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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day
of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James G. Danna,
Chief, Projects Branch 2, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
I. Background
Special Nuclear Material Doorway
Monitors
In accordance with § 51.118 of Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
the NRC is making available final
Supplement 46 to the GEIS regarding
the renewal of NextEra operating license
NPF–86 for an additional 20 years of
operation for Seabrook. Draft
Supplement 46 to the GEIS was noticed
by the NRC in the Federal Register on
August 5, 2011 (76 FR 47612), and
noticed by the Environmental Protection
Agency on August 12, 2011 (76 FR
50214). The public comment period on
draft Supplement 46 to the GEIS ended
on October 26, 2011. In April 2013, a
supplement to draft Supplement 46 was
published. The supplement to draft
Supplement 46 was noticed by the
Environmental Protection Agency on
May 3, 2013 (78 FR 26027). The end of
the comment period for the supplement
to draft Supplement 46 was on June 30,
2013. The comments received on the
draft Supplement 46 published in 2011
and supplement to the draft Supplement
in 2013 are addressed in final
Supplement 46 to the GEIS. Final
Supplement 46 to the GEIS is available
as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of
this document.
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II. Discussion
As discussed in Section 9.4 of the
final Supplement 46 to the GEIS, the
NRC determined that the adverse
environmental impacts of license
renewal for Seabrook are not so great
that preserving the option of license
renewal for energy-planning
decisionmakers would be unreasonable.
This recommendation is based on: (1)
the analysis and findings in the GEIS;
(2) information provided in the
environmental report and other
documents submitted by NextEra; (3)
consultation with Federal, State, local,
and Tribal agencies; (4) the NRC staff’s
independent environmental review; and
(5) consideration of public comments
received during the scoping process and
on the draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement.
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AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a revised
regulatory guide, (RG) 5.27, Revision 1,
‘‘Special Nuclear Material Doorway
Monitors.’’ This guidance addresses
NRC requirements that individuals must
be searched as they leave a material
access area (MAA) for facilities that
contain special nuclear material (SNM)
of a type and quantity that require an
MAA.
SUMMARY:
Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2014–0062 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may access information related to
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Regulatory Research, telephone:
telephone: 301–251–7404, email:
Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is issuing a new guide 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 agency’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.
Regulatory Guide 5.27, Revision 1 was
issued for comment as Draft Regulatory
Guide (DG) 5038. The NRC developed
this regulatory guide to describe a
method that the NRC staff considers
acceptable to implement the search
requirement for concealed SNM applied
to personnel exiting a material access
area MAA. For holders of a reactor
license under part 50 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
(Ref. 1), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities,’’ a
combined license under 10 CFR part 52,
‘‘Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals
for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ or a fuel
cycle facility license under 10 CFR part
76, ‘‘Certification of Gaseous Diffusion
Plants,’’ having the need to possess or
use SNM within their facility, the NRC
typically has included in their license a
condition granting a general license to
use SNM under 10 CFR part 70,
‘‘Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear
Material.’’ The RG applies to facilities
that contain SNM of a type and quantity
to require an MAA. An MAA is any
location which contains special nuclear
material, within a vault or a building,
the roof, walls, and floor of which each
constitute a physical barrier.
This RG is being revised because it
was out-of-date with current, related
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guidance and references in the CFR.
Related specifications and standards for
SNM monitors and metal detectors have
been updated or developed since the
previous revision was issued in 1974.
This revision has been developed to
provide detection practices and criteria
that licensees may use to meet NRC
regulations in 10 CFR part 73 and to
augment programmatic information
within the general reference, NUREG–
1964, ‘‘Access Control Systems:
Technical Information for NRC
Licensees,’’ issued in April of 2011.
NUREG–1964 may be found in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML1115A078.
II. Additional Information
DG–5038 was published in the
Federal Register on March 26, 2014, (79
FR 16832) for a 30 day public comment
period. The public comment period
closed on April 25, 2014. Public
comments on DG–5038 and the staff
responses to the public comments are
available at ADAMS Accession Number
ML14288A653.
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III. Congressional Review Act
This regulatory guide is a rule as
defined in the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the
Office of Management and Budget has
not found it to be a major rule as
defined in the Congressional Review
Act.
IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality
This RG applies to applicants for, and
current and future holders of special
nuclear material licenses under 10 CFR
part 70, and operating licenses under
part 50, combined licenses under part
52, and certificates of compliance or
approvals of a compliance plan for
gaseous diffusion plants under part 76
if they are also applicants for, or holders
of, special nuclear material licenses
under part 70. Issuance of this RG does
not constitute backfitting under 10 CFR
parts 50, 70, or 76, and is not otherwise
inconsistent with the issue finality
provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As
discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’
section of the RG, the NRC has no
current intention to impose this RG on
holders of part 50 operating licenses,
part 52 combined licenses, part 70
licensees, or part 76 certificates of
compliance. Moreover, the guidance in
the RG addresses security issues, which
are matters separate from the technical
requirements to operate a facility
covered by backfitting and issue finality
provisions.
The NRC has determined that the
backfit provisions in § 50.109 do not
apply to non-power reactor licensees
because the rulemaking record for
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§ 50.109 indicates that the Commission
likely intended to apply this provision
to only power reactors, and NRC
practice has been consistent with this
rulemaking record. The part 52 issue
finality provisions do not apply to nonpower reactors because part 52 does not
apply to non-power reactors.
This RG could be applied to
applications for part 50 operating
licenses, part 52 combined licenses, part
70 licenses, and part 76 certificates of
compliance docketed by the NRC as of
the date of issuance of the RG, as well
as future such applications submitted
after the issuance of the RG. Such action
would not constitute backfitting as
defined in 10 CFR 50.109, 70.76, or
76.76, or be otherwise inconsistent with
the applicable issue finality provision in
10 CFR part 52, inasmuch as such
applicants or potential applicants are
not within the scope of entities
protected by 10 CFR 50.109, 70.76, and
76.76, or the relevant issue finality
provisions in part 52. Backfitting
restrictions were not intended to apply
to every NRC action that substantially
changes settled expectations, and
applicants have no reasonable
expectation that future requirements
may change, see 54 FR 15372 (April 18,
1989), at 15385–86. Although the issue
finality provisions in part 52 are
intended to provide regulatory stability
and issue finality, the matters addressed
in this RG (concerning certain security
requirements in part 73) are not within
the scope of issues that may be resolved
for design certification, design approval
or a manufacturing license, and
therefore are not subject to issue finality
protections in part 52.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic
Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office
of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2014-0062]
Special Nuclear Material Doorway Monitors
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
revised regulatory guide, (RG) 5.27, Revision 1, ``Special Nuclear
Material Doorway Monitors.'' This guidance addresses NRC requirements
that individuals must be searched as they leave a material access area
(MAA) for facilities that contain special nuclear material (SNM) of a
type and quantity that require an MAA.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0062 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-2014-0062. 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
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 notice (if
that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a
document is referenced. Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 5.27 is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14290A268. The regulatory
analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML12237A124.
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.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al Tardiff, Office of Nuclear Security
and Incident Response, telephone: 301-415-7015, email:
Al.Tardiff@nrc.gov or, Richard Jervey, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone: telephone: 301-251-7404, email:
Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC is issuing a new guide 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 agency'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.
Regulatory Guide 5.27, Revision 1 was issued for comment as Draft
Regulatory Guide (DG) 5038. The NRC developed this regulatory guide to
describe a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable to implement
the search requirement for concealed SNM applied to personnel exiting a
material access area MAA. For holders of a reactor license under part
50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (Ref. 1),
``Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,'' a
combined license under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' or a fuel cycle facility license
under 10 CFR part 76, ``Certification of Gaseous Diffusion Plants,''
having the need to possess or use SNM within their facility, the NRC
typically has included in their license a condition granting a general
license to use SNM under 10 CFR part 70, ``Domestic Licensing of
Special Nuclear Material.'' The RG applies to facilities that contain
SNM of a type and quantity to require an MAA. An MAA is any location
which contains special nuclear material, within a vault or a building,
the roof, walls, and floor of which each constitute a physical barrier.
This RG is being revised because it was out-of-date with current,
related
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guidance and references in the CFR. Related specifications and
standards for SNM monitors and metal detectors have been updated or
developed since the previous revision was issued in 1974. This revision
has been developed to provide detection practices and criteria that
licensees may use to meet NRC regulations in 10 CFR part 73 and to
augment programmatic information within the general reference, NUREG-
1964, ``Access Control Systems: Technical Information for NRC
Licensees,'' issued in April of 2011. NUREG-1964 may be found in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML1115A078.
II. Additional Information
DG-5038 was published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2014,
(79 FR 16832) for a 30 day public comment period. The public comment
period closed on April 25, 2014. Public comments on DG-5038 and the
staff responses to the public comments are available at ADAMS Accession
Number ML14288A653.
III. Congressional Review Act
This regulatory guide is a rule as defined in the Congressional
Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and
Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the
Congressional Review Act.
IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality
This RG applies to applicants for, and current and future holders
of special nuclear material licenses under 10 CFR part 70, and
operating licenses under part 50, combined licenses under part 52, and
certificates of compliance or approvals of a compliance plan for
gaseous diffusion plants under part 76 if they are also applicants for,
or holders of, special nuclear material licenses under part 70.
Issuance of this RG does not constitute backfitting under 10 CFR parts
50, 70, or 76, and is not otherwise inconsistent with the issue
finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. As discussed in the
``Implementation'' section of the RG, the NRC has no current intention
to impose this RG on holders of part 50 operating licenses, part 52
combined licenses, part 70 licensees, or part 76 certificates of
compliance. Moreover, the guidance in the RG addresses security issues,
which are matters separate from the technical requirements to operate a
facility covered by backfitting and issue finality provisions.
The NRC has determined that the backfit provisions in Sec. 50.109
do not apply to non-power reactor licensees because the rulemaking
record for Sec. 50.109 indicates that the Commission likely intended
to apply this provision to only power reactors, and NRC practice has
been consistent with this rulemaking record. The part 52 issue finality
provisions do not apply to non-power reactors because part 52 does not
apply to non-power reactors.
This RG could be applied to applications for part 50 operating
licenses, part 52 combined licenses, part 70 licenses, and part 76
certificates of compliance docketed by the NRC as of the date of
issuance of the RG, as well as future such applications submitted after
the issuance of the RG. Such action would not constitute backfitting as
defined in 10 CFR 50.109, 70.76, or 76.76, or be otherwise inconsistent
with the applicable issue finality provision in 10 CFR part 52,
inasmuch as such applicants or potential applicants are not within the
scope of entities protected by 10 CFR 50.109, 70.76, and 76.76, or the
relevant issue finality provisions in part 52. Backfitting restrictions
were not intended to apply to every NRC action that substantially
changes settled expectations, and applicants have no reasonable
expectation that future requirements may change, see 54 FR 15372 (April
18, 1989), at 15385-86. Although the issue finality provisions in part
52 are intended to provide regulatory stability and issue finality, the
matters addressed in this RG (concerning certain security requirements
in part 73) are not within the scope of issues that may be resolved for
design certification, design approval or a manufacturing license, and
therefore are not subject to issue finality protections in part 52.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of July 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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