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inventories every six months. Licensees
possessing SNM of moderate strategic
significance must report every nine
months. Licensees possessing SNM of
low strategic significance must report
annually, except two licensees must
report their dynamic inventories every
two months and a static inventory on an
annual basis.
4. Who is required or asked to report:
Fuel facility licensees possessing special
nuclear material, i.e., enriched uranium,
plutonium or U–233.
5. The number of annual respondents:
7.
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 140 hours (4 hours per response
× 35 responses).
7. Abstract: NRC Form 327 is
submitted by fuel facility licensees to
account for special nuclear material.
The data is used by NRC to assess
licensee material control and accounting
programs and to confirm the absence of
(or detect the occurrence of) SNM theft
or diversion. NUREG/BR–0096 provides
specific guidance and instructions for
completing the form in accordance with
the requirements appropriate for a
particular licensee.
Submit, by October 1, 2013,
comments that address the following
questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection be minimized,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly available
documents, including the draft
supporting statement, at the NRC’s
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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
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reference Docket No. NRC–2013–0157.
You may submit your comments by any
of the following methods: Electronic
comments: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
Docket No. NRC–2013–0157. Mail
comments to the NRC Clearance Officer,
Tremaine Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
Questions about the information
collection requirements may be directed
to the NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine
Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301–
415–6258, or by email to
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day
of July, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
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for Docket ID NRC–2013–0173. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422 or
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN 06A,
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Washington, DC 20555–0001.
For additional direction on accessing
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Accessing Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONsection of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Michelle C. Honcharik, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC, 20555–0001;
telephone: 301–415–1774 or email:
Michelle.Honcharik@nrc.gov. For
technical questions please contact Mr.
Matthew Hamm, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC, 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
1472 or email: Matthew.Hamm@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[NRC–2013–0173]
Accessing Information and Submitting
Comments
Proposed Safety Evaluation for PlantSpecific
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2013–
0173 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may access
information related to this document by
the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2013–0173.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/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.
Technical Specification Task Force
Traveler—TSTF–523, Revision 2,
includes a model application and is
available under ADAMS Accession
Number ML13053A075. The proposed
model SE for plant-specific adoption of
TSTF–523, Revision 2, is also available
under ADAMS Accession Number
ML13113A181.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
Technical Specifications Task Force
Traveler, ‘‘Generic Letter 2008–01,
Managing Gas Accumulation’’
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of opportunity for public
comment.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is requesting public
comment on the proposed model safety
evaluation (SE) for plant-specific
adoption of Technical Specifications
(TS) Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF–
523, Revision 2, ‘‘Generic Letter 2008–
01, Managing Gas Accumulation.’’
DATES: Comments msut be filed no later
than September 3, 2013. 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 on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information
and comment submissions related to
this document that the NRC possesses
and are publicly available by searching
on https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket ID NRC–2013–0173. You may
submit comments by any of the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
SUMMARY:
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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2013–
0173 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 that
that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely 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 that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
Background
Technical Specification Task Force
Traveler—TSTF–523, Revision 2, is
applicable to all power plants. The
proposed change revises the Standard
Technical Specifications (STS),
NUREG–1430, ‘‘Standard Technical
Specifications Babcock and Wilcox
Plants,’’ NUREG–1431, ‘‘Standard
Technical Specifications Westinghouse
Plants,’’ NUREG–1432, ‘‘Standard
Technical Specifications Combustion
Engineering Plants,’’ NUREG–1433,
‘‘Standard Technical Specifications
General Electric Plants BWR/4,’’ and
NUREG–1434, ‘‘Standard Technical
Specifications General Electric Plants,
BWR/6.’’ This STS improvement is part
of the consolidated line item
improvement process (CLIIP).
Specifically, the proposed change
modifies the existing Surveillance
Requirements (SRs) related to gas
accumulation for the emergency core
cooling system and adds new SRs on
entrained gas to the specifications
governing the decay heat removal (also
called the residual heat removal and
shutdown cooling systems) and the
containment spray systems. Similar
changes are made to the existing SR on
the reactor core isolation cooling system
to maintain consistency within the STS.
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Existing SRs are revised to facilitate the
performance of the proposed gas
accumulation SR. The TS Bases are
revised to reflect the change to the SRs.
The proposed change captures the ongoing activities related to system
Operability needed to address the
concerns in the Generic Letter (GL)
2008–01, ‘‘Managing Gas Accumulation
in Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat
Removal, and Containment Spray
Systems,’’ dated January 11, 2008
(ADAMS Accession No. ML072910759).
Additional Details
This notice provides an opportunity
for the public to comment on proposed
changes to the STS after a preliminary
assessment and finding by the NRC staff
that the agency will likely offer the
changes for adoption by licensees. This
notice solicits comment on proposed
changes to the STS, which if
implemented by a licensee will modify
the plant-specific TS. The NRC staff will
evaluate any comments received for the
proposed changes and reconsider the
changes or announce the availability of
the changes for adoption by licensees as
part of the CLIIP. Licensees opting to
apply for this TS change are responsible
for reviewing the NRC staff’s SE and the
applicable technical justifications,
providing any necessary plant-specific
information, and assessing the
completeness and accuracy of their
license amendment request (LAR). The
NRC will process each amendment
application responding to the notice of
availability according to applicable NRC
rules and procedures.
The proposed change does not
prevent licensees from requesting an
alternate approach or proposing changes
other than those proposed in TSTF–523,
Revision 2. However, significant
deviations from the approach
recommended in this notice or the
inclusion of additional changes to the
license require additional NRC staff
review. This may increase the time and
resources needed for the review or
result in NRC staff rejection of the LAR.
Licensees desiring significant deviations
or additional changes should instead
submit an LAR that does not claim to
adopt TSTF–523, Revision 2.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day
of July 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Anthony J. Mendiola,
Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division
of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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[NRC–2012–0195]
Software Unit Testing for Digital
Computer Software Used in Safety
Systems of Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Revision to Regulatory Guide;
Issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a revised
regulatory guide (RG), revision 1 of RG
1.171, ‘‘Software Unit Testing for Digital
Computer Software Used in Safety
Systems of Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This
RG endorses American National
Standards Institute/Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(ANSI/IEEE) Standard (Std.) 1008–1987,
‘‘IEEE Standard for Software Unit
Testing’’ with the clarifications and
exceptions stated in Section C, ‘‘Staff
Regulatory Position’’ in the RG. ANSI/
IEEE Std. 1008–1987, which was
reaffirmed in 2002, describes a method
acceptable to the NRC staff for
complying with NRC regulations for
promoting high functional reliability
and design quality in the software used
in safety systems of nuclear power
plants.
SUMMARY:
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2012–0195 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,
using the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0195. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• 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/readingrm/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
ADAMS accession number for each
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that document is available in ADAMS)
is provided the first time that a
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RG 1.171 is available in ADAMS under
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[NRC-2013-0173]
Proposed Safety Evaluation for Plant-Specific
Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler, ``Generic Letter
2008-01, Managing Gas Accumulation''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of opportunity for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting
public comment on the proposed model safety evaluation (SE) for plant-
specific adoption of Technical Specifications (TS) Task Force (TSTF)
Traveler TSTF-523, Revision 2, ``Generic Letter 2008-01, Managing Gas
Accumulation.''
DATES: Comments msut be filed no later than September 3, 2013. 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 on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related
to this document that the NRC possesses and are publicly available by
searching on https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2013-0173.
You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0173. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-3422
or email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: 3WFN 06A, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONsection of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Michelle C. Honcharik, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1774 or email:
Michelle.Honcharik@nrc.gov. For technical questions please contact Mr.
Matthew Hamm, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
1472 or email: Matthew.Hamm@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0173 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access information related to this document by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0173.
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. Technical Specification Task
Force Traveler--TSTF-523, Revision 2, includes a model application and
is available under ADAMS Accession Number ML13053A075. The proposed
model SE for plant-specific adoption of TSTF-523, Revision 2, is also
available under ADAMS Accession Number ML13113A181.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One
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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2013-0173 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 that that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely 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 that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
Background
Technical Specification Task Force Traveler--TSTF-523, Revision 2,
is applicable to all power plants. The proposed change revises the
Standard Technical Specifications (STS), NUREG-1430, ``Standard
Technical Specifications Babcock and Wilcox Plants,'' NUREG-1431,
``Standard Technical Specifications Westinghouse Plants,'' NUREG-1432,
``Standard Technical Specifications Combustion Engineering Plants,''
NUREG-1433, ``Standard Technical Specifications General Electric Plants
BWR/4,'' and NUREG-1434, ``Standard Technical Specifications General
Electric Plants, BWR/6.'' This STS improvement is part of the
consolidated line item improvement process (CLIIP).
Specifically, the proposed change modifies the existing
Surveillance Requirements (SRs) related to gas accumulation for the
emergency core cooling system and adds new SRs on entrained gas to the
specifications governing the decay heat removal (also called the
residual heat removal and shutdown cooling systems) and the containment
spray systems. Similar changes are made to the existing SR on the
reactor core isolation cooling system to maintain consistency within
the STS. Existing SRs are revised to facilitate the performance of the
proposed gas accumulation SR. The TS Bases are revised to reflect the
change to the SRs. The proposed change captures the on-going activities
related to system Operability needed to address the concerns in the
Generic Letter (GL) 2008-01, ``Managing Gas Accumulation in Emergency
Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray Systems,''
dated January 11, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML072910759).
Additional Details
This notice provides an opportunity for the public to comment on
proposed changes to the STS after a preliminary assessment and finding
by the NRC staff that the agency will likely offer the changes for
adoption by licensees. This notice solicits comment on proposed changes
to the STS, which if implemented by a licensee will modify the plant-
specific TS. The NRC staff will evaluate any comments received for the
proposed changes and reconsider the changes or announce the
availability of the changes for adoption by licensees as part of the
CLIIP. Licensees opting to apply for this TS change are responsible for
reviewing the NRC staff's SE and the applicable technical
justifications, providing any necessary plant-specific information, and
assessing the completeness and accuracy of their license amendment
request (LAR). The NRC will process each amendment application
responding to the notice of availability according to applicable NRC
rules and procedures.
The proposed change does not prevent licensees from requesting an
alternate approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in
TSTF-523, Revision 2. However, significant deviations from the approach
recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional changes to
the license require additional NRC staff review. This may increase the
time and resources needed for the review or result in NRC staff
rejection of the LAR. Licensees desiring significant deviations or
additional changes should instead submit an LAR that does not claim to
adopt TSTF-523, Revision 2.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of July 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Anthony J. Mendiola,
Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2013-18677 Filed 8-1-13; 8:45 am]
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