Supplementary Guidance Documents for Subsequent License Renewal, 16133-16134 [2018-07698]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 72 / Friday, April 13, 2018 / Notices daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES The meetings will be open to public attendance with the exception of portions that may be closed to protect information that is proprietary pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4). The agenda for the subject meetings shall be as follows: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 and Wednesday, April 18, 2018 The Subcommittee will review the APR1400 Design Control Document and Safety Evaluation Report with No Open Items Chapter 2, Section 2.5, ‘‘Geology, Seismology, and Geotechnical Engineering,’’ Chapter 3, ‘‘Design of Structures, Systems, Components, and Equipment,’’ Chapter 7, ‘‘Instrumentation & Controls,’’ Chapter 15, ‘‘Transient and Accident Analyses,’’ and Topical Report, ‘‘Large-Break Loss of Coolant Accident.’’ The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with the NRC staff and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company regarding this matter. 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If attending this meeting, please enter through the One White Flint North building, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. After registering with Security, please contact Ms. Kendra Freeland (Telephone 301– 415–6207) to be escorted to the meeting room. Dated: April 9, 2018. Mark L. Banks, Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2018–07688 Filed 4–12–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2015–0251] Supplementary Guidance Documents for Subsequent License Renewal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: NUREG; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing final NUREG–2221, ‘‘Technical Bases for Changes in the Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG– 2191 and NUREG–2192,’’ and NUREG– 2222, ‘‘Disposition of Public Comments on the Draft Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG– 2191 and NUREG–2192.’’ These two documents describe the technical changes that were made to the guidance documents for initial license renewal, NUREG–1801, Revision 2, ‘‘Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report,’’ and NUREG–1800, Revision 2, ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ for utilities wishing to apply for subsequent license renewal (i.e., for operation from 60 to 80 years) along with the technical bases for these changes and the NRC staff’s response to public comments received on the drafts of NUREG–2191 and NUREG–2192. DATES: April 13, 2018. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015–0251 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding these documents. You may obtain publicly-available information related to these documents using any of the following methods: SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16133 • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0251. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) 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. NUREG– 2221, ‘‘Technical Bases for Changes in the Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG–2191 and NUREG–2192,’’ and NUREG–2222, ‘‘Disposition of Public Comments on the Draft Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG–2191 and NUREG–2192’’ are available in ADAMS under Accession No(s): ML17362A126, and ML17362A143, 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: Bennett Brady, telephone: 301–415– 2981, email: Bennett.Brady@nrc.gov or Eric Oesterle, telephone: 301–415–1014, email: Eric.Oesterle@nrc.gov; both are in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555– 0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as amended, authorizes the NRC to issue 40-year initial licenses and upon application and approval, subsequently renew licenses for nuclear power reactors. The NRC’s regulations permit these licenses to be renewed beyond the initial 40-year term for an additional period of time, up to 20 years, based on the outcome of an assessment to determine if the nuclear facility can continue to operate safely during the proposed period of extended operation. There are no limitations in the AEA or the NRC’s regulations restricting the number of times a license may be renewed. The nuclear power industry has sent letters of intent to apply for subsequent E:\FR\FM\13APN1.SGM 13APN1 daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES 16134 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 72 / Friday, April 13, 2018 / Notices license renewals in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Subsequent License Renewal is a term referring to all license renewals allowing a plant to operate beyond the 60-year period (40-year period of an initial operating license and a 20-year period of the first license renewal). Based on a survey conducted by the nuclear power industry, the NRC staff believes that additional applications for subsequent license renewal will be submitted in future years. The NRC has developed and published final guidance for licensees that intend to apply for subsequent license renewal. The guidance documents for subsequent license renewal (i.e., for operation from 60 to 80 years), NUREG–2191, the ‘‘Generic Aging Lessons Learned for Subsequent License Renewal (GALL–SLR) Report,’’ and NUREG–2192, the ‘‘Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License Renewal Applications for Nuclear Power Plants’’ (SRP–SLR), address the issues for increased operating time from 60 to 80 years. The guidance also considers recent operating experience identified since the release of GALL Report, Rev. 2. The GALL–SLR Report and SRP–SLR also include changes that have been previously issued for public comment as part of the staff’s license renewal Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) process. These ISGs can be found at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/isg/licenserenewal.html. These ISGs (ML12286A275, ML11297A085, ML12138A296, ML12270A436, ML12044A215, ML12352A057, ML13227A361, ML15308A018, and ML16237A383) have been incorporated into the GALL–SLR Report and the associated sections of the SRP–SLR. The NRC has previously received public comments on these ISGs, and is not requesting additional comments on the ISGs. A notice of availability and request for comments on draft NUREG–2191 and draft NUREG–2192 was published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2015 (80 FR 79956). The public comment period ended on February 29, 2016. The NRC received over 500 comments on these draft guidance documents. The NRC also published a supplement to the draft guidance documents in the Federal Register on March 29, 2016 (81 FR 17500). The public comment period on the supplements to draft NUREG– 2191 and draft NUREG–2192 ended May 31, 2016. The NRC reviewed and dispositioned all of the comments and published the disposition of the comments and the technical bases for their disposition in companion NUREG documents, which are being published VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Apr 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 at this time, NUREG–2221, ‘‘Technical Bases for Changes in the Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG–2191 and NUREG–2192,’’ and NUREG–2222, ‘‘Disposition of Public Comments on the Draft Subsequent License Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG–2191 and NUREG–2192.’’ The NRC’s resolution of these comments are incorporated in the final SLR guidance documents, NUREG–2191 and NUREG– 2192. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of April 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Eric R. Oesterle, Chief, License Renewal Project Branch, Division of Materials and License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2018–07698 Filed 4–12–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2017–0213] Information Collection: Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Renewal of existing information collection; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ DATES: Submit comments by June 12, 2018. 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 on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2017–0213. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop: T–5 F53, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@ NRC.GOV. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017– 0213 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 website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2017–0213. • 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 supporting statement for part 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ is available in ADAMS under Package Accession No. ML17310A926. • 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. • NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by contacting NRC’s Clearance Officer, David Cullison, Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 2084; email: INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@ NRC.GOV. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2017– 0213 in the subject line of your comment submission in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your E:\FR\FM\13APN1.SGM 13APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2018)]
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[Pages 16133-16134]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-07698]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0251]


Supplementary Guidance Documents for Subsequent License Renewal

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing final 
NUREG-2221, ``Technical Bases for Changes in the Subsequent License 
Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192,'' and NUREG-2222, 
``Disposition of Public Comments on the Draft Subsequent License 
Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192.'' These two 
documents describe the technical changes that were made to the guidance 
documents for initial license renewal, NUREG-1801, Revision 2, 
``Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) Report,'' and NUREG-1800, 
Revision 2, ``Standard Review Plan for Review of License Renewal 
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants,'' for utilities wishing to apply 
for subsequent license renewal (i.e., for operation from 60 to 80 
years) along with the technical bases for these changes and the NRC 
staff's response to public comments received on the drafts of NUREG-
2191 and NUREG-2192.

DATES: April 13, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0251 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding these documents. 
You may obtain publicly-available information related to these 
documents using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0251. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual(s) 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 [email protected]. 
NUREG-2221, ``Technical Bases for Changes in the Subsequent License 
Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192,'' and NUREG-2222, 
``Disposition of Public Comments on the Draft Subsequent License 
Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192'' are available in 
ADAMS under Accession No(s): ML17362A126, and ML17362A143, 
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: Bennett Brady, telephone: 301-415-
2981, email: [email protected] or Eric Oesterle, telephone: 301-
415-1014, email: [email protected]; both are in the Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as 
amended, authorizes the NRC to issue 40-year initial licenses and upon 
application and approval, subsequently renew licenses for nuclear power 
reactors. The NRC's regulations permit these licenses to be renewed 
beyond the initial 40-year term for an additional period of time, up to 
20 years, based on the outcome of an assessment to determine if the 
nuclear facility can continue to operate safely during the proposed 
period of extended operation. There are no limitations in the AEA or 
the NRC's regulations restricting the number of times a license may be 
renewed.
    The nuclear power industry has sent letters of intent to apply for 
subsequent

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license renewals in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Subsequent License Renewal is 
a term referring to all license renewals allowing a plant to operate 
beyond the 60-year period (40-year period of an initial operating 
license and a 20-year period of the first license renewal). Based on a 
survey conducted by the nuclear power industry, the NRC staff believes 
that additional applications for subsequent license renewal will be 
submitted in future years.
    The NRC has developed and published final guidance for licensees 
that intend to apply for subsequent license renewal. The guidance 
documents for subsequent license renewal (i.e., for operation from 60 
to 80 years), NUREG-2191, the ``Generic Aging Lessons Learned for 
Subsequent License Renewal (GALL-SLR) Report,'' and NUREG-2192, the 
``Standard Review Plan for Review of Subsequent License Renewal 
Applications for Nuclear Power Plants'' (SRP-SLR), address the issues 
for increased operating time from 60 to 80 years. The guidance also 
considers recent operating experience identified since the release of 
GALL Report, Rev. 2. The GALL-SLR Report and SRP-SLR also include 
changes that have been previously issued for public comment as part of 
the staff's license renewal Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) process. These 
ISGs can be found at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/license-renewal.html. These ISGs (ML12286A275, ML11297A085, 
ML12138A296, ML12270A436, ML12044A215, ML12352A057, ML13227A361, 
ML15308A018, and ML16237A383) have been incorporated into the GALL-SLR 
Report and the associated sections of the SRP-SLR. The NRC has 
previously received public comments on these ISGs, and is not 
requesting additional comments on the ISGs.
    A notice of availability and request for comments on draft NUREG-
2191 and draft NUREG-2192 was published in the Federal Register on 
December 23, 2015 (80 FR 79956). The public comment period ended on 
February 29, 2016. The NRC received over 500 comments on these draft 
guidance documents. The NRC also published a supplement to the draft 
guidance documents in the Federal Register on March 29, 2016 (81 FR 
17500). The public comment period on the supplements to draft NUREG-
2191 and draft NUREG-2192 ended May 31, 2016. The NRC reviewed and 
dispositioned all of the comments and published the disposition of the 
comments and the technical bases for their disposition in companion 
NUREG documents, which are being published at this time, NUREG-2221, 
``Technical Bases for Changes in the Subsequent License Renewal 
Guidance Documents NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192,'' and NUREG-2222, 
``Disposition of Public Comments on the Draft Subsequent License 
Renewal Guidance Documents NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192.'' The NRC's 
resolution of these comments are incorporated in the final SLR guidance 
documents, NUREG-2191 and NUREG-2192.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of April 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Eric R. Oesterle,
Chief, License Renewal Project Branch, Division of Materials and 
License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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