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Revisions to Design of Structures,
Components, Equipment, and Systems
Guidance for NRC Staff
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Standard review plan—final
section revision; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a final
revision to two sections in Chapter 3,
‘‘Design of Structures, Components,
Equipment, and Systems,’’ of NUREG–
0800, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the
Review of Safety Analysis Reports for
Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition.’’
The revisions to these Standard Review
Plan (SRP) sections reflect no changes in
staff position; rather they clarify the
original intent of these SRP sections
using plain language throughout in
accordance with the NRC’s Plain
Writing Action Plan. Additionally, these
SUMMARY:
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revisions reflect operating experience,
lessons learned, and updated guidance
since the last revision, and address the
applicability of regulatory treatment of
non-safety systems where appropriate.
DATES: The effective date of this
Standard Review Plan (SRP) update is
September 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0198 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–2015–0198. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individuals 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. For the
convenience of the reader, the ADAMS
accession numbers are provided in a
table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’
section of this document.
• 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:
Mark Notich, telephone: 301–415–3053;
email: Mark.Notich@nrc.gov; or Nishka
Devaser, telephone: 301–415–5196;
email: Nishka.Devaser@nrc.gov; both are
staff members of the Office of New
Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The staff received no comments on
the proposed revisions. The staff is
issuing the sections in final form for
use. There have been no significant
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changes made to the sections since
being issued in proposed form for
public comment. An incorrect statement
which stated that the SRP provisions
only apply to reviews of applications
docketed 6 months or more after the
date of issuance was removed. Details of
specific changes between current SRP
sections and the revised sections issued
here are included at the end of each of
the revised sections themselves, under
the ‘‘Description of Changes,’’
subsections.
The Office of New Reactors and the
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation are
revising these sections from their
current revisions. Details of specific
changes in the proposed revisions are
included at the end of each of the
proposed sections.
The changes to these SRP sections
reflect current NRC staff review
methods and practices based on lessons
learned from the NRC’s reviews of
design certification and combined
license applications completed since the
last revision of this chapter.
II. Backfitting and Finality Provisions
Issuance of these revised SRP sections
does not constitute backfitting as
defined in § 50.109 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
‘‘Backfitting,’’ (the Backfit Rule) or
otherwise be 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 do not constitute
backfitting, inasmuch as the SRP is
internal guidance directed at the NRC
staff with respect to their regulatory
responsibilities.
The SRP provides guidance to the
NRC staff on how to review an
application for the NRC’s regulatory
approval in the form of licensing.
Changes in internal NRC 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 current
licensees and regulatory approvals
either now or in the future.
The NRC staff does not intend to
impose or apply the positions described
in the SRP to existing (already issued)
licenses and regulatory approvals.
Therefore, the issuance of a final SRP—
even if considered guidance that is
within the purview of the issue finality
provisions in 10 CFR part 52—need not
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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 which does not
provide issue finality as described in the
applicable issue finality provision, then
the NRC 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. This is because neither the
Backfit Rule nor the issue finality
provisions under 10 CFR part 52—with
certain exclusions discussed in the next
paragraph—were intended to apply to
every NRC action which 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) and/
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 NRC staff seeks to impose a
position in the SRP in a manner which
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.
IV. Availability of Documents
The ADAMS accession numbers for
the revised sections are available in
ADAMS under the following accession
numbers:
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Accession No.
Document
SRP Section 3.2.1, ‘‘Seismic Classification,’’ Revision 3 .................................................................................................................
SRP Section 3.2.2, ‘‘System Quality Group Classification,’’ Revision 3 ..........................................................................................
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
of August, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph Colaccino,
Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and
Guidance Branch, Division of Engineering,
Infrastructure, and Advanced Reactors, Office
of New Reactors.
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South Carolina Electric & Gas
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Service Authority; Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station Units 2 and 3
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
AGENCY:
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company (SCE&G) and South Carolina
Public Service Authority (Santee
Cooper) are the holders of Combined
License (COL) Nos. NPF–93 and NPF–
94, which authorize the construction
and operation of Virgil C. Summer
Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3 (VCSNS
2 & 3), respectively.1 The U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
an exemption from the requirement that
applicants for an operator license at
VCSNS 2 & 3 provide evidence that the
applicant, as a trainee, has successfully
manipulated the controls of either the
facility for which the license is sought
or a plant-referenced simulator (PRS).
Applicants will instead use a
Commission-approved simulation
facility for VCSNS 2 & 3.
DATES: This exemption is effective as of
August 18, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2008–0441 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
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information related to this document
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exercise responsibility and control over the
physical construction, operation, and maintenance
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for Docket ID NRC–2008–0441. 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 (if that document
is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that a document is referenced.
The facility licensee’s CommissionApproved Simulation Facility
application and exemption request was
submitted to the NRC by letters dated
April 21, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML16112A256) and June 8, 2016
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16161A030),
respectively.
• 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: Paul
Kallan, Office of New Reactors, U.S
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–2809; email: Paul.Kallan@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The simulation facility for VCSNS 2 &
3 comprises two AP1000 full scope
simulators, which are designated ‘‘2A’’
and ‘‘2B’’. Both simulators are
referenced to VCSNS Unit 2 and are
intended to be maintained functionally
identical. The simulators are licensed to
conform to the requirements of ANSI/
ANS–3.5–1998, ‘‘Nuclear Power Plant
Simulation Facilities for Use in
Operator Training and License
Examination,’’ as endorsed by Revision
3 of NRC Regulatory Guide 1.149,
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‘‘Nuclear Power Plant Simulation
Facilities for Use in Operator Training
and License Examinations.’’
On August 3, 2016, the Commissionapproved the simulation facility under
§ 55.46(b) of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for use in
the administration of operating tests
after finding that the simulation facility
and its proposed use are suitable for the
conduct of operating tests for the facility
licensee’s reference plant under 10 CFR
55.45(a). The safety evaluation is
available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML16203A116.
II. Request/Action
Section 55.31(a)(5) states that to apply
for an operator’s or senior operator’s
license the applicant shall provide
evidence that the applicant, as a trainee,
has successfully manipulated the
controls of either the facility for which
a license is sought or a PRS that meets
the requirements of 10 CFR 55.46(c).
However, the VCSNS 2 & 3 simulators
have not yet been found to meet the
NRC’s requirements for PRSs at 10 CFR
55.46(c) because the design activities
required by the AP1000 design
certification to establish the human
factors engineering design for the main
control room are incomplete.
The SCE&G requested an exemption
from 10 CFR 55.31(a)(5) on June 8, 2016
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16161A030),
requesting that the Commissionapproved simulation facility be
approved in lieu of a PRS for the
performance of significant control
manipulations. The Commission has
determined that an exemption is
warranted from the requirement in 10
CFR 55.31(a)(5) that the applicant for a
VCSNS 2 & 3 operator’s license use a
PRS or the facility to provide evidence
of having successfully manipulated the
controls of the facility. In lieu of that
requirement, the Commission will
accept evidence that the applicant, as a
trainee, has successfully manipulated
the controls of the VCSNS 2 & 3
Commission-approved simulation
facility meeting the requirements of 10
CFR 55.46(b).
The staff’s evaluation of this action
follows.
III. Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 55.11, the
Commission may, upon application by
an interested person, or upon its own
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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 a
final revision to two sections in Chapter 3, ``Design of Structures,
Components, Equipment, and Systems,'' of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review
Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power
Plants: LWR Edition.'' The revisions to these Standard Review Plan
(SRP) sections reflect no changes in staff position; rather they
clarify the original intent of these SRP sections using plain language
throughout in accordance with the NRC's Plain Writing Action Plan.
Additionally, these
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revisions reflect operating experience, lessons learned, and updated
guidance since the last revision, and address the applicability of
regulatory treatment of non-safety systems where appropriate.
DATES: The effective date of this Standard Review Plan (SRP) update is
September 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0198 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-2015-0198. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individuals 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. For
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this
document.
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: Mark Notich, telephone: 301-415-3053;
email: Mark.Notich@nrc.gov; or Nishka Devaser, telephone: 301-415-5196;
email: Nishka.Devaser@nrc.gov; both are staff members of the Office of
New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The staff received no comments on the proposed revisions. The staff
is issuing the sections in final form for use. There have been no
significant changes made to the sections since being issued in proposed
form for public comment. An incorrect statement which stated that the
SRP provisions only apply to reviews of applications docketed 6 months
or more after the date of issuance was removed. Details of specific
changes between current SRP sections and the revised sections issued
here are included at the end of each of the revised sections
themselves, under the ``Description of Changes,'' subsections.
The Office of New Reactors and the Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation are revising these sections from their current revisions.
Details of specific changes in the proposed revisions are included at
the end of each of the proposed sections.
The changes to these SRP sections reflect current NRC staff review
methods and practices based on lessons learned from the NRC's reviews
of design certification and combined license applications completed
since the last revision of this chapter.
II. Backfitting and Finality Provisions
Issuance of these revised SRP sections does not constitute
backfitting as defined in Sec. 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Backfitting,'' (the Backfit Rule) or
otherwise be 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 do not constitute backfitting, inasmuch as the
SRP is internal guidance directed at the NRC staff with respect to
their regulatory responsibilities.
The SRP provides guidance to the NRC staff on how to review an
application for the NRC's regulatory approval in the form of licensing.
Changes in internal NRC 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
current licensees and regulatory approvals either now or in the future.
The NRC staff does not intend to impose or apply the positions
described in the SRP to existing (already issued) licenses and
regulatory approvals. Therefore, the issuance of a final SRP--even if
considered guidance that is within the purview of the issue finality
provisions in 10 CFR part 52--need not 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 which does not provide
issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision,
then the NRC 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. This is because neither the Backfit
Rule nor the issue finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52--with
certain exclusions discussed in the next paragraph--were intended to
apply to every NRC action which 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) and/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 NRC staff seeks to impose a position in the SRP in a
manner which 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.
IV. Availability of Documents
The ADAMS accession numbers for the revised sections are available
in ADAMS under the following accession numbers:
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SRP Section 3.2.1, ``Seismic ML16084A812
Classification,'' Revision 3.
SRP Section 3.2.2, ``System Quality Group ML16084A884
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of August, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph Colaccino,
Chief, New Reactor Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of
Engineering, Infrastructure, and Advanced Reactors, Office of New
Reactors.
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