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Design and Inspection Criteria for
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ACTION: Draft Regulatory Guide, request
for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is re-issuing for a
second round of public comment, draft
regulatory guide (DG)–1245, ‘‘Design
and Inspection Criteria for WaterControl Structures Associated With
Nuclear Power Plants.’’ This DG is
proposed revision 2 of regulatory guide
(RG) 1.127, ‘‘Inspection of WaterControl Structures Associated With
Nuclear Power Plants’’ dated March
1978. This DG describes methods the
NRC staff considers acceptable for
designing and developing appropriate
inservice inspection and surveillance
programs for dams, slopes, canals, and
other water-control structures associated
with nuclear power plants.
DATES: Submit comments by March 24,
2015. 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
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Although a time limit is given,
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• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
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for Docket ID NRC–2011–0011. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
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technical questions, contact the
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INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
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email: Mark.Orr@nrc.gov. Both are staff
of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
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Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2011–
0011 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may obtain
publically-available information related
to this document, by any of the
following methods:
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https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2011–0011. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
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The NRC is issuing for public
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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 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 DG, entitled, ‘‘Design and
Inspection Criteria for Water Control
Structures Associated With Nuclear
Power Plants’’ is temporarily identified
by its task number, DG–1245. This DG–
1245 is proposed revision 2 of RG 1.127,
dated March 1978. This guide is a reissue of DG–1245, ‘‘Inspection of Water
Control Structures Associated With
Nuclear Power Plants’’ which was
originally issued for public comment in
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January 2011. The NRC staff has rewritten DG–1245 to more clearly
identify the dams and other water
control structures subject to this
guidance document and is issuing it for
a second round of public review and
comment.
Since the release of Revision 1 of RG
1.127 in March 1978, the Federal
guidelines for safety and inspection of
dams and other water control structures
have undergone significant revision.
This DG is being updated to provide
licensees and applicants with the most
current guidance and to help ensure that
applicants and licensees are able to
demonstrate compliance with the
applicable regulations.
This DG describes a method the staff
of the NRC considers acceptable for
designing and developing appropriate
inservice inspection (ISI) and
surveillance programs for dams, slopes,
canals, and other water-control
structures associated with emergency
cooling water systems or flood
protection of nuclear power plants.
This DG applies only to water control
structures (e.g., dams, slopes, canals,
reservoirs, and associated conveyance
facilities) which are part of the nuclear
power plant and whose failure could
either cause site flooding, the failure of
the plant’s emergency cooling systems,
or otherwise endanger the plant.
III. Backfitting and Issue Finality
This DG, if finalized, does not
constitute backfitting as defined in
§ 50.109 of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (the
Backfit Rule), and is not otherwise
inconsistent with the issue finality
provisions in 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses,
Certifications and Approvals for Nuclear
Power Plants.’’ This DG provides
guidance on one possible means for
meeting NRC’s regulatory requirements
for developing appropriate ISI and
surveillance programs for dams, slopes,
canals, and other water-control
structures associated with emergency
cooling and flood protection water
systems as required by General Design
Criterion (GDC) 45, ‘‘Inspection of
Cooling Water System,’’ of Appendix A,
‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear
Power Plants,’’ to 10 CFR part 50,
‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities’’ (10 CFR part 50).
Existing licensees and applicants of
final design certification rules will not
be required to comply with the new
positions set forth in this DG, unless the
licensee or design certification rule
applicant seeks a voluntary change to its
licensing basis with respect to ISI or
surveillance programs for water control
structures, and where the NRC
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determines that the safety review must
include consideration of the ISI or
surveillance program. Further
information on the staff’s use of the DG,
if finalized, is contained in the DG
under Section D. Implementation.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day
of January, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Branch Chief, Regulatory Guidance
and Generic Issues Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research.
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and has determined that an EA is the
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Design and Inspection Criteria for Water-Control Structures
Associated With Nuclear Power Plants
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft Regulatory Guide, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is re-issuing for
a second round of public comment, draft regulatory guide (DG)-1245,
``Design and Inspection Criteria for Water-Control Structures
Associated With Nuclear Power Plants.'' This DG is proposed revision 2
of regulatory guide (RG) 1.127, ``Inspection of Water-Control
Structures Associated With Nuclear Power Plants'' dated March 1978.
This DG describes methods the NRC staff considers acceptable for
designing and developing appropriate inservice inspection and
surveillance programs for dams, slopes, canals, and other water-control
structures associated with nuclear power plants.
DATES: Submit comments by March 24, 2015. 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 submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specified subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0011. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: 3WFN 06A-A44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Pettis, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-3214, email:
Robert.Pettis@nrc.gov or Mark Orr, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone: 301-251-7495, email: Mark.Orr@nrc.gov. Both are
staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0011 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
obtain publically-available information related to this document, by
any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0011. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual(s) 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
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 (if available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. The DG
is electronically available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13255A435.
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-2011-0011 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 you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as entering 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.
II. Additional Information
The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG 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
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 DG, entitled, ``Design and Inspection Criteria for Water
Control Structures Associated With Nuclear Power Plants'' is
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1245. This DG-1245 is
proposed revision 2 of RG 1.127, dated March 1978. This guide is a re-
issue of DG-1245, ``Inspection of Water Control Structures Associated
With Nuclear Power Plants'' which was originally issued for public
comment in
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January 2011. The NRC staff has re-written DG-1245 to more clearly
identify the dams and other water control structures subject to this
guidance document and is issuing it for a second round of public review
and comment.
Since the release of Revision 1 of RG 1.127 in March 1978, the
Federal guidelines for safety and inspection of dams and other water
control structures have undergone significant revision. This DG is
being updated to provide licensees and applicants with the most current
guidance and to help ensure that applicants and licensees are able to
demonstrate compliance with the applicable regulations.
This DG describes a method the staff of the NRC considers
acceptable for designing and developing appropriate inservice
inspection (ISI) and surveillance programs for dams, slopes, canals,
and other water-control structures associated with emergency cooling
water systems or flood protection of nuclear power plants.
This DG applies only to water control structures (e.g., dams,
slopes, canals, reservoirs, and associated conveyance facilities) which
are part of the nuclear power plant and whose failure could either
cause site flooding, the failure of the plant's emergency cooling
systems, or otherwise endanger the plant.
III. Backfitting and Issue Finality
This DG, if finalized, does not constitute backfitting as defined
in Sec. 50.109 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
(the Backfit Rule), and is not otherwise inconsistent with the issue
finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants.'' This DG provides guidance on one
possible means for meeting NRC's regulatory requirements for developing
appropriate ISI and surveillance programs for dams, slopes, canals, and
other water-control structures associated with emergency cooling and
flood protection water systems as required by General Design Criterion
(GDC) 45, ``Inspection of Cooling Water System,'' of Appendix A,
``General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,'' to 10 CFR part
50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities'' (10
CFR part 50).
Existing licensees and applicants of final design certification
rules will not be required to comply with the new positions set forth
in this DG, unless the licensee or design certification rule applicant
seeks a voluntary change to its licensing basis with respect to ISI or
surveillance programs for water control structures, and where the NRC
determines that the safety review must include consideration of the ISI
or surveillance program. Further information on the staff's use of the
DG, if finalized, is contained in the DG under Section D.
Implementation.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of January, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Branch Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch,
Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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