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Revisions to NUREG–0800, Chapters 2
and 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Standard review plan-final
section revision; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing final
revisions to the following sections in
Chapters 2 and 3 of NUREG–0800,
‘‘Standard Review Plan for the Review
of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear
Power Plants: LWR Edition,’’ Section
2.5.1, ‘‘Basic Geologic and Seismic
Information,’’ Section 2.5.2, ‘‘Vibratory
Ground Motion,’’ Section 2.5.3,
‘‘Surface Faulting,’’ Section 2.5.4,
‘‘Stability of Subsurface Materials and
Foundations,’’ Section 2.5.5, ‘‘Stability
of Slopes,’’ and Section 3.7.4, ‘‘Seismic
Instrumentation.’’
SUMMARY:
SRP section
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2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
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Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
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Jonathan.DeGange@nrc.gov.
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I. Background
On September 9, 2013 (78 FR 55118),
the NRC staff published SRP section
3.7.4 for public comment. Additionally,
on September 13, 2013 (78 FR 56749),
the NRC staff published SRP sections
2.5.1–2.5.5 for public comment. The
NRC staff received no comments on the
proposed revisions. This guidance is
being issued as final for use. Details of
specific changes between current SRP
guidance and the final guidance being
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revisions with draft revisions are
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ADDRESSES:
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The NRC posts its issued staff
guidance on the NRC’s external Web
page: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/.
The effective date of this
Standard Review Plan (SRP) update is
September 12, 2014.
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issued here are included at the end of
each of the revised sections themselves,
under the ‘‘Description of Changes’’
subsections.
II. Backfitting and Issue Finality
These SRP section revisions provide
guidance to the staff for reviewing
applications for a construction permit
and an operating license under part 50
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) with respect to site
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characteristics and parameters, and
deigns of structures, components,
equipment, and systems. The SRP also
provides guidance for reviewing an
application for a standard design
approval, a standard design
certification, a combined license, and a
manufacturing license under 10 CFR
part 52 with respect to those same
subject matters.
Issuance of these SRP section
revisions does not constitute backfitting
as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit
Rule) nor is it inconsistent with the
issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part
52. The NRC’s position is based upon
the following considerations.
1. The SRP positions would not
constitute backfitting, inasmuch as the
SRP is internal guidance to NRC staff.
The SRP provides internal guidance
to the NRC staff on how to review an
application for NRC regulatory approval
in the form of licensing. Changes in
internal staff guidance are not matters
for which either nuclear power plant
applicants or licensees are protected
under either the Backfit Rule or the
issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part
52.
2. The NRC staff has no intention to
impose the SRP positions on existing
licensees either now or in the future.
The NRC staff does not intend to
impose or apply the positions described
in the SRP to existing licenses and
regulatory approvals. Hence, the
issuance of this SRP—even if
considered guidance within the purview
of the issue finality provisions in 10
CFR part 52—does not need to be
evaluated as if it were a backfit or as
being inconsistent with issue finality
provisions. If, in the future, the NRC
staff seeks to impose a position in the
SRP on holders of already issued
licenses in a manner that does not
provide issue finality as described in the
applicable issue finality provision, then
the staff must make the showing as set
forth in the Backfit Rule or address the
criteria for avoiding issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
3. Backfitting and issue finality do
not—with limited exceptions not
applicable here—protect current or
future applicants.
Applicants and potential applicants
are not, with certain exceptions,
protected by either the Backfit Rule or
any issue finality provisions under 10
CFR part 52. Neither the Backfit Rule
nor the issue finality provisions under
10 CFR part 52—with certain
exclusions—were intended to apply to
every NRC action that substantially
changes the expectations of current and
future applicants. The exceptions to the
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general principle are applicable
whenever an applicant references a 10
CFR part 52 license (e.g., an early site
permit) or NRC regulatory approval
(e.g., a design certification rule) with
specified issue finality provisions. The
NRC staff does not, at this time, intend
to impose the positions represented in
the SRP in a manner that is inconsistent
with any issue finality provisions. If, in
the future, the staff seeks to impose a
position in the SRP section in a manner
that does not provide issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision, then the staff must address
the criteria for avoiding issue finality as
described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
III. Congressional Review Act
In accordance with the Congressional
Review Act, the NRC has determined
that this action is not a major rule and
has verified this determination with the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs of the Office of Management and
Budget.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day
of July, 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph Colaccino,
Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and
Guidance Branch, Division of Advanced
Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New
Reactors.
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Revisions to NUREG-0800, Chapters 2 and 3
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Standard review plan-final section revision; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing final
revisions to the following sections in Chapters 2 and 3 of NUREG-0800,
``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for
Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition,'' Section 2.5.1, ``Basic Geologic
and Seismic Information,'' Section 2.5.2, ``Vibratory Ground Motion,''
Section 2.5.3, ``Surface Faulting,'' Section 2.5.4, ``Stability of
Subsurface Materials and Foundations,'' Section 2.5.5, ``Stability of
Slopes,'' and Section 3.7.4, ``Seismic Instrumentation.''
DATES: The effective date of this Standard Review Plan (SRP) update is
September 12, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0210 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0210. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain 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 ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced. The final revisions, previously issued draft revisions for
public use and comment, and redline strikeouts comparing final
revisions with draft revisions are available in ADAMS under the
following Accession Nos.:
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The NRC posts its issued staff guidance on the NRC's external Web
page: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0800/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan DeGange, Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-415-6992; email: Jonathan.DeGange@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On September 9, 2013 (78 FR 55118), the NRC staff published SRP
section 3.7.4 for public comment. Additionally, on September 13, 2013
(78 FR 56749), the NRC staff published SRP sections 2.5.1-2.5.5 for
public comment. The NRC staff received no comments on the proposed
revisions. This guidance is being issued as final for use. Details of
specific changes between current SRP guidance and the final guidance
being issued here are included at the end of each of the revised
sections themselves, under the ``Description of Changes'' subsections.
II. Backfitting and Issue Finality
These SRP section revisions provide guidance to the staff for
reviewing applications for a construction permit and an operating
license under part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) with respect to site
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characteristics and parameters, and deigns of structures, components,
equipment, and systems. The SRP also provides guidance for reviewing an
application for a standard design approval, a standard design
certification, a combined license, and a manufacturing license under 10
CFR part 52 with respect to those same subject matters.
Issuance of these SRP section revisions does not constitute
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) nor is it
inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. The
NRC's position is based upon the following considerations.
1. The SRP positions would not constitute backfitting, inasmuch as
the SRP is internal guidance to NRC staff.
The SRP provides internal guidance to the NRC staff on how to
review an application for NRC regulatory approval in the form of
licensing. Changes in internal staff guidance are not matters for which
either nuclear power plant applicants or licensees are protected under
either the Backfit Rule or the issue finality provisions of 10 CFR part
52.
2. The NRC staff has no intention to impose the SRP positions on
existing licensees either now or in the future.
The NRC staff does not intend to impose or apply the positions
described in the SRP to existing licenses and regulatory approvals.
Hence, the issuance of this SRP--even if considered guidance within the
purview of the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52--does not
need to be evaluated as if it were a backfit or as being inconsistent
with issue finality provisions. If, in the future, the NRC staff seeks
to impose a position in the SRP on holders of already issued licenses
in a manner that does not provide issue finality as described in the
applicable issue finality provision, then the staff must make the
showing as set forth in the Backfit Rule or address the criteria for
avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
3. Backfitting and issue finality do not--with limited exceptions
not applicable here--protect current or future applicants.
Applicants and potential applicants are not, with certain
exceptions, protected by either the Backfit Rule or any issue finality
provisions under 10 CFR part 52. Neither the Backfit Rule nor the issue
finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52--with certain exclusions--were
intended to apply to every NRC action that substantially changes the
expectations of current and future applicants. The exceptions to the
general principle are applicable whenever an applicant references a 10
CFR part 52 license (e.g., an early site permit) or NRC regulatory
approval (e.g., a design certification rule) with specified issue
finality provisions. The NRC staff does not, at this time, intend to
impose the positions represented in the SRP in a manner that is
inconsistent with any issue finality provisions. If, in the future, the
staff seeks to impose a position in the SRP section in a manner that
does not provide issue finality as described in the applicable issue
finality provision, then the staff must address the criteria for
avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality
provision.
III. Congressional Review Act
In accordance with the Congressional Review Act, the NRC has
determined that this action is not a major rule and has verified this
determination with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of
the Office of Management and Budget.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of July, 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph Colaccino,
Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Advanced
Reactors and Rulemaking, Office of New Reactors.
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