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‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series
was developed to describe and make
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as methods that are acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the NRC’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.
The draft regulatory guide, entitled,
‘‘Initial Test Program of Condensate and
Feedwater Systems for Light-Water
Reactors’’ is temporarily identified by
its task number, DG–1265. The DG–1265
is proposed revision 2 of Regulatory
Guide 1.68.1, dated January 1977.
This guide describes the methods that
the staff of the NRC considers
acceptable to implement Appendix A,
‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear
Power Plants,’’ to Title 10, of the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 50,
‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities’’ (10 CFR Part 50),
including, but not limited to, Criterion
4, ‘‘Environmental and Dynamic Effects
Design Basis,’’ Criterion 11, ‘‘Reactor
Inherent Protection,’’ Criterion 14,
‘‘Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary,’’
and Criterion 15, ‘‘Reactor Coolant
System Design’’ regarding the initial test
program (ITP) for condensate and
feedwater (FW) systems, including
condensate storage and supply, for lightwater reactors (LWRs) and for startup
feedwater (SFW), auxiliary feedwater
(AFW) or emergency feedwater (EFW)
systems for pressurized-water reactors
(PWRs). This guide also describes
methods that the NRC staff finds
acceptable for testing condensate, FW,
SFW/AFW/EFW (PWR only) structures,
systems, and components (SSCs) in
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accordance with Subpart B, ‘‘Standard
Design Certifications,’’ and Subpart C,
‘‘Combined Licenses,’’ of 10 CFR Part
52, ‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.’’
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of March, 2012.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch,
Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
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Preoperational Testing of Instrument
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for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is issuing for public comment draft
regulatory guide (DG), DG–1268,
‘‘Preoperational Testing of Instrument
and Control Air Systems.’’ This
regulatory guide is being revised to
address new issues that have been
raised since RG 1.68.3 was first issued.
These include vibration testing of
instrument and control air systems
(ICAS) to meet seismic requirement,
ICAS air-dryer testing to meet dew point
design requirements, ICAS accumulator
check valves and solenoid valves
operating and testing experience, an
update to ISA S7.3 for acceptable
industry standards for oil, water and
particle matter in ICAS.
DATES: Submit comments by May 18,
2012. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the NRC is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
Although a time limit is given,
comments and suggestions in
connection with items for inclusion in
guides currently being developed or
improvements in all published guides
are encouraged at any time.
ADDRESSES: You may access information
and comment submissions related to
this document, which the NRC
possesses and is publicly available, by
searching on https://www.regulations.gov
under Docket ID NRC–2012–0065.
You may submit comments by the
following methods:
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for Docket ID NRC–2012–0065. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05–
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
• Fax comments to: RADB at 301–
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Talbot, Division of Construction
Inspection, and Operational Programs,
Office of New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–
3146; email: Frank.Talbot@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Accessing Information and
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A. Accessing Information
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0065 when contacting the NRC about
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which the NRC possesses and is
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Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft
regulatory guide is available
electronically under ADAMS Accession
Number ML113180379. The regulatory
analysis may be found in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML113180380.
Regulatory guides are not
copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
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0065 in the subject line of your
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not edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making
the comment submissions available to
the public or entering the comment
submissions into ADAMS.
II. Further Information
The NRC is issuing for public
comment a draft guide in the NRC’s
‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series
was developed to describe and make
available to the public such information
as methods that are acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the NRC’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.
The draft regulatory guide, entitled,
‘‘Preoperational Testing of Instrument
and Control Air Systems,’’ is
temporarily identified by its task
number, DG–1268. The DG–1268 is
proposed revision 2 of Regulatory Guide
1.68.3, dated January 1977.
This guide describes methods and
procedures the staff of the NRC
considers acceptable to implement
preoperational testing of the instrument
and control air systems (ICAS) in a
commercial nuclear power plant.
Successful demonstration of the
operability of the ICAS is one of the
items required by Appendix A, ‘‘General
Design Criteria for Nuclear Power
Plants,’’ of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, part 50, ‘‘Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization
Facilities’’ (10 CFR part 50). This guide
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also describes the methods that the NRC
staff finds acceptable for the initial test
program for ICAS systems, structures,
and components (SSCs) in accordance
with the regulations in 10 CFR Part 52,
‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ Subpart B,
‘‘Standard Design Certifications,’’ and
Subpart C, ‘‘Combined Licenses.’’
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of March, 2012.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch,
Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
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email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
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0001.
• Fax comments to: RADB at 301–
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2012-0065]
Preoperational Testing of Instrument and Control Air Systems
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1268,
``Preoperational Testing of Instrument and Control Air Systems.'' This
regulatory guide is being revised to address new issues that have been
raised since RG 1.68.3 was first issued. These include vibration
testing of instrument and control air systems (ICAS) to meet seismic
requirement, ICAS air-dryer testing to meet dew point design
requirements, ICAS accumulator check valves and solenoid valves
operating and testing experience, an update to ISA S7.3 for acceptable
industry standards for oil, water and particle matter in ICAS.
DATES: Submit comments by May 18, 2012. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is
able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in
connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed
or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document, which the NRC possesses and is publicly available, by
searching on https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-0065.
You may submit comments by the following methods:
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Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0065. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Talbot, Division of Construction
Inspection, and Operational Programs, Office of New Reactors, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone:
301-415-3146; email: Frank.Talbot@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0065 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document, which the NRC possesses
and is publicly available, by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0065.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft regulatory guide
is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML113180379.
The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML113180380.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0065 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove identifying
or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Further Information
The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft guide in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and
make available to the public such information as methods that are
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the
NRC'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.
The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ``Preoperational Testing of
Instrument and Control Air Systems,'' is temporarily identified by its
task number, DG-1268. The DG-1268 is proposed revision 2 of Regulatory
Guide 1.68.3, dated January 1977.
This guide describes methods and procedures the staff of the NRC
considers acceptable to implement preoperational testing of the
instrument and control air systems (ICAS) in a commercial nuclear power
plant. Successful demonstration of the operability of the ICAS is one
of the items required by Appendix A, ``General Design Criteria for
Nuclear Power Plants,'' of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization
Facilities'' (10 CFR part 50). This guide also describes the methods
that the NRC staff finds acceptable for the initial test program for
ICAS systems, structures, and components (SSCs) in accordance with the
regulations in 10 CFR Part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' Subpart B, ``Standard Design
Certifications,'' and Subpart C, ``Combined Licenses.''
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of March, 2012.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering,
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2012-6413 Filed 3-15-12; 8:45 am]
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