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Interim Staff Guidance; Probabilistic
Risk Assessment Information To
Support Design Certification and
Combined License Applications;
Solicitation of Public Comment
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public
comment on its Proposed Interim Staff
Guidance COL/DC–ISG–003. This
interim staff guidance (ISG)
supplements the guidance provided to
the staff in Section 19.0, ‘‘Probabilistic
Risk Assessment and Severe Accident
Evaluation for New Reactors,’’ of
NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan
for the Review of Safety Analysis
Reports for Nuclear Power Plants’’
(SRP), concerning the review of
probabilistic risk assessment (PRA)
information and severe accident
assessment submitted to support design
certification (DC) and combined license
(COL) applications. Upon receiving
public comments, the NRC staff will
evaluate and disposition the comments,
as appropriate. Once the NRC staff
completes the COL/DC–ISG, it will issue
the same for NRC and industry use. The
NRC staff will also incorporate the
approved COL/DC–ISG–003 into the
next revision of the SRP and related
guidance documents.
DATES: Comments must be filed no later
than 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Comments received after this
date will be considered, if it is practical
to do so, but the Commission is able to
ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted to: Chief, Rulemaking,
Directives, and Editing Branch, Division
of Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC, 20555–
0001.
Comments should be delivered to:
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, Room T–6D59, between 7:30
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
Persons may also provide comments via
e-mail to Lynn Mrowca at
lxm4@nrc.gov. The NRC maintains an
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS), which
provides text and image files of NRC’s
public documents. These documents
may be accessed through the NRC’s
Public Electronic Reading Room on the
Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. Persons who do not
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have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC Public Document Room
(PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–
4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail at
pdr@nrc.gov.
Ms.
Lynn Mrowca, Chief, PRA Licensing,
Operations Support & Maintenance
Branch 1, Division of Safety Systems
and Risk Assessment, Office of the New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC, 20555–
0001; telephone 301–415–0525 or e-mail
at lxm4@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
agency also posts its issued staff
guidance in the agency external Web
page (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
doc-collections/isg/).
The NRC staff is issuing this notice to
solicit public comments on the
proposed COL/DC–ISG–003. After the
NRC staff considers any public
comments, it will make a determination
regarding the proposed COL/DC–ISG–
003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day
of February 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Reckley,
Branch Chief, Rulemaking, Guidance and
Advanced Reactors Branch, Division of New
Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Interim Staff Guidance; Probabilistic Risk Assessment Information
To Support Design Certification and Combined License Applications;
Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public comment on its Proposed Interim
Staff Guidance COL/DC-ISG-003. This interim staff guidance (ISG)
supplements the guidance provided to the staff in Section 19.0,
``Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Severe Accident Evaluation for New
Reactors,'' of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of
Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants'' (SRP), concerning
the review of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) information and
severe accident assessment submitted to support design certification
(DC) and combined license (COL) applications. Upon receiving public
comments, the NRC staff will evaluate and disposition the comments, as
appropriate. Once the NRC staff completes the COL/DC-ISG, it will issue
the same for NRC and industry use. The NRC staff will also incorporate
the approved COL/DC-ISG-003 into the next revision of the SRP and
related guidance documents.
DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but
the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to: Chief, Rulemaking, Directives,
and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC,
20555-0001.
Comments should be delivered to: 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland, Room T-6D59, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal
workdays. Persons may also provide comments via e-mail to Lynn Mrowca
at lxm4@nrc.gov. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's
public documents. These documents may be accessed through the NRC's
Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-
397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn Mrowca, Chief, PRA Licensing,
Operations Support & Maintenance Branch 1, Division of Safety Systems
and Risk Assessment, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-
0525 or e-mail at lxm4@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agency also posts its issued staff
guidance in the agency external Web page (https://www.nrc.gov/reading-
rm/doc-collections/isg/).
The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on
the proposed COL/DC-ISG-003. After the NRC staff considers any public
comments, it will make a determination regarding the proposed COL/DC-
ISG-003.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of February 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Reckley,
Branch Chief, Rulemaking, Guidance and Advanced Reactors Branch,
Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
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