved change to the Standard
Technical Specifications (STS) for
[General Electric (GE) Plants (NUREG–
1433, BWR/4 and NUREG–1434, BWR/
6) and] plant specific technical
specifications (TS), that allows: (1)
[revising the frequency of SR 3.1.3.2,
notch testing of fully withdrawn control
rod, from ‘‘7 days after the control rod
is withdrawn and THERMAL POWER is
greater than the LPSP of RWM’’ to ‘‘31
days after the control rod is withdrawn
and THERMAL POWER is greater than
the LPSP of the RWM’’, (2) adding the
word ‘‘fully’’ to LCO 3.3.1.2 Required
Action E.2 to clarify the requirement to
fully insert all insertable control rods in
core cells containing one or more fuel
assemblies when the associated SRM
instrument is inoperable, and (3)]
revising Example 1.4–3 in Section 1.4
‘‘Frequency’’ to clarify that the 1.25
surveillance test interval extension in
SR 3.0.2 is applicable to time periods
discussed in NOTES in the
‘‘SURVEILLANCE’’ column in addition
to the time periods in the
‘‘FREQUENCY’’ column. The staff finds
that the proposed STS changes are
acceptable [because the number of
control rod manipulations is reduced
thereby reducing the opportunity for
potential reactivity events while having
a very minimal impact on the extremely
high reliability of the CRD system as
discussed in the technical evaluation
section of this safety evaluation and] the
discussion of the SR Frequency example
provides clarification.
Basis for proposed no significant
hazards consideration determination:
As required by 10 CFR 50.91(a), an
analysis of the issue of no significant
hazards consideration is presented
below:
Criterion 1—The Proposed Change Does Not
Involve a Significant Increase in the
Probability or Consequences of an Accident
Previously Evaluated
The proposed change generically
implements TSTF–475, Revision 1, ‘‘Control
Rod Notch Testing Frequency and SRM
Insert Control Rod Action.’’ TSTF–475,
Revision 1 modifies NUREG–1433 (BWR/4)
and NUREG–1434 (BWR/6) STS. The
changes: (1) revise TS testing frequency for
surveillance requirement (SR) 3.1.3.2 in TS
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3.1.3, ‘‘Control Rod OPERABILITY’’, (2)
clarify the requirement to fully insert all
insertable control rods for the limiting
condition for operation (LCO) in TS 3.3.1.2,
Required Action E.2, ‘‘Source Range
Monitoring Instrumentation’’ (NUREG–1434
only), and (3) revise Example 1.4–3 in
Section 1.4 ‘‘Frequency’’ to clarify the
applicability of the 1.25 surveillance test
interval extension. The consequences of an
accident after adopting TSTF–475, Revision
1 are no different than the consequences of
an accident prior to adoption. Therefore, this
change does not involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences
of an accident previously evaluated.
Criterion 2—The Proposed Change Does Not
Create the Possibility of a New or Different
Kind of Accident from any Accident
Previously Evaluated
The proposed change does not involve a
physical alteration of the plant (no new or
different type of equipment will be installed)
or a change in the methods governing normal
plant operation. The proposed change will
not introduce new failure modes or effects
and will not, in the absence of other
unrelated failures, lead to an accident whose
consequences exceed the consequences of
accidents previously analyzed. Thus, this
change does not create the possibility of a
new or different kind of accident from any
accident previously evaluated.
Criterion 3—The Proposed Change Does Not
Involve a Significant Reduction in the Margin
of Safety
TSTF–475, Revision 1 will: (1) [revise the
TS SR 3.1.3.2 frequency in TS 3.1.3, ‘‘Control
Rod OPERABILITY’’, (2) clarify the
requirement to fully insert all insertable
control rods for the limiting condition for
operation (LCO) in TS 3.3.1.2, ‘‘Source Range
Monitoring Instrumentation,’’ and (3)] revise
Example 1.4–3 in Section 1.4 ‘‘Frequency’’ to
clarify the applicability of the 1.25
surveillance test interval extension. [The GE
Nuclear Energy Report, ‘‘CRD Notching
Surveillance Testing for Limerick Generating
Station,’’ dated November 2006, concludes
that extending the control rod notch test
interval from weekly to monthly is not
expected to impact the reliability of the
scram system and that the analysis supports
the decision to change the surveillance
frequency.] Therefore, the proposed changes
in TSTF–475, Revision 1 are acceptable and
do not involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety.
Based upon the reasoning presented above
and the previous discussion of the
amendment request, the requested change
does not involve a significant hazards
consideration.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day
of November, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Timothy J. Kobetz,
Section Chief, Technical Specifications
Branch, Division of Inspection & Regional
Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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NUREG–1556, Volume 21,
‘‘Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses Program-Specific
Guidance About Possession Licenses
for Production of Radioactive Material
Using an Accelerator’’
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is announcing the
completion and availability of NUREG–
1556, Volume 21, ‘‘Consolidated
Guidance About Materials Licenses,
Program-Specific Guidance About
Possession Licenses for Production of
Radioactive Material Using an
Accelerator,’’ dated October 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG–1556,
Volume 21, may be purchased from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, P.O. Box
37082, Washington, DC 20402–9328;
www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs, 202–512–
1800 or The National Technical
Information Service, Springfield,
Virginia 22161–0002; www.ntis.gov; 1–
800–533–6847 or, locally, 703–805–
6000.
A copy of the document is also
available for inspection and/or copying
for a fee in the NRC Public Document
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available documents
created or received at the NRC after
November 1, 1999, are available
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
NRC/ADAMS/. From this
site, the public can gain entry into the
NRC’s Agencywide Document Access
and Management System (ADAMS),
which provides text and image files of
the NRC’s public documents. The
ADAMS Accession Number for
NUREG–1556, Volume 21 is
ML072900058. If you do not have access
to ADAMS or if there are problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, contact the NRC PDR
Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
The document will also be posted on
NRC’s public Web site at: https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/ on the
‘‘Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses (NUREG–1556)’’ Web
site page, and on the Office of Federal
and State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs’ NARM
(Naturally-Occurring and AcceleratorProduced Radioactive Material) Toolbox
Web site page at: https://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/
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‘‘Licensing Guidance.’’ Some
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are posted at NRC’s Web site address
www.nrc.gov are updated regularly and
may differ from the last printed version.
A free single copy, to the extent of
supply, may be requested by writing to
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Reproduction and Distribution Services,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Printing and Graphics Branch,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; facsimile:
(301) 415–2289; e-mail:
Distribution@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Torre Taylor, Division of
Intergovernmental Liaison and
Rulemaking, Office of Federal and State
Materials and Environmental
Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone (301) 415–
7900, e-mail: tmt@nrc.gov; or Duane
White, Division of Materials Safety and
State Agreements, Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental
Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone (301) 415–
6272, e-mail: dew2@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
8, 2005, the President signed into law
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct).
Among other provisions, Section 651(e)
of the EPAct expanded the definition of
byproduct material as defined in
Section 11e. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (AEA), placing additional
byproduct material under the NRC’s
jurisdiction, and required the
Commission to provide a regulatory
framework for licensing and regulating
these additional byproduct materials.
Specifically, Section 651(e) of the
EPAct expanded the definition of
byproduct material by: (1) Adding any
discrete source of radium-226 that is
produced, extracted, or converted after
extraction, before, on, or after the date
of enactment of the EPAct for use for a
commercial, medical, or research
activity; or any material that has been
made radioactive by use of a particle
accelerator and is produced, extracted,
or converted after extraction, before, on,
or after the date of enactment of the
EPAct for use for a commercial,
medical, or research activity (Section
11e.(3) of the AEA); and (2) adding any
discrete source of naturally occurring
radioactive material, other than source
material, that the Commission, in
consultation with the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the Secretary of the Department
of Energy (DOE), the Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security
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(DHS), and the head of any other
appropriate Federal agency, determines
would pose a threat similar to the threat
posed by a discrete source of radium–
226 to the public health and safety or
the common defense and security; and
is extracted or converted after extraction
before, on, or after the date of enactment
of the EPAct for use in a commercial,
medical, or research activity (Section
11e.(4) of the AEA).
NRC revised its regulations to provide
a regulatory framework that includes
these newly added radioactive
materials. See Federal Register notice
72 FR 55864, dated October 1, 2007. As
part of the rulemaking effort to address
the mandate of the EPAct, the NRC also
evaluated the need to revise certain
licensing guidance to provide necessary
guidance to applicants in preparing
license applications to include the use
of the newly added radioactive
materials as byproduct material. Two
NUREG–1556 documents are being
revised to provide additional guidance
to licensees: (1) NUREG–1556, Volume
13, Revision 1, ‘‘Consolidated Guidance
About Materials Licenses—ProgramSpecific Guidance About Commercial
Radiopharmacy Licenses,’’ and (2)
NUREG–1556, Volume 9, Revision 2,
‘‘Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses—Program-Specific
Guidance About Medical Use Licenses.’’
Additionally, a new NUREG–1556
volume was developed to address
production of radioactive material using
an accelerator. This NUREG–1556
volume is entitled: Volume 21,
‘‘Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses—Program-Specific
Guidance About Possession Licenses for
Production of Radioactive Material
Using an Accelerator.’’
NUREG–1556, Volume 21,
‘‘Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses—Program-Specific
Guidance About Possession Licenses for
Production of Radioactive Material
Using an Accelerator’’ was noticed for
public comment on May 29, 2007 (72 FR
29555). Six comment letters were
received and these comments were
considered by the staff as this NUREG
was finalized.
NUREG–1556, Volume 21, provides
guidance on preparing a license
application for the production of
radioactive material using an
accelerator(s). It also includes the
criteria that NRC staff will use in
evaluating license applications for this
use. This document includes guidance
that is specific to the activities that take
place once radioactive materials are
produced by the accelerator, which
include material in the target and
associated activation products. This
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document does not include information
for the operation of the accelerator as
NRC does not regulate the accelerator or
its operation.
Volume 21 provides guidance related
to each of the items that applicants
should address in their materials license
application, which includes items such
as radioactive material that will be
produced and its purpose; information
on individuals responsible for the
radiation safety program; training for
individuals that will handle radioactive
material; description of the facilities and
equipment used; and the radiation
safety program. There are some aspects
of producing radioactive materials using
an accelerator that are unique to this
type of use and are discussed in the
document. Some examples include
training and experience for individuals
who will handle radioactive material
during the maintenance and repair of
the accelerator and other associated
equipment, and guidance on the facility
design and type of equipment needed to
transfer and handle large radioactive
materials with high activities. This
document also includes guidance on the
production and noncommercial
distribution of positron emission
tomography radioactive drugs to
consortium members.
The remaining two NUREG–1556
volumes were noticed separately: (1)
NUREG–1556, Volume 13, Revision 1,
on July 3, 2007 (72 FR 36526), and (2)
NUREG–1556, Volume 9, Revision 2, on
August 2, 2007 (72 FR 42442). These
two NUREGs are being finalized and
will be available in the near future.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day
of November, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrice M. Bubar,
Deputy Director, Division of
Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking,
Office of Federal and State Materials and
Environmental Management Programs.
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NUREG-1556, Volume 21, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses Program-Specific Guidance About Possession Licenses for
Production of Radioactive Material Using an Accelerator''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the
completion and availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 21, ``Consolidated
Guidance About Materials Licenses, Program-Specific Guidance About
Possession Licenses for Production of Radioactive Material Using an
Accelerator,'' dated October 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Volume 21, may be purchased from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box
37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328; www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs, 202-512-
1800 or The National Technical Information Service, Springfield,
Virginia 22161-0002; www.ntis.gov; 1-800-533-6847 or, locally, 703-805-
6000.
A copy of the document is also available for inspection and/or
copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available documents created or
received at the NRC after November 1, 1999, are available
electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://
www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/. From this site, the public can gain
entry into the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System
(ADAMS), which provides text and image files of the NRC's public
documents. The ADAMS Accession Number for NUREG-1556, Volume 21 is
ML072900058. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC
PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov. The document will also be posted on NRC's public Web site
at: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/ on the ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses (NUREG-1556)''
Web site page, and on the Office of Federal and State Materials and
Environmental Management Programs' NARM (Naturally-Occurring and
Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material) Toolbox Web site page at:
https://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/
[[Page 63943]]
narmtoolbox.html under the heading of ``Licensing Guidance.'' Some
publications in the NUREG series that are posted at NRC's Web site
address www.nrc.gov are updated regularly and may differ from the last
printed version.
A free single copy, to the extent of supply, may be requested by
writing to Office of the Chief Information Officer, Reproduction and
Distribution Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Printing and
Graphics Branch, Washington, DC 20555-0001; facsimile: (301) 415-2289;
e-mail: Distribution@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Torre Taylor, Division of
Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking, Office of Federal and State
Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
7900, e-mail: tmt@nrc.gov; or Duane White, Division of Materials Safety
and State Agreements, Office of Federal and State Materials and
Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6272, e-mail:
dew2@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 8, 2005, the President signed into
law the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). Among other provisions,
Section 651(e) of the EPAct expanded the definition of byproduct
material as defined in Section 11e. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(AEA), placing additional byproduct material under the NRC's
jurisdiction, and required the Commission to provide a regulatory
framework for licensing and regulating these additional byproduct
materials.
Specifically, Section 651(e) of the EPAct expanded the definition
of byproduct material by: (1) Adding any discrete source of radium-226
that is produced, extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on,
or after the date of enactment of the EPAct for use for a commercial,
medical, or research activity; or any material that has been made
radioactive by use of a particle accelerator and is produced,
extracted, or converted after extraction, before, on, or after the date
of enactment of the EPAct for use for a commercial, medical, or
research activity (Section 11e.(3) of the AEA); and (2) adding any
discrete source of naturally occurring radioactive material, other than
source material, that the Commission, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the
Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), the Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the head of any other
appropriate Federal agency, determines would pose a threat similar to
the threat posed by a discrete source of radium-226 to the public
health and safety or the common defense and security; and is extracted
or converted after extraction before, on, or after the date of
enactment of the EPAct for use in a commercial, medical, or research
activity (Section 11e.(4) of the AEA).
NRC revised its regulations to provide a regulatory framework that
includes these newly added radioactive materials. See Federal Register
notice 72 FR 55864, dated October 1, 2007. As part of the rulemaking
effort to address the mandate of the EPAct, the NRC also evaluated the
need to revise certain licensing guidance to provide necessary guidance
to applicants in preparing license applications to include the use of
the newly added radioactive materials as byproduct material. Two NUREG-
1556 documents are being revised to provide additional guidance to
licensees: (1) NUREG-1556, Volume 13, Revision 1, ``Consolidated
Guidance About Materials Licenses--Program-Specific Guidance About
Commercial Radiopharmacy Licenses,'' and (2) NUREG-1556, Volume 9,
Revision 2, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses--Program-
Specific Guidance About Medical Use Licenses.'' Additionally, a new
NUREG-1556 volume was developed to address production of radioactive
material using an accelerator. This NUREG-1556 volume is entitled:
Volume 21, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses--Program-
Specific Guidance About Possession Licenses for Production of
Radioactive Material Using an Accelerator.''
NUREG-1556, Volume 21, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses--Program-Specific Guidance About Possession Licenses for
Production of Radioactive Material Using an Accelerator'' was noticed
for public comment on May 29, 2007 (72 FR 29555). Six comment letters
were received and these comments were considered by the staff as this
NUREG was finalized.
NUREG-1556, Volume 21, provides guidance on preparing a license
application for the production of radioactive material using an
accelerator(s). It also includes the criteria that NRC staff will use
in evaluating license applications for this use. This document includes
guidance that is specific to the activities that take place once
radioactive materials are produced by the accelerator, which include
material in the target and associated activation products. This
document does not include information for the operation of the
accelerator as NRC does not regulate the accelerator or its operation.
Volume 21 provides guidance related to each of the items that
applicants should address in their materials license application, which
includes items such as radioactive material that will be produced and
its purpose; information on individuals responsible for the radiation
safety program; training for individuals that will handle radioactive
material; description of the facilities and equipment used; and the
radiation safety program. There are some aspects of producing
radioactive materials using an accelerator that are unique to this type
of use and are discussed in the document. Some examples include
training and experience for individuals who will handle radioactive
material during the maintenance and repair of the accelerator and other
associated equipment, and guidance on the facility design and type of
equipment needed to transfer and handle large radioactive materials
with high activities. This document also includes guidance on the
production and noncommercial distribution of positron emission
tomography radioactive drugs to consortium members.
The remaining two NUREG-1556 volumes were noticed separately: (1)
NUREG-1556, Volume 13, Revision 1, on July 3, 2007 (72 FR 36526), and
(2) NUREG-1556, Volume 9, Revision 2, on August 2, 2007 (72 FR 42442).
These two NUREGs are being finalized and will be available in the near
future.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of November, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patrice M. Bubar,
Deputy Director, Division of Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking,
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management
Programs.
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