Notice of Extension of Comment Period for NUREG-1934, Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Application Guide (NPP FIRE MAG), Draft Report for Comment, 5355-5356 [2010-2168]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / Notices action. The State official had no comments. Week of February 1, 2010 There are no meetings scheduled for the week of February 1, 2010. Finding of No Significant Impact On the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee’s letter dated November 6, 2009, as supplemented by letter dated January 11, 2010. Portions of the November 6, 2009, submittal contain safeguards and security sensitive information and, accordingly, are not available to the public. 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If you no longer wish to receive it, or would like to be added to the distribution, please contact the Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969), or send an e-mail to darlene.wright@nrc.gov. Dated: January 28, 2010. Rochelle C. Bavol, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–2251 Filed 1–29–10; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2009–0568] Notice of Extension of Comment Period for NUREG–1934, Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Application Guide (NPP FIRE MAG), Draft Report for Comment AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period. SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice of opportunity for public comment on ‘‘NUREG–1934 (EPRI 1019195), Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Application Guide (NPP FIRE MAG), Draft Report for Comment’’ in the Federal Register (74 FR 68873) on December 29, 2009. Issues encountered during the holiday season delayed publication of NUREG–1934. In addition, the final document has been revised to correct some editorial issues resulting from the conversion to a pdf file. DATES: The public comment period was to end on March 10, 2010. This notice announces an extension of the public comment period until April 30, 2010. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. Please include Docket ID NRC–2009– 0568 in the subject line of your E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM 02FEN1 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES 5356 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / Notices comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site Regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any identifying or contact information, and, therefore, they should not include any information in their comments that they do not want publicly disclosed. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC–2009–0568. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301–492–3668; e-mail Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492– 3446. You can access publicly available documents related to this notice using the following methods: NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available electronically at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. NUREG–1934 ‘‘Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Application Guide (NPP FIRE MAG)’’ is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML093500187. Electronic copies are also available through the NRC’s public Web site VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:52 Feb 01, 2010 Jkt 220001 under Drafts for Comment in the NUREG-series Publications collection of the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC–2009–0568. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mark H. Salley, Chief, Fire Research Branch, Division of Risk Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stroup, Division of Risk Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. Telephone: 301–251–7609, e-mail: David.Stroup@nrc.gov. [NRC–2009–0467] [FR Doc. 2010–2168 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of New Reactors; Final Interim Staff Guidance on Post-Combined License Commitments SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). ACTION: Notice of availability. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of January 2010. SUMMARY: The NRC is issuing its Final Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) ESP/DC/ COL–ISG–015 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML093561416). This ISG supplements the guidance provided to the NRC staff in Section 1.0, ‘‘Introduction and Interfaces,’’ of NUREG–0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ concerning the review of applications to support early site permit (ESP), design certification (DC) and combined license (COL) applications. In addition, this ISG supplements the guidance provided in Section C.III.4 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.206, ‘‘Regulatory Guide for Combined License Applications for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ June 2007. The NRC staff issues ISGs to facilitate timely implementation of the current staff guidance and to facilitate activities associated with review of applications for ESPs, DCs, and COLs by the Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the approved ISGs into the next revision to the review guidance documents for new reactor applications. Disposition: On October 27, 2009, the NRC staff issued the proposed ISG, ESP/ DC/COL–ISG–015 ‘‘Post-Combined License Commitments,’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML091671355) to solicit public and industry comment. The NRC staff received comments (ADAMS Accession No. ML093430227) on the proposed guidance on November 24, 2009. These comments were further discussed in a public meeting held by the NRC on December 17, 2009. This final issuance incorporates changes from the majority of the comments and the discussions at the public meeting. A discussion and slide presentation on ESP/DC/COL–ISG–015 held during the public meeting on December 17, 2009, There is a movement to introduce risk-informed and performance-based (RI/PB) analyses into fire protection engineering practice. This movement exists in both the general fire protection and the nuclear power plant (NPP) fire protection communities. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has used risk-informed insights as a part of its regulatory decision making since the 1990s. In 2002, the National Fire Protection Association developed NFPA 805, Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light-Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants. In July 2004, the NRC amended its fire protection requirements in Title 10, Section 50.48, of the Code of Federal Regulations to permit existing reactor licensees to voluntarily adopt fire protection requirements contained in NFPA 805 as an alternative to the existing deterministic requirements. NUREG– 1934 (EPRI 1019195), ‘‘Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Application Guide, Draft Report for Comment’’ was written as a collaborative effort by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide guidance on using fire modeling for nuclear power plant applications. The features and limitations of the five fire models documented in NUREG–1824 (EPRI 1011999), Verification & Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications are discussed relative to NPP applications. Finally, the report describes the implications of verified and validated (V&V) fire models that can reliably predict the consequences of fires. PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM 02FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0568]


Notice of Extension of Comment Period for NUREG-1934, Nuclear 
Power Plant Fire Modeling Application Guide (NPP FIRE MAG), Draft 
Report for Comment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice of 
opportunity for public comment on ``NUREG-1934 (EPRI 1019195), Nuclear 
Power Plant Fire Modeling Application Guide (NPP FIRE MAG), Draft 
Report for Comment'' in the Federal Register (74 FR 68873) on December 
29, 2009. Issues encountered during the holiday season delayed 
publication of NUREG-1934. In addition, the final document has been 
revised to correct some editorial issues resulting from the conversion 
to a pdf file.

DATES: The public comment period was to end on March 10, 2010. This 
notice announces an extension of the public comment period until April 
30, 2010. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration 
only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0568 in the subject line of your

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comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be 
posted on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site 
Regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any 
identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against 
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be 
publicly disclosed.
    The NRC requests that any party soliciting or aggregating comments 
received from other persons for submission to the NRC inform those 
persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to remove any 
identifying or contact information, and, therefore, they should not 
include any information in their comments that they do not want 
publicly disclosed.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID NRC-2009-0568. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail 
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
    Mail comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and 
Directives Branch (RDB), Division of Administrative Services, Office of 
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to RDB at (301) 492-
3446.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied, for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, 
Public File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. NUREG-1934 ``Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling 
Application Guide (NPP FIRE MAG)'' is available electronically under 
ADAMS Accession Number ML093500187. Electronic copies are also 
available through the NRC's public Web site under Drafts for Comment in 
the NUREG-series Publications collection of the NRC's Electronic 
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0568.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stroup, Division of Risk 
Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: 301-251-
7609, e-mail: David.Stroup@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There is a movement to introduce risk-
informed and performance-based (RI/PB) analyses into fire protection 
engineering practice. This movement exists in both the general fire 
protection and the nuclear power plant (NPP) fire protection 
communities. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has used 
risk-informed insights as a part of its regulatory decision making 
since the 1990s. In 2002, the National Fire Protection Association 
developed NFPA 805, Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for 
Light-Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants. In July 2004, the NRC 
amended its fire protection requirements in Title 10, Section 50.48, of 
the Code of Federal Regulations to permit existing reactor licensees to 
voluntarily adopt fire protection requirements contained in NFPA 805 as 
an alternative to the existing deterministic requirements. NUREG-1934 
(EPRI 1019195), ``Nuclear Power Plant Fire Modeling Application Guide, 
Draft Report for Comment'' was written as a collaborative effort by the 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research (RES), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide 
guidance on using fire modeling for nuclear power plant applications. 
The features and limitations of the five fire models documented in 
NUREG-1824 (EPRI 1011999), Verification & Validation of Selected Fire 
Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications are discussed relative to 
NPP applications. Finally, the report describes the implications of 
verified and validated (V&V) fire models that can reliably predict the 
consequences of fires.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of January 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark H. Salley,
Chief, Fire Research Branch, Division of Risk Analysis, Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2010-2168 Filed 2-1-10; 8:45 am]
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