American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Cases and Update Frequency; Correction, 60795-60796 [2024-16404]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60795-60796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16404]



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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 145 / Monday, July 29, 2024 / Rules 
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

[NRC-2018-0291]
RIN 3150-AK23


American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Cases and Update 
Frequency; Correction

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a 
final rule that was published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2024, 
regarding changes to its regulations to incorporate by reference 
revisions of three regulatory guides, which would approve new, revised, 
and reaffirmed code cases published by the American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers. This action is necessary to correct a misspelled 
word, a grammatical error, an amendatory instruction, and footnote 
references.

DATES: The correction is effective August 16, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0291 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:
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Corrections

    In FR Doc. 2024-15288, published at 89 FR 58039 on July 17, 2024, 
the NRC makes the following corrections:

Preamble

    1. On page 58041, in the third column, the sentence ``Licensees 
seeking to use a later edition in the middle of an IST or ISI interval 
must still submit an exemption request for NRC review and approval.'' 
is corrected to read ``The NRC will continue to review mid-ISI interval 
requests in accordance with the existing process described in 10 CFR 
50.55a(g)(4)(iv) and Regulatory Issue Summary 2004-12, ``Clarification 
on Use of Later Editions and Addenda to the ASME OM Code and Section 
XI,'' dated July 28, 2004.''
    2. On page 58052, in the first column, under ``Appendix J to 10 CFR 
part 50,'' remove the last sentence.

Regulatory Text

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3. In amendatory instruction 2 for Sec.  50.55a:
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a. On page 58056, starting in the first column, paragraph (f)(4)(ii) is 
corrected;
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b. On page 58056, in the second column, in paragraph (g)(4), ``BPVC'' 
is corrected to read ``BPV''; and
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c. On page 58057, in the third column, in paragraph (g)(5)(ii), 
``intervalduring'' is corrected to read ``interval during''.
    The correction reads as follows:


Sec.  50.55a  [Corrected]

    (f) * * *
    (4) * * *
    (ii) Applicable IST Code: Successive code of record intervals. 
Inservice tests to verify operational readiness of pumps and valves, 
whose function is required for safety, conducted during successive code 
of record intervals must comply with the requirements of the latest 
edition and addenda of the ASME OM Code incorporated by reference in 
paragraph (a)(1)(iv) of this section no more than18 months before the 
start of the code of record interval (or the optional ASME Code Cases 
listed in NRC Regulatory Guide 1.147 or NRC Regulatory Guide 1.192 as 
incorporated by reference in paragraphs (a)(3)(ii) and (iii) of this 
section, respectively), subject to the conditions listed in paragraph 
(b) of this section.

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4. On page 58058, in the second column, amendatory instruction 3 and 
the accompanying regulatory text for appendix J to part 50 is corrected 
to read:
    3. In appendix J to part 50, in section III of option A, revise 
paragraph D.1.(a) to read as follows:

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Appendix J to Part 50--Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for 
Water-Cooled Power Reactors

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Option A--Prescriptive Requirements

* * * * *
III. * * *
D. * * * 1. * * *

    (a) After the preoperational leakage rate tests, a set of three 
Type A tests shall be performed, at approximately equal intervals 
during each inservice inspection interval, as defined in Sec.  
50.55a(y). The third test of each set shall be conducted when the plant 
is shut down for the final plant inservice inspections of the inservice 
inspection interval.\[2]\
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    [2] See footnote 1.
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    Dated: July 22, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Helen Chang,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, 
Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-16404 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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