Qualification of Connection Assemblies for Production and Utilization Facilities, 9105-9106 [2023-02958]

Download as PDF 9105 Rules and Regulations Federal Register Vol. 88, No. 29 Monday, February 13, 2023 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510. The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52 [NRC–2022–0083] Qualification of Connection Assemblies for Production and Utilization Facilities Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.156, ‘‘Qualification of Connection Assemblies for Production and Utilization Facilities.’’ This revised guide was updated to endorse ‘‘Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’’ Std. 572–2019 to provide the latest technical information on approaches to satisfy the qualification requirements for connection assemblies. This includes guidance that when used in conjunction with the guidance in RG 1.89, ‘‘Environmental Qualification of Certain Electric Equipment Important to Safety for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ provides an acceptable method of demonstrating compliance with the NRC regulations pertaining to the environmental qualification of connectors, terminations, and environmental seals in combination with cables or wires as assemblies for service in production and utilization facilities to ensure that the connection assemblies can perform their safety functions. Further, the revised guide modifies the title of the RG to include other nuclear facilities, as discussed in the RG Section A, under Applicability. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES SUMMARY: Revision 2 of RG 1.156 is available on February 13, 2023. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022–0083 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:19 Feb 10, 2023 Jkt 259001 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–2022–0083. 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. • 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 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Revision 2 of RG 1.156 and the regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22255A125 and ML21288A561, respectively. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ahsan Sallman, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 415–2380, email: Ahsan.Sallman@ nrc.gov, and James Steckel, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–415–1026, email: James.Steckel@ nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 I. Discussion The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide 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 proposed Revision 2 of RG 1.156 was issued with a temporary identification number of DG–1400 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21288A562). Revision 2 of RG 1.156 describes basic procedures for qualifying connection assemblies (e.g., connectors, terminations, and environmental seals in combination with related cables or wires as assemblies). The qualification requirements in this standard, when used in conjunction with RG 1.89 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003740271) allow an applicant or licensee to demonstrate and document the ability of the equipment to perform safety functions under applicable service conditions, including design-basis events. Additionally, Revision 2 of RG 1.156 modifies the title of the RG to include other nuclear facilities, as discuss in the RG Section A, under Applicability. II. Additional Information In January 2017 the staff conducted a periodic review of Revision 1 to RG 1.156, and on January 17, 2017, the staff reported the results of the periodic review, ‘‘Results of Periodic Review of Regulatory Guide 1.156,’’ (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML16350A346). Based on the results of the periodic review, the staff concluded that there were no technical issues for staff to address related to the periodic review of RG 1.156, Revision 1, and no changes to RG 1.156, Revision 1, were warranted. The NRC published a notice of availability of DG–1400 in the Federal Register on April 11, 2022 (87 FR 21221) for a 30-day public comment period. The public comment period ended May 11, 2022. Public comments and staff responses to those comments are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22224A053. As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), this E:\FR\FM\13FER1.SGM 13FER1 9106 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 29 / Monday, February 13, 2023 / Rules and Regulations document is being published in the ‘‘Rules’’ section of the Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under 1 CFR chapter I. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION III. Congressional Review Act [NRC–2022–0109] This RG 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. RIN 3150–AK86 IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality V. 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: February 7, 2023. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Meraj Rahimi, Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. BILLING CODE 7590–01–P List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI–STORM 100 Cask System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1014, Renewal of Initial Certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 Through 15 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Direct final rule. AGENCY: The issuance of this regulatory guide does not constitute backfitting as defined in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Backfitting,’’ and as described in NRC Management Directive 8.4, ‘‘Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information Requests,’’ or affect issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, ‘‘Licenses, Certificates, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ because, as explained in this regulatory guide, licensees are not required to comply with the positions set forth in this regulatory guide. [FR Doc. 2023–02958 Filed 2–10–23; 8:45 am] 10 CFR Part 72 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI– STORM 100 Cask System listing within the ‘‘List of approved spent fuel storage casks’’ to renew, for 40 years, the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 15 of Certificate of Compliance No. 1014. The renewal of the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 15 revises the certificate of compliance’s conditions and technical specifications to address aging management activities related to the structures, systems, and components important to safety of the dry storage system to ensure that these will maintain their intended functions during the period of extended storage operations. SUMMARY: This direct final rule is effective May 1, 2023, unless significant adverse comments are received by March 15, 2023. If this direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely notice of the withdrawal will be published in the Federal Register. 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. Comments received on this direct final rule will also be considered to be comments on a companion proposed rule published in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register. DATES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID NRC–2022– 0109, at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:19 Feb 10, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Banovac, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301–415–7116, email: Kristina.Banovac@nrc.gov and James Firth, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301–415– 6628, email: James.Firth@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments II. Rulemaking Procedure III. Background IV. Discussion of Changes V. Voluntary Consensus Standards VI. Agreement State Compatibility VII. Plain Writing VIII. Environmental Assessment and Final Finding of No Significant Impact IX. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement X. Regulatory Flexibility Certification XI. Regulatory Analysis XII. Backfitting and Issue Finality XIII. Congressional Review Act XIV. Availability of Documents I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022– 0109 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–2022–0109. Address questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder, telephone: 301–415–3407, email: Dawn.Forder@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 ‘‘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 E:\FR\FM\13FER1.SGM 13FER1

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[FR Doc No: 2023-02958]



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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents 
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed 
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published 
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.

The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 29 / Monday, February 13, 2023 / 
Rules and Regulations

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 50 and 52

[NRC-2022-0083]


Qualification of Connection Assemblies for Production and 
Utilization Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.156, ``Qualification of 
Connection Assemblies for Production and Utilization Facilities.'' This 
revised guide was updated to endorse ``Institute of Electrical and 
Electronics Engineers'' Std. 572-2019 to provide the latest technical 
information on approaches to satisfy the qualification requirements for 
connection assemblies. This includes guidance that when used in 
conjunction with the guidance in RG 1.89, ``Environmental Qualification 
of Certain Electric Equipment Important to Safety for Nuclear Power 
Plants,'' provides an acceptable method of demonstrating compliance 
with the NRC regulations pertaining to the environmental qualification 
of connectors, terminations, and environmental seals in combination 
with cables or wires as assemblies for service in production and 
utilization facilities to ensure that the connection assemblies can 
perform their safety functions. Further, the revised guide modifies the 
title of the RG to include other nuclear facilities, as discussed in 
the RG Section A, under Applicability.

DATES: Revision 2 of RG 1.156 is available on February 13, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0083 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-2022-0083. 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.
     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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
    Revision 2 of RG 1.156 and the regulatory analysis may be found in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML22255A125 and ML21288A561, respectively.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ahsan Sallman, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2380, email: 
[email protected], and James Steckel, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-1026, email: [email protected]. Both 
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide 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 proposed Revision 2 of RG 1.156 was issued with a temporary 
identification number of DG-1400 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21288A562).
    Revision 2 of RG 1.156 describes basic procedures for qualifying 
connection assemblies (e.g., connectors, terminations, and 
environmental seals in combination with related cables or wires as 
assemblies). The qualification requirements in this standard, when used 
in conjunction with RG 1.89 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003740271) allow an 
applicant or licensee to demonstrate and document the ability of the 
equipment to perform safety functions under applicable service 
conditions, including design-basis events. Additionally, Revision 2 of 
RG 1.156 modifies the title of the RG to include other nuclear 
facilities, as discuss in the RG Section A, under Applicability.

II. Additional Information

    In January 2017 the staff conducted a periodic review of Revision 1 
to RG 1.156, and on January 17, 2017, the staff reported the results of 
the periodic review, ``Results of Periodic Review of Regulatory Guide 
1.156,'' (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML16350A346). Based on the 
results of the periodic review, the staff concluded that there were no 
technical issues for staff to address related to the periodic review of 
RG 1.156, Revision 1, and no changes to RG 1.156, Revision 1, were 
warranted.
    The NRC published a notice of availability of DG-1400 in the 
Federal Register on April 11, 2022 (87 FR 21221) for a 30-day public 
comment period. The public comment period ended May 11, 2022. Public 
comments and staff responses to those comments are available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML22224A053.
    As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), 
this

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document is being published in the ``Rules'' section of the Federal 
Register to comply with publication requirements under 1 CFR chapter I.

III. Congressional Review Act

    This RG 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, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

    The issuance of this regulatory guide does not constitute 
backfitting as defined in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC 
Management Directive 8.4, ``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, 
Issue Finality, and Information Requests,'' or affect issue finality of 
any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses, Certificates, and 
Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' because, as explained in this 
regulatory guide, licensees are not required to comply with the 
positions set forth in this regulatory guide.

V. 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: February 7, 2023.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2023-02958 Filed 2-10-23; 8:45 am]
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