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Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel
Cycle Facilities
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Draft interim staff guidance;
request for comment.
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is soliciting public
comment on its draft Interim Staff
Guidance (ISG) for Natural Phenomena
Hazards (NPH) in Fuel Cycle Facilities.
Fuel cycle facility licensees are required
to conduct and maintain an Integrated
Safety Analysis (ISA). This analysis
must examine potential accident
sequences caused by process deviations
or other events internal to the facility
and credible external events, including
natural phenomena. During inspections
of selected fuel cycle facilities to
confirm that the facilities were in
compliance with regulatory
requirements to address natural
phenomena hazards, the NRC staff
identified several unresolved items
(URIs). The ISG provides criteria and
methods that the staff can use to review
the treatment of NPH at fuel cycle
facilities as evaluated in the facility ISA.
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–
0035 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
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–2015–0035.
• 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 draft
ISG for Natural Phenomena Hazards in
Fuel Cycle Facilities is available in
ADAMS under Accession No.
ML15026A136.
• 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.
ACTION:
SUMMARY:
Submit comments by April 10,
2015. 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 before this date.
DATES:
You may submit comments
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–2015–0035. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
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:
OWFN–12H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[NRC–2015–0035]
Jonathan Marcano, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–287–9063, email:
Jonathan.Marcano@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2015–
0035 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.
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II. Background
As a result of the lessons learned from
the accident at the Fukushima Daichi
Nuclear Power Plant, the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission staff performed
a systematic evaluation and inspection
of selected fuel cycle facilities to (1)
confirm that licensees are in compliance
with regulatory requirements and
facility-specific license conditions; and
(2) to evaluate their readiness to address
NPH events and other licensing basis
events related to NPH. From December
2011 through May 2012, the staff
conducted these inspections in
accordance with NRC Temporary
Instruction (TI) 2600/015, ‘‘Evaluation
of Licensee Strategies for the Prevention
and/or Mitigation of Emergencies at
Fuel Facilities.’’
As a result of the TI inspection
activities, the staff identified URI’s
related to Part 70 requirements and the
current licensing basis of these facilities.
The URIs document the need to further
evaluate whether licensees are in
compliance with regulatory
requirements regarding accident
sequences resulting from NPH. The staff
is issuing this ISG to provide additional
guidance for addressing accident
sequences that may result from NPH.
This ISG will be incorporated into
future revisions of Appendix D of
Chapter 3 of NUREG 1520, ‘‘Standard
Review Plan for the Review of a License
Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility’’
(ADAMS Accession No. ML020930033).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
of February, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Craig Erlanger,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety,
Safeguards, and Environmental Review,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
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[Docket Nos. 50–387 and 50–388; NRC–
2012–0283]
PPL Susquehanna, LLC; Susquehanna
Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application;
withdrawal by applicant.
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AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has granted the
request of PPL Susquehanna, LLC to
withdraw its application dated
September 18, 2012, as supplemented
SUMMARY:
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by letter dated May 10, 2013, for a
proposed amendment to Renewed
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–14
and NPF–22 for the Susquehanna Steam
Electric Station, Units 1 and 2. The
proposed amendment would have
changed Technical Specification (TS)
Surveillance Requirements 3.8.1.9,
3.8.1.11, 3.8.1.12, and 3.8.1.19 in TS
3.8.1, ‘‘AC Sources—Operating.’’
Specifically, the proposed amendments
would increase the diesel generator (DG)
acceptable minimum steady state
voltage when operating in emergency/
isochronous mode.
DATES: Notice of withdrawal of license
amendment application given on
February 24, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2012–0283 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–2012–0283. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
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 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 in this document
(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced.
• 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey A. Whited, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
4090, email: jeffrey.whited@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC
has granted the request of PPL
Susquehanna, LLC (the licensee) to
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withdraw its application dated
September 18, 2012 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML12262A322), as supplemented
by letter dated May 10, 2013 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML13130A130), for a
proposed amendment to the
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station,
Units 1 and 2, located in Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania.
The proposed amendment would
have changed TS Surveillance
Requirements 3.8.1.9, 3.8.1.11, 3.8.1.12,
and 3.8.1.19 in TS 3.8.1, ‘‘AC Sources—
Operating.’’ Specifically, the proposed
amendments would increase the DG
acceptable minimum steady state
voltage when operating in emergency/
isochronous mode.
The NRC published a Biweekly Notice
in the Federal Register on November 27,
2012 (77 FR 70842), that gave notice
that this proposed amendment was
under consideration by the NRC.
However, by letter dated December 22,
2014 (ADAMS Accession No
ML15022A013), the licensee requested
to withdraw the proposed amendment.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day
of February 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeffrey A. Whited,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch I–
2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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[Docket No. 50–334; NRC–2014–0180]
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating
Company; Beaver Valley Power
Station, Unit 1
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application;
withdrawal by applicant.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has granted the
request of FirstEnergy Nuclear
Operating Company to withdraw its
application dated July 30, 2013, for a
proposed amendment to Renewed
Facility Operating License No. DPR–66,
for the Beaver Valley Power Station,
Unit 1. The proposed amendment
would authorize the implementation of
§ 50.61a of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
‘‘Alternate Fracture Toughness
Requirements for Protection Against
Pressurized Thermal Shock Events,’’ in
lieu of the requirements located in 10
CFR 50.61, ‘‘Fracture Toughness
SUMMARY:
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0035]
Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting
public comment on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) for Natural
Phenomena Hazards (NPH) in Fuel Cycle Facilities. Fuel cycle facility
licensees are required to conduct and maintain an Integrated Safety
Analysis (ISA). This analysis must examine potential accident sequences
caused by process deviations or other events internal to the facility
and credible external events, including natural phenomena. During
inspections of selected fuel cycle facilities to confirm that the
facilities were in compliance with regulatory requirements to address
natural phenomena hazards, the NRC staff identified several unresolved
items (URIs). The ISG provides criteria and methods that the staff can
use to review the treatment of NPH at fuel cycle facilities as
evaluated in the facility ISA.
DATES: Submit comments by April 10, 2015. 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 before this
date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 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-2015-0035. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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: OWFN-12H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Marcano, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9063, email:
Jonathan.Marcano@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0035 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available 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-2015-0035.
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
draft ISG for Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15026A136.
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-2015-0035 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.
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II. Background
As a result of the lessons learned from the accident at the
Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Power Plant, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission staff performed a systematic evaluation and inspection of
selected fuel cycle facilities to (1) confirm that licensees are in
compliance with regulatory requirements and facility-specific license
conditions; and (2) to evaluate their readiness to address NPH events
and other licensing basis events related to NPH. From December 2011
through May 2012, the staff conducted these inspections in accordance
with NRC Temporary Instruction (TI) 2600/015, ``Evaluation of Licensee
Strategies for the Prevention and/or Mitigation of Emergencies at Fuel
Facilities.''
As a result of the TI inspection activities, the staff identified
URI's related to Part 70 requirements and the current licensing basis
of these facilities. The URIs document the need to further evaluate
whether licensees are in compliance with regulatory requirements
regarding accident sequences resulting from NPH. The staff is issuing
this ISG to provide additional guidance for addressing accident
sequences that may result from NPH. This ISG will be incorporated into
future revisions of Appendix D of Chapter 3 of NUREG 1520, ``Standard
Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle
Facility'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML020930033).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of February, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Craig Erlanger,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and
Environmental Review, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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