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Generation Fuel Core Reference Report’’
(Proprietary), dated August 2007, and
WCAP–12610–P–A and CENPD–404–P–
A, ‘‘Optimized ZIRLOTM’’ (Proprietary),
dated July 2006, have demonstrated that
predicted chemical, mechanical, and
material performance characteristics of
the Optimized ZIRLOTM alloy cladding
are bounded by those approved for
zircaloy under anticipated operational
occurrences (AOOs) and postulated
accidents. The LFAs shall be placed in
non-limiting core regions as required by
PVNGS, Unit 3 Technical Specification
4.2.1, ‘‘Fuel Assemblies.’’ Also, APS and
Westinghouse utilize NRC approved
methods for the reload design process
for the PVNGS reload cores containing
Optimized ZIRLOTM fuel rod cladding.
Therefore, the environmental impact,
due to the unlikely event of an LFA clad
failure, would be minimal and would be
bounded by the environmental impacts
associated with previous accident
analyses.
The details of the NRC staff’s safety
evaluation will be provided in the
exemption that will be issued as part of
the letter to the licensee approving the
exemption to the regulation.
The proposed action will not
significantly increase the probability or
consequences of accidents. No changes
are being made in the types of effluents
that may be released offsite. There is no
significant increase in the amount of
any effluent released offsite. There is no
significant increase in occupational or
public radiation exposure. Therefore,
there are no significant radiological
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
Based on the nature of the exemption,
the proposed action does not result in
changes to land use or water use, or
result in changes to the quality or
quantity of non-radiological effluents.
No changes to the National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System permit
are needed. No effects on the aquatic or
terrestrial habitat in the vicinity of the
plant, or to threatened, endangered, or
protected species under the Endangered
Species Act, or impacts to essential fish
habitat covered by the MagnusonStevens Act are expected. There are no
impacts to the air or ambient air quality.
There are no impacts to historic and
cultural resources. There would be no
noticeable effect on socioeconomic
conditions in the region. Therefore, no
changes or different types of nonradiological environmental impacts are
expected as a result of the proposed
action. Accordingly, the NRC concludes
that there are no significant
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action.
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Environmental Impacts of the
Alternatives to the Proposed Action:
As an alternative to the proposed
action, the staff considered denial of the
proposed action (i.e., the ‘‘no-action’’
alternative). Denial of the application
would result in no change in current
environmental impacts. The
environmental impacts of the proposed
action and the alternative action are
similar.
Alternative Use of Resources:
The action does not involve the use of
any different resources than those
previously considered in the Final
Environmental Statement for the Palo
Verde Nuclear Generating Station,
NUREG–0841, dated February 1982.
Agencies and Persons Consulted:
In accordance with its stated policy,
on July 8, 2010, the NRC staff consulted
with the Arizona State official, Aubrey
Godwin of the Arizona Radiation
Regulatory Authority regarding the
environmental impact of the proposed
action. The State official had no
comments.
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 2, 2009, as
supplemented by letter dated May 12,
2010. Documents may be examined,
and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR), located
at One White Flint North, Public File
Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first
floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly
available records will be accessible
electronically from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management
System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the
NRC Web site, 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 PDR Reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–
415–4737, or send an e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day
of August 2010.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nageswaran Kalyanam,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV,
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Development of U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Safety Culture
Policy Statement: Public Meeting
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The NRC plans to hold a
public meeting on September 28, 2010,
in its Las Vegas, Nevada hearing facility
to solicit comments on the revision of
its draft safety culture policy statement,
including the revised definition and
traits. The revision has been developed
as a result of the NRC staff’s evaluation
of the public comments submitted in
response to the draft policy statement
(74 FR 57525, November 6, 2009;
ML093030375), the results of the NRC’s
February 2010 workshop (February
workshop) on safety culture, and
additional comments that stakeholders
and other interested parties have
provided to the staff at the various
outreach activities that have occurred
since February. The draft policy
statement focuses on the unique aspects
of nuclear safety and security and
highlights the Commission’s
expectations that the policy applies to
individuals and organizations
performing or overseeing NRC-regulated
activities.
As part of the NRC staff’s outreach
activities which have focused on
engaging a broad range of stakeholders
including the Agreement States, the
NRC held a 3-day Safety Culture
Workshop in February 2010 at NRC
headquarters in which participants were
asked to reach alignment on (1) a
common definition of safety culture and
(2) high level descriptions or traits of
areas important to safety culture. The
February workshop also provided an
additional venue for interested parties
to provide comments on the draft policy
statement that had been published in
the Federal Register. Workshop
panelists successfully aligned on a
common definition of safety culture and
developed a list of traits that they
believe exist in a positive safety culture.
Following the February workshop, the
NRC staff participated in various
industry forums in order to obtain
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additional input from stakeholders and
other interested parties to confirm that
the draft definition and traits developed
at the February workshop reflect a broad
consensus view.
In preparation for the February
workshop, the NRC staff noted that
some stakeholders and interested parties
who reside in the Western half of the US
were unable to attend the workshop or
participate remotely. Thus, the NRC
hearing facility in Las Vegas, Nevada,
with its excellent broadcast capabilities
was chosen as the site for the upcoming
meeting. Additionally, the meeting will
be simultaneously broadcast to a
location at NRC headquarters in
Rockville, Md., and webstreamed so that
individuals may participate remotely
from their own personal computers
(PCs). Please check the following NRC
Web sites for any updates to the
workshop schedules and/or information
regarding this event: https://
www.nrc.gov/public-involve/publicmeetings/index.cfm and/or https://
www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/
enforcement/safety-culture.html.
The goal of the meeting is to provide
an opportunity for stakeholders and
other interested parties to offer their
thoughts on the revised draft policy
statement including the revised
definition and traits. The revised draft
policy statement has benefitted from
public comments, the results of the
February workshop, and additional
comments that stakeholders and other
interested parties have provided to the
staff at the various outreach activities
and will be used to focus much of the
discussion at the September meeting. It
will be published for a 30-day public
comment period prior to the meeting on
both the NRC’s Safety Culture website at
https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/
regulatory/enforcement/safetyculture.html and in the Federal
Register.
The meeting is planned for
September 28, 2010. Additional
information will be available on the
NRC Public Meeting Schedule Web site
at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/
public-meetings/index.cfm at least ten
days prior to the meeting.
Locations: The public meeting will be
held at the NRC’s hearing facility in Las
Vegas, Nevada, and will be
simultaneously broadcast to a location
at NRC headquarters at 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
Additionally, the meeting will be
webstreamed so that individuals may
participate remotely from their own
PCs. Regarding the NRC headquarters’
location, because parking is extremely
limited, the most convenient
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transportation to this location is via
Metro’s Red Line to the White Flint
Station, which is directly across
Marinelli Rd. from NRC headquarters.
Please allow time at both locations to
register with building security upon
entering the buildings. The public
meeting notice will provide specific
details.
Document Accessibility: The
documents referenced in this notice are
publicly available. 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 O–1 F21,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852–2738.
NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS):
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/reading-rm/
adams.html. From this site, 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 PDR
Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737 or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose
Ibarra, telephone (301) 415–2581, or by
email to Jose.Ibarra@nrc.gov, or
Catherine Thompson, telephone (301)
415–3409, or by email to
Catherine.Thompson@nrc.gov. Both of
these individuals can also be contacted
by mail at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Office of Enforcement,
Concerns Resolution Branch, Mail Stop
O–4 A15A, Washington, DC 20555–
0001. Prior to the meeting, attendees are
requested to register with one of the
contacts listed in the meeting notice, so
that sufficient accommodations can be
made for their participation. Please let
the contact know if special services are
necessary, such as services for the
hearing impaired, etc.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Purpose of the Public Meeting
The NRC is working towards
increasing the attention that is given to
safety culture as part of its efforts to
ensure the safe and secure possession
and use of radioactive material within
the NRC’s jurisdiction. Additionally, the
NRC has been working with the
Agreement States to facilitate their
consideration and support of this effort
in their oversight programs for their
materials licensees. The goal of this
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meeting is to provide an opportunity for
stakeholders and other interested parties
to offer their thoughts on the proposed
revisions, including the revised
definition and traits. The revised draft
policy statement, definition and traits
have benefitted from public comments,
the results of the February workshop,
and additional comments that have been
provided to the staff at the various
outreach activities.
2. Topics of Discussion
The NRC staff is planning to cover the
following topics: (1) What is Safety
Culture; (2) The NRC’s Safety Culture
Initiative; (3) The February Workshop;
(4) Staff’s Review of the Public
Comments Received on the November
2009 Federal Register Notice; (5)
Revisions to the Draft Policy Statement
Including the Definition and Traits; (6)
Update on INPO’s Validation Study; and
(7) Questions Regarding Next Steps.
3. Draft Agenda
The meeting is currently planned to
begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:15
p.m. The agenda will include
introductory remarks briefly addressing
the draft safety culture policy statement,
the revised draft safety culture policy
statement which will be published prior
to the meeting including how the
definition and traits have been revised,
and the activities the NRC has engaged
in to arrive at this point as well as what
the next steps will be. This will be
followed by sessions that address the
topics provided in section 2 of this
notice, in more depth.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17th day
of August, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Roy P. Zimmerman,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
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Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
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September 6, 13, 20, 27, 2010.
DATES:
Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
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Development of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety Culture
Policy Statement: Public Meeting
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The NRC plans to hold a public meeting on September 28, 2010,
in its Las Vegas, Nevada hearing facility to solicit comments on the
revision of its draft safety culture policy statement, including the
revised definition and traits. The revision has been developed as a
result of the NRC staff's evaluation of the public comments submitted
in response to the draft policy statement (74 FR 57525, November 6,
2009; ML093030375), the results of the NRC's February 2010 workshop
(February workshop) on safety culture, and additional comments that
stakeholders and other interested parties have provided to the staff at
the various outreach activities that have occurred since February. The
draft policy statement focuses on the unique aspects of nuclear safety
and security and highlights the Commission's expectations that the
policy applies to individuals and organizations performing or
overseeing NRC-regulated activities.
As part of the NRC staff's outreach activities which have focused
on engaging a broad range of stakeholders including the Agreement
States, the NRC held a 3-day Safety Culture Workshop in February 2010
at NRC headquarters in which participants were asked to reach alignment
on (1) a common definition of safety culture and (2) high level
descriptions or traits of areas important to safety culture. The
February workshop also provided an additional venue for interested
parties to provide comments on the draft policy statement that had been
published in the Federal Register. Workshop panelists successfully
aligned on a common definition of safety culture and developed a list
of traits that they believe exist in a positive safety culture.
Following the February workshop, the NRC staff participated in various
industry forums in order to obtain
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additional input from stakeholders and other interested parties to
confirm that the draft definition and traits developed at the February
workshop reflect a broad consensus view.
In preparation for the February workshop, the NRC staff noted that
some stakeholders and interested parties who reside in the Western half
of the US were unable to attend the workshop or participate remotely.
Thus, the NRC hearing facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, with its excellent
broadcast capabilities was chosen as the site for the upcoming meeting.
Additionally, the meeting will be simultaneously broadcast to a
location at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md., and webstreamed so that
individuals may participate remotely from their own personal computers
(PCs). Please check the following NRC Web sites for any updates to the
workshop schedules and/or information regarding this event: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm and/or https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/enforcement/safety-culture.html.
The goal of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for
stakeholders and other interested parties to offer their thoughts on
the revised draft policy statement including the revised definition and
traits. The revised draft policy statement has benefitted from public
comments, the results of the February workshop, and additional comments
that stakeholders and other interested parties have provided to the
staff at the various outreach activities and will be used to focus much
of the discussion at the September meeting. It will be published for a
30-day public comment period prior to the meeting on both the NRC's
Safety Culture website at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/enforcement/safety-culture.html and in the Federal Register.
DATES: The meeting is planned for September 28, 2010. Additional
information will be available on the NRC Public Meeting Schedule Web
site at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm at
least ten days prior to the meeting.
Locations: The public meeting will be held at the NRC's hearing
facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will be simultaneously broadcast to
a location at NRC headquarters at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
20852. Additionally, the meeting will be webstreamed so that
individuals may participate remotely from their own PCs. Regarding the
NRC headquarters' location, because parking is extremely limited, the
most convenient transportation to this location is via Metro's Red Line
to the White Flint Station, which is directly across Marinelli Rd. from
NRC headquarters. Please allow time at both locations to register with
building security upon entering the buildings. The public meeting
notice will provide specific details.
Document Accessibility: The documents referenced in this notice are
publicly available. 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 O-1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
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/reading-rm/adams.html. From this
site, 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 PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737
or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose Ibarra, telephone (301) 415-2581,
or by email to Jose.Ibarra@nrc.gov, or Catherine Thompson, telephone
(301) 415-3409, or by email to Catherine.Thompson@nrc.gov. Both of
these individuals can also be contacted by mail at the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Office of Enforcement, Concerns Resolution
Branch, Mail Stop O-4 A15A, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Prior to the
meeting, attendees are requested to register with one of the contacts
listed in the meeting notice, so that sufficient accommodations can be
made for their participation. Please let the contact know if special
services are necessary, such as services for the hearing impaired, etc.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Purpose of the Public Meeting
The NRC is working towards increasing the attention that is given
to safety culture as part of its efforts to ensure the safe and secure
possession and use of radioactive material within the NRC's
jurisdiction. Additionally, the NRC has been working with the Agreement
States to facilitate their consideration and support of this effort in
their oversight programs for their materials licensees. The goal of
this meeting is to provide an opportunity for stakeholders and other
interested parties to offer their thoughts on the proposed revisions,
including the revised definition and traits. The revised draft policy
statement, definition and traits have benefitted from public comments,
the results of the February workshop, and additional comments that have
been provided to the staff at the various outreach activities.
2. Topics of Discussion
The NRC staff is planning to cover the following topics: (1) What
is Safety Culture; (2) The NRC's Safety Culture Initiative; (3) The
February Workshop; (4) Staff's Review of the Public Comments Received
on the November 2009 Federal Register Notice; (5) Revisions to the
Draft Policy Statement Including the Definition and Traits; (6) Update
on INPO's Validation Study; and (7) Questions Regarding Next Steps.
3. Draft Agenda
The meeting is currently planned to begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude
at 4:15 p.m. The agenda will include introductory remarks briefly
addressing the draft safety culture policy statement, the revised draft
safety culture policy statement which will be published prior to the
meeting including how the definition and traits have been revised, and
the activities the NRC has engaged in to arrive at this point as well
as what the next steps will be. This will be followed by sessions that
address the topics provided in section 2 of this notice, in more depth.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17th day of August, 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Roy P. Zimmerman,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2010-20966 Filed 8-23-10; 8:45 am]
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