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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Kim, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001; telephone: 301–415–4125, email: James.Kim@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014– 0260 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:16 Jan 28, 2015 Jkt 235001 action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0260. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. 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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 into ADAMS. II. Discussion On December 9, 2014 (79 FR 73106), the NRC solicited comments on, among other proposed actions, a proposed amendment for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Renewed Facility Operating License. The public comment period closed on January 8, 2015. The NRC has decided to reopen the public comment period only for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station’s proposed amendment to allow more time for members of the public to submit their comments. Comments on PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 this proposed action may be filed no later than February 9, 2015. This notice does not change the comment period for any of the other proposed actions included in the December 9, 2014, Federal Register notice. Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of January 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Douglas A. Broaddus, Chief, Plant Licensing IV–2 and Decommissioning Transition Branch, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2015–01707 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2014–0206] Verification and Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft NUREG, NUREG–1824 (EPRI 3002002182), ‘‘Verification and Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Supplement 1.’’ DATES: Please submit comments by March 31, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. SUMMARY: You may submit comment by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject): • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0206. 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. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN, 06–A44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 19 / Thursday, January 29, 2015 / Notices Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stroup, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–251– 7609, email: David.Stroup@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014– 0206 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0206. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable 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 it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. Draft NUREG–1824 (EPRI 3002002182), ‘‘Verification and Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Supplement 1’’ is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14338A237. • 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–2014– 0206 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:16 Jan 28, 2015 Jkt 235001 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. Further Information In 2007, the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) under a joint Memorandum of Understanding, together with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, conducted a research project to verify and validate five fire models that have been used for nuclear power plant applications. The results of that effort were documented in a seven-volume report, NUREG–1824 (EPRI 1011999), Verification & Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications. Technical review of fire models is necessary to ensure that analysts can judge the adequacy of the scientific and technical basis for the models, select models appropriate for a desired use, and understand the levels of confidence that can be placed in the results predicted by the models. The work was performed using state of the art fire dynamics calculation methods/models and the most applicable fire test data. The NUREG–1824 (EPRI 3002002182), Verification & Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Supplement 1, expands on the previous verification and validation effort and evaluates the latest versions of the five fire models including additional test data for validation of the models. As with the previous effort, the results are reported in the form of ranges of accuracies for the fire model predictions and, the project was performed in accordance with the guidelines that the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) set forth in ASTM E 1355–12, Standard Guide for Evaluating the Predictive Capability of Deterministic Fire Models (2012). Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of January, 2015. PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4951 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mark H. Salley, Chief, Fire Research Branch Division of Risk Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2015–01708 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–74128; File No. SR–NYSE– 2015–03] Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Establishing the NYSE Integrated Feed Data Feed January 23, 2015. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-01708]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2014-0206]


Verification and Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear 
Power Plant Applications

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment a draft NUREG, NUREG-1824 (EPRI 3002002182), 
``Verification and Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power 
Plant Applications, Supplement 1.''

DATES: Please submit comments by March 31, 2015. Comments received 
after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on 
or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comment by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0206. 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.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: 3WFN, 06-A44M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on accessing information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and

[[Page 4951]]

Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stroup, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-251-7609, email: David.Stroup@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0206 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0206.
     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 it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. 
Draft NUREG-1824 (EPRI 3002002182), ``Verification and Validation of 
Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Supplement 
1'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14338A237.
     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-2014-0206 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. Further Information

    In 2007, the NRC's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research and the 
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) under a joint Memorandum of 
Understanding, together with the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, conducted a research project to verify and validate five 
fire models that have been used for nuclear power plant applications. 
The results of that effort were documented in a seven-volume report, 
NUREG-1824 (EPRI 1011999), Verification & Validation of Selected Fire 
Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications. Technical review of fire 
models is necessary to ensure that analysts can judge the adequacy of 
the scientific and technical basis for the models, select models 
appropriate for a desired use, and understand the levels of confidence 
that can be placed in the results predicted by the models. The work was 
performed using state of the art fire dynamics calculation methods/
models and the most applicable fire test data. The NUREG-1824 (EPRI 
3002002182), Verification & Validation of Selected Fire Models for 
Nuclear Power Plant Applications, Supplement 1, expands on the previous 
verification and validation effort and evaluates the latest versions of 
the five fire models including additional test data for validation of 
the models. As with the previous effort, the results are reported in 
the form of ranges of accuracies for the fire model predictions and, 
the project was performed in accordance with the guidelines that the 
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) set forth in ASTM E 
1355-12, Standard Guide for Evaluating the Predictive Capability of 
Deterministic Fire Models (2012).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of January, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark H. Salley,
Chief, Fire Research Branch Division of Risk Analysis, Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2015-01708 Filed 1-28-15; 8:45 am]
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