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ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request
for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment draft regulatory guide (DG),
DG–1326, ‘‘Quality Assurance Program
Criteria (Design and Construction).’’
This proposed guide, Revision 5,
updates the guidance to endorse, with
clarification or exceptions, multiple
revisions of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers standard NQA–1
titled ‘‘Quality Assurance Requirements
for Nuclear Facility Applications.’’ The
proposed revision describes methods
that NRC considers acceptable for
establishing and implementing a quality
assurance (QA) program for the design
and construction of nuclear power
plants and fuel reprocessing plants.
SUMMARY:
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connection with items for inclusion in
guides currently being developed or
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• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey,
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email: Stephen.Burton@nrc.gov. Both
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Please include Docket ID NRC–2017–
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comment a DG in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory
Guide’’ series. This series was
developed to describe and make
available to the public information
regarding 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 issues or postulated
events, and data that the staff needs in
its review of applications for permits
and licenses.
The DG, entitled, ‘‘Quality Assurance
Program Criteria (Design and
Construction),’’ is a proposed revision
temporarily identified by its task
number, DG–1326. Draft Guide-1326 is
proposed revision 5 of Regulatory Guide
1.28, ‘‘Quality Assurance Program
Criteria (Design and Construction).’’ The
guide describes methods that the NRC
considers acceptable for establishing
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and implementing a QA program for the
design and construction of nuclear
power plants and fuel reprocessing
plants as established within the
provisions of part 50 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, ‘‘Domestic
Licensing of Production and Utilization
Facilities,’’ and part 52, ‘‘Licenses,
Certifications, and Approvals for
Nuclear Power Plants,’’ which refer to
part 50, Appendix B, ‘‘Quality
Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power
Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants.’’
This revision of the guide (Revision 5)
updates the guidance to endorse, with
clarification or exceptions, multiple
revisions of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers standard NQA–1
titled ‘‘Quality Assurance Requirements
for Nuclear Facility Applications.’’
III. Backfitting and Issue Finality
Draft Guide-1326 describes methods
that the NRC considers acceptable for
establishing and implementing a QA
program for the design and construction
of nuclear power plants and fuel
reprocessing plants. Issuance of this DG,
if finalized, would not constitute
backfitting as defined in § 50.109 (the
Backfit Rule) and would not otherwise
be inconsistent with the issue finality
provisions in part 52. As discussed in
the ‘‘Implementation’’ section of this
DG, the NRC has no current intention to
impose this guidance, if finalized, on
holders of current operating licenses or
combined licenses.
This DG may be applied to
applications for operating licenses,
combined licenses, early site permits,
and certified design rules docketed by
the NRC as of the date of issuance of the
final regulatory guide, as well as future
applications submitted after the
issuance of the regulatory guide. Such
action would not constitute backfitting
as defined in the Backfit Rule or be
otherwise inconsistent with the
applicable issue finality provision in
part 52, inasmuch as such applicants or
potential applicants are not within the
scope of entities protected by the Backfit
Rule or the relevant issue finality
provisions in part 52.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day
of March 2017.
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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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1326, ``Quality
Assurance Program Criteria (Design and Construction).'' This proposed
guide, Revision 5, updates the guidance to endorse, with clarification
or exceptions, multiple revisions of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers standard NQA-1 titled ``Quality Assurance Requirements for
Nuclear Facility Applications.'' The proposed revision describes
methods that NRC considers acceptable for establishing and implementing
a quality assurance (QA) program for the design and construction of
nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing plants.
DATES: Submit comments by May 26, 2017. 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-2017-0079. 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.
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: Ashley Thomas, Office of New Reactors,
telephone: 301-415-6638, email: Ashley.Ferguson@nrc.gov; and Stephen
Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-7000,
email: Stephen.Burton@nrc.gov. Both are staff members 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-2017-0079 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may
obtain publically-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-2017-0079.
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/
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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
DG is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16180A264.
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-2017-0079 in your comment submission.
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 enters 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 regarding 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 issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in
its review of applications for permits and licenses.
The DG, entitled, ``Quality Assurance Program Criteria (Design and
Construction),'' is a proposed revision temporarily identified by its
task number, DG-1326. Draft Guide-1326 is proposed revision 5 of
Regulatory Guide 1.28, ``Quality Assurance Program Criteria (Design and
Construction).'' The guide describes methods that the NRC considers
acceptable for establishing and implementing a QA program for the
design and construction of nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing
plants as established within the provisions of part 50 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,'' and part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' which refer to part 50, Appendix
B, ``Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel
Reprocessing Plants.''
This revision of the guide (Revision 5) updates the guidance to
endorse, with clarification or exceptions, multiple revisions of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers standard NQA-1 titled
``Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications.''
III. Backfitting and Issue Finality
Draft Guide-1326 describes methods that the NRC considers
acceptable for establishing and implementing a QA program for the
design and construction of nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing
plants. Issuance of this DG, if finalized, would not constitute
backfitting as defined in Sec. 50.109 (the Backfit Rule) and would not
otherwise be inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in part
52. As discussed in the ``Implementation'' section of this DG, the NRC
has no current intention to impose this guidance, if finalized, on
holders of current operating licenses or combined licenses.
This DG may be applied to applications for operating licenses,
combined licenses, early site permits, and certified design rules
docketed by the NRC as of the date of issuance of the final regulatory
guide, as well as future applications submitted after the issuance of
the regulatory guide. Such action would not constitute backfitting as
defined in the Backfit Rule or be otherwise inconsistent with the
applicable issue finality provision in part 52, inasmuch as such
applicants or potential applicants are not within the scope of entities
protected by the Backfit Rule or the relevant issue finality provisions
in part 52.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of March 2017.
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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