Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors, 65541 [2011-27338]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 204 / Friday, October 21, 2011 / Notices Dated: October 18, 2011. P. Diane Rausch, Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [FR Doc. 2011–27311 Filed 10–20–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2009–0263] Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. AGENCY: sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:11 Oct 20, 2011 Jkt 226001 (ML1029805650). Because of the nature of the changes, the draft guide was reissued for comment on January 13, 2011 (76 FR 2425). The NRC staff’s responses to the public comments on DG–1229 are available under ADAMS Accession Number ML112160035. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of October, 2011. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Harriet Karagiannis, Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2011–27338 Filed 10–20–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is issuing a revision to Regulatory Guide 1.159, ‘‘Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors.’’ This guide provides guidance to applicants and licensees of nuclear power, research, and test reactors concerning methods acceptable to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for complying with requirements in the rules regarding the amount of funds for decommissioning. It also provides guidance on the content and form of the financial assurance mechanisms in those rule amendments. ADDRESSES: You can access publicly available documents related to this regulatory guide 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, O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are available online in the NRC Library 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 the 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 regulatory guide is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML112160012. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession Number ML112160013. • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and supporting SUMMARY: materials related to this notice can be found at https://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC–2009– 0263. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward O’Donnell, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–251– 7655; e-mail: Edward.Odonnell@nrc.gov. 65541 The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information such as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. As a guidance document, this regulatory guide and its provisions are not designed to be restrictive or to represent binding requirements. The guide presents methods acceptable to the NRC staff for complying with the decommissioning regulations. The NRC staff recognizes that, in certain circumstances (e.g., to meet requirements established by Federal or state economic regulatory agencies or to comply with other applicable laws), other approaches may be necessary. As a point of clarification, it is the NRC’s position that licensees who have existing license conditions relating to topics covered by the final rule, ‘‘Decommissioning Trust Provisions,’’ dated December 24, 2002 (67 FR 78332), will have the option of maintaining their existing license conditions or submitting to the new requirements. II. Further Information Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.159 was issued with a temporary identification as Draft Regulatory Guide, DG–1229. DG–1229, was published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2009 (74 FR 31317) for a 60 days public comment period. The public comment period closed on September 9, 2009. The Commission approved RG 1.159 subject to changes which are spelled out in a Staff Requirements Memorandum dated October 25, 2010 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos.: 50–295 and 50–304; NRC– 2011–0244] Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Related to Exemption From Certain Requirements for the Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, License DPR–039 and DPR–048, Lake County, IL Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact. AGENCY: John Hickman, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–00001; telephone: 301–415– 3017; e-mail: John.Hickman@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: I. Introduction The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is considering a request dated December 2, 2010, by ZionSolutions, LLC (ZS, the licensee) requesting exemptions from certain security requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 73.55 for the Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS) Units 1 and 2. This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been developed in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 51.21. II. Environmental Assessment Identification of Proposed Action The proposed action would eliminate certain security plan requirements from the 10 CFR Part 50 licensed site because the ZNPS Units 1 and 2 are permanently shut-down and defueled. E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0263]


Assuring the Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear 
Reactors

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is 
issuing a revision to Regulatory Guide 1.159, ``Assuring the 
Availability of Funds for Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors.'' This 
guide provides guidance to applicants and licensees of nuclear power, 
research, and test reactors concerning methods acceptable to the staff 
of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for complying with 
requirements in the rules regarding the amount of funds for 
decommissioning. It also provides guidance on the content and form of 
the financial assurance mechanisms in those rule amendments.

ADDRESSES: You can access publicly available documents related to this 
regulatory guide 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, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC 
are available online in the NRC Library 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 the 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 regulatory guide is available electronically under ADAMS Accession 
Number ML112160012. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under 
Accession Number ML112160013.
     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-2009-0263.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward O'Donnell, Regulatory Guide 
Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-251-7655; e-mail: Edward.Odonnell@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and 
make available to the public information such as methods that are 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
agency's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating 
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff 
needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    As a guidance document, this regulatory guide and its provisions 
are not designed to be restrictive or to represent binding 
requirements. The guide presents methods acceptable to the NRC staff 
for complying with the decommissioning regulations. The NRC staff 
recognizes that, in certain circumstances (e.g., to meet requirements 
established by Federal or state economic regulatory agencies or to 
comply with other applicable laws), other approaches may be necessary. 
As a point of clarification, it is the NRC's position that licensees 
who have existing license conditions relating to topics covered by the 
final rule, ``Decommissioning Trust Provisions,'' dated December 24, 
2002 (67 FR 78332), will have the option of maintaining their existing 
license conditions or submitting to the new requirements.

II. Further Information

    Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.159 was issued with a temporary 
identification as Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1229. DG-1229, was 
published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2009 (74 FR 31317) for a 
60 days public comment period. The public comment period closed on 
September 9, 2009. The Commission approved RG 1.159 subject to changes 
which are spelled out in a Staff Requirements Memorandum dated October 
25, 2010 (ML1029805650). Because of the nature of the changes, the 
draft guide was reissued for comment on January 13, 2011 (76 FR 2425). 
The NRC staff's responses to the public comments on DG-1229 are 
available under ADAMS Accession Number ML112160035.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of October, 2011.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-27338 Filed 10-20-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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