Performance-Based Containment Leak Test Program, 69052-69053 [2022-24998]

Download as PDF 69052 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 221 / Thursday, November 17, 2022 / Notices any accidental release that may result from the use of RPAs or ATVs. accidental release that may result from the use of RPAs. Location Location Antarctic Peninsula region. Antarctic Peninsula region. Dates of Permitted Activities December 1, 2022–March 31, 2027. Dates of Permitted Activities November 1, 2022–March 31, 2027. Permit Application: 2023–022 3. Applicant: Deirdre Dirkman, Vantage Travel, 90 Canal St., Boston, MA 02114 Erika N. Davis, Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs. [FR Doc. 2022–25032 Filed 11–16–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P Activity for Which Permit Is Requested Waste Management. The applicant seeks an Antarctic Conservation Permit for waste management activities associated with use of remotely piloted aircrafts (RPAs) in Antarctica. Aircrafts will be launched from land or by boat and will be used for commercial, marketing, or educational purposes only. RPAs will not be flown over any concentrations of wildlife, Antarctic Specially Protected or Managed Areas or Historic Sites and Monuments without appropriate authorization. Aircraft are only to be flown by experienced, preapproved pilots in fair weather conditions and in the presence of an observer, who will always maintain visual line of sight with the aircraft during operation. Measures are in place to prevent loss of the aircraft. Location Antarctic Peninsula region, Ross Sea region. Dates of Permitted Activities December 20, 2022–March 31, 2027. Permit Application: 2023–023 4. Applicant: David Sagrista, Atlas Ocean Voyages, 1 E Broward Blvd. Suite 800, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Activity for Which Permit Is Requested Waste Management. The applicant seeks an Antarctic Conservation Act permit for waste management activities associated with the use of Remotely piloted aircrafts (RPAs) in Antarctica. RPAs will be flown by experienced, preapproved pilots for educational, commercial, or marketing purposes. RPAs will only be flown in fair-weather conditions with wind speeds less than 7m/s. Aircrafts will not be flown over any concentrations of wildlife, or any Antarctic Specially Protected or Managed Areas. Operators and observers will maintain visual line of sight with the aircraft during all flight operations, and measures will be in place to prevent loss of aircraft during operations. The applicant seeks a waste management permit to cover any VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Nov 16, 2022 Jkt 259001 Submitting Comments’’ in the section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Lee, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301–415–2916, email: Brian.Lee@nrc.gov, and Kyle Song, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–415–3612, email: Kyle.Song@nrc.gov. Both are staff members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments [NRC 2022–0063] A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022– 0063 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2022–0063. • 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 ‘‘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 it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Performance-Based Containment Leak Test Program Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG–1391, ‘‘Performance-Based Containment Leak Test Program’’. This DG is proposed Revision 1 to regulatory guide (RG) 1.163 of the same name. The proposed revision provides guidance on an acceptable performance-based leaktest program, leakage-rate test methods, procedures, and analyses that may be used to comply with NRC regulations. DATES: Submit comments by December 19, 2022. 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. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2022–0063. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 B. Submitting Comments The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website (https:// www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC–2022–0063 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. E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 221 / Thursday, November 17, 2022 / Notices The NRC will post all comment submissions at https:// www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 into ADAMS. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 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 methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The DG, entitled ‘‘Performance-Based Containment Leak Test Program,’’ is temporarily identified by its task number, DG–1391 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22006A317). This revision of the guide (Revision 1) addresses new guidance for implementing Option B ‘‘PerformanceBased Requirements’’ of Appendix J, ‘‘Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water-Cooled Power Reactors,’’ of part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). Specifically, extending Type A test intervals up to 15 years, extending Type C test intervals up to 75 months, and an update to ANSI/ANS–56.8–2020 for acceptable industry standards on technical methods and techniques for performing Types A, B, and C tests. This proposed revised guide contains information specific for a leakage rate testing program for both older plants and newer reactors licensed under both 10 CFR parts 50 and 52. The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML22007A009). The staff developed the regulatory analysis to assess the value of revising RG 1.163 as well as alternative courses of action. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Nov 16, 2022 Jkt 259001 III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality Issuance of DG–1391, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests’’; would not constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 8.4; or affect the issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, certifications, and approvals for nuclear power reactors.’’ As explained in DG–1391, applicants and licensees would not be required to comply with the positions set forth in DG–1391. IV. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC’s public website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/reg-guides/ contactus.html. Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to the ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. Dated: November 10, 2022. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2022–24998 Filed 11–16–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 72–0001; NRC–2021–0122] GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC; Morris Operation Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering a renewal for twenty years of special nuclear materials (SNM) License SNM– 2500 for the possession, transfer, and storage of radioactive material at the Morris Operation independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) in Grundy County, Illinois. The license is held by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 69053 Americas, LLC, and, if renewed, would expire on May 31, 2042. DATES: The environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) referenced in this document is available on November 17, 2022. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–0122 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2021–0122. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@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 publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, 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, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRC’s PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Pineda, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–6789, email: Christine.Pineda@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC is considering a renewal of License SNM–2500, issued to GEHitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GE-Hitachi), for operation of the Morris Operation ISFSI in Grundy County, E:\FR\FM\17NON1.SGM 17NON1

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[FR Doc No: 2022-24998]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC 2022-0063]


Performance-Based Containment Leak Test Program

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1391, ``Performance-
Based Containment Leak Test Program''. This DG is proposed Revision 1 
to regulatory guide (RG) 1.163 of the same name. The proposed revision 
provides guidance on an acceptable performance-based leak-test program, 
leakage-rate test methods, procedures, and analyses that may be used to 
comply with NRC regulations.

DATES: Submit comments by December 19, 2022. 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.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0063. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individuals listed in the For Further 
Information Contact section of this document.
     Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    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: Brian Lee, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2916, email: [email protected], and Kyle 
Song, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-3612, 
email: [email protected]. 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-2022-0063 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0063.
     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 ``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]. The ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first 
time that it is mentioned in this document.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2022-0063 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.

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The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 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 
methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific 
parts of the agency's regulations, to explain techniques that the staff 
uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to 
describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses.
    The DG, entitled ``Performance-Based Containment Leak Test 
Program,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1391 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML22006A317).
    This revision of the guide (Revision 1) addresses new guidance for 
implementing Option B ``Performance-Based Requirements'' of Appendix J, 
``Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water-Cooled Power 
Reactors,'' of part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR). Specifically, extending Type A test intervals up to 15 years, 
extending Type C test intervals up to 75 months, and an update to ANSI/
ANS-56.8-2020 for acceptable industry standards on technical methods 
and techniques for performing Types A, B, and C tests. This proposed 
revised guide contains information specific for a leakage rate testing 
program for both older plants and newer reactors licensed under both 10 
CFR parts 50 and 52.
    The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory 
analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML22007A009). The staff developed the 
regulatory analysis to assess the value of revising RG 1.163 as well as 
alternative courses of action.

III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

    Issuance of DG-1391, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting 
as defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC 
Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward 
Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests''; would not 
constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD 
8.4; or affect the issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR 
part 52, ``Licenses, certifications, and approvals for nuclear power 
reactors.'' As explained in DG-1391, applicants and licensees would not 
be required to comply with the positions set forth in DG-1391.

IV. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides

    A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the 
NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. 
Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. 
Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to 
the ``Regulatory Guide'' series.

    Dated: November 10, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2022-24998 Filed 11-16-22; 8:45 am]
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