Notice of Availability of Draft NUREG-1800, Revision 2; “Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants” and Draft NUREG-1801, Revision 2; “Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report”, 27838-27840 [2010-11841]

Download as PDF 27838 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 18, 2010 / Notices mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES or party to use E-Filing if the presiding officer subsequently determines that the reason for granting the exemption from use of E-Filing no longer exists. Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in NRC’s electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at https://ehd.nrc. gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses, or home phone numbers in their filings, unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such information. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submission. Union Electric Company, Docket No. 50–483, Callaway Plant, Unit 1, Callaway County, Missouri Date of application for amendment: March 29, 2010, as supplemented by letters dated March 29 and April 26, 2010. Brief description of amendment: The amendment revised Technical Specification (TS) 3.3.2, ‘‘Engineered Safety Feature Actuation System (ESFAS) Instrumentation,’’ Condition J under function 6.g in TS Table 3.3.2–1. Function 6.g provides an auxiliary feedwater (AFW) start signal that is provided to the motor-driven AFW pumps in the event of a trip of both turbine-driven main feedwater (MFW) pumps. The licensee determined that the design and normal operation of the MFW pumps could result in a condition that does not conform to TS Table 3.3.2– 1, function 6.g. Entry into Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) 3.0.3 will be required; therefore, the TS change was needed to address this condition. The change to Condition J allows placing the two channels in a tripped condition on one MFW pump when placing the pump into service or removing the pump from service prior to resetting the MFW pump. With the revision to Condition J, the licensee will not require an entry into LCO 3.0.3. Specifically, the changes revised Condition J for ESFAS instrumentation function 6.g to read, ‘‘One or more Main Feedwater Pumps trip channel(s) inoperable,’’ made corresponding changes to Required Action J.1, and placed a Note above Required Actions J.1 and J.2 for consistency with the revised Condition. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 May 17, 2010 Jkt 220001 Date of issuance: May 5, 2010. Effective date: As of its date of issuance and shall be implemented within 30 days from the date of issuance. Amendment No.: 196. Facility Operating License No. NPF– 30: The amendment revised the Operating License and Technical Specifications. Public comments requested as to proposed no significant hazards consideration (NSHC): Yes (75 FR 19431; April 14, 2010). The supplemental letters dated March 29 and April 26, 2010, provided additional information that clarified the application, did not expand the scope of the application as originally noticed, and did not change the NRC staff’s original proposed NSHC determination as published in the Federal Register. The notice provided an opportunity to submit comments on the Commission’s proposed NSHC determination. No comments have been received. The notice also provided an opportunity to request a hearing by June 14, 2010, but indicated that if the Commission makes a final NSHC determination, any such hearing would take place after issuance of the amendment. The Commission’s related evaluation of the amendment, finding of exigent circumstances, state consultation, and final NSHC determination are contained in a safety evaluation dated May 5, 2010. Attorney for licensee: John O’Neill, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. NRC Branch Chief: Michael T. Markley. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of May 2010. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Joseph G. Giitter, Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2010–11564 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2010–0180] Notice of Availability of Draft NUREG– 1800, Revision 2; ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants’’ and Draft NUREG–1801, Revision 2; ‘‘Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report’’ AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ACTION: Issuance of draft NUREG–1800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants ’’and draft NUREG–1801, ‘‘Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report’’ for public comment; and announcement of public workshop. SUMMARY: The NRC staff is issuing drafts of the revised NUREG–1800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants’’ (SRP–LR); and the revised NUREG–1801, ‘‘Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report’’ for public comment. These revised documents describe methods acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing the license renewal rule, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54), as well as techniques used by the NRC staff in evaluating applications for license renewals. These draft documents supersede the preliminary draft documents that were publicly announced and placed on NRC’s Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/ operating/licensing/renewal/guidance/ updated-guidance.html on December 23, 2009. The NRC is also announcing a public workshop to facilitate gathering public comments on the drafts of these revised documents. The NRC is especially interested in stakeholder comments that will improve the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of the license renewal process. There are situations where the draft GALL Report, Revision 2 includes changes that have been previously issued for public comments as part of the staff’s license renewal Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) process. In particular, the Aging Management Program (AMP) XI.M40, ‘‘Monitoring of Neutron Absorbing Materials Other Than Boraflex’’ and related Aging Management Review (AMR) line items were processed by ISG LR–ISG–2009– 01. Public comments were elicited on the proposed AMP XI.M40 by 74 FRN 62829 dated December 1, 2009. Public comments were received, evaluated by the staff, and the proposed AMP XI.M40, and AMR line items, were revised as determined necessary by the staff. Because the staff has previously sought and received public comments on draft AMP XI.M40, the staff is not seeking further comments on this AMP as part of this Federal Register Notice (FRN). AMP XI.M40, and related AMR line items, are considered final by the staff. They have been included in the draft GALL Report, Revision 2 for completeness. E:\FR\FM\18MYN1.SGM 18MYN1 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 18, 2010 / Notices DATES: Comments should be submitted on the draft SRP–LR and the draft GALL Report, accompanied by supporting data, by July 2, 2010. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. A public workshop is planned to be held on May 26–28, 2010, at NRC’s headquarters and is announced on the NRC’s Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ public-meetings/index.cfm. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. Please include Docket ID NRC–2010– 0180 in the subject line of your comments on the draft SRP–LR or the draft GALL Report or both. 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 the draft SRP–LR and the draft GALL Report filed under Docket ID NRC– 2010–0180. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher 301– 492–3668; e-mail Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. Mail comments to: 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): VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 May 17, 2010 Jkt 220001 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. The draft SRP– LR, Revision 2, is under ADAMS Accession Number ML101320099. The draft GALL Report, Revision 2, is available under ADAMS Accession Number ML101320104. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Gramm, License Renewal Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Mail Stop O–11F1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, Telephone (301) 415–1010, or e-mail Robert.Gramm@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Draft Standard Review Plan for License Renewal, Revision 2 The NRC staff proposes to revise the September 2005 version of NUREG– 1800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants’’ (SRP–LR). The SRP–LR provides the guidance to NRC staff reviewers in performing safety reviews of applications to renew licenses of nuclear power plants in accordance with the license renewal rule. The draft SRP–LR is being revised to incorporate lessons learned from the review of the recent license renewal applications, as well as to make changes corresponding to the update of the GALL Report. The draft SRP–LR contains four major chapters: (1) Administrative Information; (2) Scoping and Screening Methodology for Identifying Structures and Components Subject to Aging Management Review, and Implementation Results; (3) Aging Management Review Results; and (4) Time-Limited Aging Analyses. In addition, three Branch Technical Positions are in an Appendix to the draft SRP–LR. Draft Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report, Revision 2 The draft Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report, Revision 2, is an update to the September 2005 version. The NRC staff held a public workshop on January 4–7, 2010 to invite early public participation in the development of license renewal PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 27839 guidance documents. The NRC staff made selected chapters of an early draft GALL Report publicly available prior to the public workshop. Prior to the public workshop, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) submitted significant industry comments on the GALL Report, Revision 1. During preparation of the draft GALL Report, Revision 2, the staff considered these and other comments generated since the publication of Rev. 1. The adequacy of the generic aging management programs in managing certain aging effects for particular structures and components are evaluated based on the review of the following ten program elements: (1) Scope of program, (2) preventive actions, (3) parameters monitored or inspected, (4) detection of aging effects, (5) monitoring and trending, (6) acceptance criteria, (7) corrective actions, (8) confirmation process, (9) administrative controls, and (10) operating experience. The GALL Report is a technical basis document for the SRP–LR and should be treated in the same manner as an approved topical report that is applicable generically. Solicitation of Comments The comments should include supporting justification in enough detail for the NRC staff to evaluate the need for changes in guidance, as well as references to the operating experience, industry standards, or other relevant reference materials that provide a sound technical basis for such changes. The NRC is also interested in comments that will improve the clarity of the documents so that the improved guidance will provide a stable and predictable evaluation standard for future renewal applications. Editorial and style comments are not necessary because we expect that the guidance documents will need to be reformatted and edited before they are issued in final form. There are situations where the draft GALL Report, Revision 2 includes changes that have been previously issued for public comments as part of the staff’s license renewal Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) process. In particular, the Aging Management Program (AMP) XI.M40, ‘‘Monitoring of Neutron Absorbing Materials Other Than Boraflex’’ and related Aging Management Review (AMR) line items were processed by ISG LR–ISG–2009– 01. Public comments were elicited on the proposed AMP XI.M40 by 74 FRN 62829, dated December 1, 2009. Public comments were received, evaluated by the staff, and the proposed AMP XI.M40, and AMR line items, were revised as determined necessary by the E:\FR\FM\18MYN1.SGM 18MYN1 27840 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 18, 2010 / Notices staff. Because the staff has previously sought and received public comments on draft AMP XI.M40, the staff is not seeking further comments on this AMP as part of this FRN. AMP XI.M40, and related AMR line items, are considered final by the staff. They have been included in the draft GALL Report, Revision 2 for completeness. Public Workshop A public workshop is scheduled during the public comment period. Scheduled for May 26–28, 2010, this workshop will be held in Room T–2B3 at TWFN, the NRC headquarters. The formal meeting notice is available at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ public-meetings/index.cfm. It is anticipated that the workshop will provide the participants an opportunity to obtain further information, to ask questions, to make comments to add to the discussion, or otherwise to facilitate the public in formulating and preparing written comments for NRC staff consideration on these revised license renewal guidance documents. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of May 2010. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Samson Lee, Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2010–11841 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2010–0080] NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, Guidance for Protective Action Recommendations for General Emergencies; Draft for Comment Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft document: extension of comment period. mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: On March 8, 2010, (75 FR 10524), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published for public comment a document entitled: ‘‘NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, Guidance for Protective Action Recommendations for General Emergencies, Draft Report for Comment.’’ When this document is issued for use in final form, it will supersede the existing guidance contained in Supplement 3 to NUREG– 0654/FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1, ‘‘Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:22 May 17, 2010 Jkt 220001 Power Plants,’’ which was issued in draft form for interim use and guidance in 1996. A 75-day comment period was provided for this draft document, set to expire on May 24, 2010. DATES: The comment period for the draft document has been extended from the original May 24, 2010, deadline to August 9, 2010. 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 before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. Please include Docket ID NRC–2010– 0080 in the subject line of your comments. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available for public inspection. 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. Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for documents filed under Docket ID [NRC–2010–0080]. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, telephone (301) 492–3668; e-mail Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. Mail comments to: Chief, Rulemaking, Announcements 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 document 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, Room O– 1F21, 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, or (301) 415–4737, or by e-mail to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. NUREG–0654/ FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, ‘‘Guidance for Protective Action PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Recommendations for General Emergencies, Draft Report for Comment’’ is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML100150268. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy Sullivan, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone (301) 415–1123, e-mail: randy.sullivan@nrc.gov. The NRC received comments from external stakeholders requesting that the public comment period on this draft document be extended. In view of the NRC’s desire to receive high quality comments from stakeholders, the comment period for the document will be extended for an additional 75 days. Based on feedback from stakeholders, the NRC believes that a 75-day extension will allow sufficient time for all stakeholders to develop and provide meaningful comments on this document. The draft document comment submittal deadline is extended from the original May 24, 2010, deadline to August 9, 2010. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 11th day of May 2010. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Robert E. Kahler, Chief, Inspection and Regulatory Improvements Branch Division of Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response. [FR Doc. 2010–11842 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials The ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials will hold a meeting on May 18, 2010, Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The entire meeting will be open to public attendance. The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: Tuesday, May 18, 2010—8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. The Subcommittee will discuss the Rulemaking on 10 CFR part 40 (Proposed Rulemaking on Distribution of Source Material to Exempt Persons and to General Licensees and Revision of General License and Exemptions) amending 10 CFR parts 30, 40, 70, 170, and 171. These proposed amendments E:\FR\FM\18MYN1.SGM 18MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27838-27840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11841]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2010-0180]


Notice of Availability of Draft NUREG-1800, Revision 2; 
``Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for 
Nuclear Power Plants'' and Draft NUREG-1801, Revision 2; ``Generic 
Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Issuance of draft NUREG-1800, ``Standard Review Plan for Review 
of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants ''and draft 
NUREG-1801, ``Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report'' for public 
comment; and announcement of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The NRC staff is issuing drafts of the revised NUREG-1800, 
``Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for 
Nuclear Power Plants'' (SRP-LR); and the revised NUREG-1801, ``Generic 
Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report'' for public comment. These revised 
documents describe methods acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing 
the license renewal rule, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 
(10 CFR Part 54), as well as techniques used by the NRC staff in 
evaluating applications for license renewals. These draft documents 
supersede the preliminary draft documents that were publicly announced 
and placed on NRC's Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/guidance/updated-guidance.html on December 23, 2009.
    The NRC is also announcing a public workshop to facilitate 
gathering public comments on the drafts of these revised documents. The 
NRC is especially interested in stakeholder comments that will improve 
the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of the license renewal 
process. There are situations where the draft GALL Report, Revision 2 
includes changes that have been previously issued for public comments 
as part of the staff's license renewal Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) 
process. In particular, the Aging Management Program (AMP) XI.M40, 
``Monitoring of Neutron Absorbing Materials Other Than Boraflex'' and 
related Aging Management Review (AMR) line items were processed by ISG 
LR-ISG-2009-01. Public comments were elicited on the proposed AMP 
XI.M40 by 74 FRN 62829 dated December 1, 2009. Public comments were 
received, evaluated by the staff, and the proposed AMP XI.M40, and AMR 
line items, were revised as determined necessary by the staff. Because 
the staff has previously sought and received public comments on draft 
AMP XI.M40, the staff is not seeking further comments on this AMP as 
part of this Federal Register Notice (FRN). AMP XI.M40, and related AMR 
line items, are considered final by the staff. They have been included 
in the draft GALL Report, Revision 2 for completeness.

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DATES: Comments should be submitted on the draft SRP-LR and the draft 
GALL Report, accompanied by supporting data, by July 2, 2010. Comments 
received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do 
so, but the NRC staff is able to assure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date. A public workshop is planned to be 
held on May 26-28, 2010, at NRC's headquarters and is announced on the 
NRC's Web site at  https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any one of the following methods. 
Please include Docket ID NRC-2010-0180 in the subject line of your 
comments on the draft SRP-LR or the draft GALL Report or both. 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 the draft SRP-LR and the draft GALL Report filed under 
Docket ID NRC-2010-0180. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol 
Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
    Mail comments to: 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. The draft SRP-LR, Revision 2, is under ADAMS 
Accession Number ML101320099. The draft GALL Report, Revision 2, is 
available under ADAMS Accession Number ML101320104.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Gramm, License Renewal 
Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Mail Stop O-
11F1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
Telephone (301) 415-1010, or e-mail Robert.Gramm@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Draft Standard Review Plan for License Renewal, Revision 2

    The NRC staff proposes to revise the September 2005 version of 
NUREG-1800, ``Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal 
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants'' (SRP-LR). The SRP-LR provides 
the guidance to NRC staff reviewers in performing safety reviews of 
applications to renew licenses of nuclear power plants in accordance 
with the license renewal rule. The draft SRP-LR is being revised to 
incorporate lessons learned from the review of the recent license 
renewal applications, as well as to make changes corresponding to the 
update of the GALL Report. The draft SRP-LR contains four major 
chapters: (1) Administrative Information; (2) Scoping and Screening 
Methodology for Identifying Structures and Components Subject to Aging 
Management Review, and Implementation Results; (3) Aging Management 
Review Results; and (4) Time-Limited Aging Analyses. In addition, three 
Branch Technical Positions are in an Appendix to the draft SRP-LR.

Draft Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report, Revision 2

    The draft Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report, Revision 2, 
is an update to the September 2005 version. The NRC staff held a public 
workshop on January 4-7, 2010 to invite early public participation in 
the development of license renewal guidance documents. The NRC staff 
made selected chapters of an early draft GALL Report publicly available 
prior to the public workshop. Prior to the public workshop, the Nuclear 
Energy Institute (NEI) submitted significant industry comments on the 
GALL Report, Revision 1. During preparation of the draft GALL Report, 
Revision 2, the staff considered these and other comments generated 
since the publication of Rev. 1. The adequacy of the generic aging 
management programs in managing certain aging effects for particular 
structures and components are evaluated based on the review of the 
following ten program elements: (1) Scope of program, (2) preventive 
actions, (3) parameters monitored or inspected, (4) detection of aging 
effects, (5) monitoring and trending, (6) acceptance criteria, (7) 
corrective actions, (8) confirmation process, (9) administrative 
controls, and (10) operating experience. The GALL Report is a technical 
basis document for the SRP-LR and should be treated in the same manner 
as an approved topical report that is applicable generically.

Solicitation of Comments

    The comments should include supporting justification in enough 
detail for the NRC staff to evaluate the need for changes in guidance, 
as well as references to the operating experience, industry standards, 
or other relevant reference materials that provide a sound technical 
basis for such changes. The NRC is also interested in comments that 
will improve the clarity of the documents so that the improved guidance 
will provide a stable and predictable evaluation standard for future 
renewal applications. Editorial and style comments are not necessary 
because we expect that the guidance documents will need to be 
reformatted and edited before they are issued in final form.
    There are situations where the draft GALL Report, Revision 2 
includes changes that have been previously issued for public comments 
as part of the staff's license renewal Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) 
process. In particular, the Aging Management Program (AMP) XI.M40, 
``Monitoring of Neutron Absorbing Materials Other Than Boraflex'' and 
related Aging Management Review (AMR) line items were processed by ISG 
LR-ISG-2009-01. Public comments were elicited on the proposed AMP 
XI.M40 by 74 FRN 62829, dated December 1, 2009. Public comments were 
received, evaluated by the staff, and the proposed AMP XI.M40, and AMR 
line items, were revised as determined necessary by the

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staff. Because the staff has previously sought and received public 
comments on draft AMP XI.M40, the staff is not seeking further comments 
on this AMP as part of this FRN. AMP XI.M40, and related AMR line 
items, are considered final by the staff. They have been included in 
the draft GALL Report, Revision 2 for completeness.

Public Workshop

    A public workshop is scheduled during the public comment period. 
Scheduled for May 26-28, 2010, this workshop will be held in Room T-2B3 
at TWFN, the NRC headquarters. The formal meeting notice is available 
at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm. It is 
anticipated that the workshop will provide the participants an 
opportunity to obtain further information, to ask questions, to make 
comments to add to the discussion, or otherwise to facilitate the 
public in formulating and preparing written comments for NRC staff 
consideration on these revised license renewal guidance documents.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of May 2010.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Samson Lee,
Deputy Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2010-11841 Filed 5-17-10; 8:45 am]
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