Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and PRA and Fukushima; Revision to Notice of Meetings, 47680 [2012-19548]

Download as PDF 47680 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 154 / Thursday, August 9, 2012 / Notices tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the NRC’s electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at https:// ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, 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. Petitions for leave to intervene must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. 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[FR Doc. 2012–19540 Filed 8–8–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:38 Aug 08, 2012 Jkt 226001 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and PRA and Fukushima; Revision to Notice of Meetings The (ACRS) Subcommittee on Fukushima originally scheduled for the afternoon of August 14, 2012, has been moved to the morning of August 15, 2012, 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA which was to be held on August 15, 2012, Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland has been cancelled. These notices were previously published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 (77 FR 45698–45699). Further information regarding these meetings can be obtained by contacting the Designated Federal Official (DFO), Derek Widmayer (Telephone 301–415– 7366 or Email: Derek.Widmayer@nrc. gov) between 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dated: August 1, 2012. Cayetano Santos, Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2012–19548 Filed 8–8–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–293; License No. DPR–35; NRC–2012–0186] Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.; Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Receipt of Request for Action Notice is hereby given that by petition dated July 19, 2010, as supplemented by letter dated August 6, 2010, Ms. Mary Lampert (the Petitioner) has requested that pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.206, ‘‘Requests for Action under this Subpart,’’ the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) take action with regard to the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim). The Petitioner requested that the NRC take the following actions: (1) Issue a Demand for Information Order requiring that Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy or the licensee) demonstrate that all inaccessible cables at Pilgrim are capable of performing their required function, be it safety- or nonsafetyrelated, (2) certify that the location, age, and repair history of all cables (accessible and inaccessible) have been identified, (3) ensure that the licensee PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 monitors all cables before continued operation to demonstrate that the cables can perform their design functions, (4) ensure that the licensee incorporates in its monitoring program, at a minimum, recommendations for certain aging management guidelines and NRC generic guidance, (5) commit to verifying, during the license renewal period, Entergy’s implementation through routine baseline inspections, and (6) commit to a timely upgrade of the regulatory guidance for maintaining cable qualification and the verification that the cables can perform their design functions. The NRC’s Petition Review Board initially met on November 4, 2010, and later reconvened on June 4, 2012, considered the petition, including all supplemental information provided as previously described, and made a final recommendation to accept the petition for review, in part. The following specific issues and concerns identified in the July 19, 2010, petition and/or supplemented during the teleconferences meet the criteria for review under 10 CFR 2.206, and are being accepted for review: (1) NRC regulations require that plant owners ensure that electrical wiring is qualified to perform in the environmental conditions experienced during normal operation and during accidents. Pilgrim has no program today as required by NRC regulations to ensure operability of the submerged and/or wetted wires. (2) Most electrical cables at Pilgrim have been exposed to significant moisture over the past 40 years since initial construction. The wires and possibly the connections and splices inside conduits are designed to operate properly only in a dry environment and not designed to operate in a moist or wet environment; thus, there is no assurance that they will not fail if wet or submerged or previously exposed to moisture. (3) Wires degrade with age, and the oldest wires are the most susceptible to degradation. Pilgrim is one of the oldest operating commercial reactors in the country, and the majority of the conduits and wires at Pilgrim were installed during the initial construction. There are no existing methods to ensure operability, short of visual inspection and/or replacement with cables designed to operate in a wet or submerged environment. (4) As identified in several pertinent sections of Pilgrim’s license renewal application and the safety evaluation report, Pilgrim’s aging management program, for the period 2012–2032, is E:\FR\FM\09AUN1.SGM 09AUN1

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the 
ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and PRA and Fukushima; Revision to 
Notice of Meetings

    The (ACRS) Subcommittee on Fukushima originally scheduled for the 
afternoon of August 14, 2012, has been moved to the morning of August 
15, 2012, 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.
    The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and PRA which was to be held 
on August 15, 2012, Room T-2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland has been cancelled.
    These notices were previously published in the Federal Register on 
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 (77 FR 45698-45699).
    Further information regarding these meetings can be obtained by 
contacting the Designated Federal Official (DFO), Derek Widmayer 
(Telephone 301-415-7366 or Email: Derek.Widmayer@nrc.gov) between 8:15 
a.m. and 5 p.m.

    Dated: August 1, 2012.
Cayetano Santos,
Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory Committee on Reactor 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2012-19548 Filed 8-8-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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