Nuclear Regulatory Commission April 12, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Decommissioning Directorate of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards is holding a Decommissioning Workshop on April 20 and 21, 2005, at The Shady Grove Center in Rockville, Maryland. The purposes of the Workshop are to: (1) Inform stakeholders of NRC's Integrated Decommissioning Improvement Plan (IDIP), including planned regulatory and program management improvements; (2) discuss the development of guidance resulting from the NRC staff's 2003 analysis of issues impacting the implementation of the License Termination Rule, and; (3) solicit feedback and suggestions from stakeholders on guidance, decommissioning lessons learned, and the decommissioning process in general. Public participation is encouraged at the Workshop to provide feedback and perspectives on issues of importance to the work of the NRC's Decommissioning Directorate.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to issue a generic letter (GL) to request that addressees submit information to the NRC concerning the status of their compliance with GDC 17, 10 CFR 50.63, 10 CFR 50.65, and plant technical specifications governing electric power in accordance with 10 CFR 50.54(f). This request is to obtain information from addressees in four areas: (1) Use of nuclear power plant/transmission system operator protocols and real time contingency analysis programs to monitor grid conditions to determine operability of offsite power systems under plant technical specifications, (2) use of nuclear power plant/transmission system operator protocols and real time contingency analysis programs to monitor grid conditions for consideration in maintenance risk assessments, (3) offsite power restoration procedures in accordance with Section 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.155, ``Station Blackout,'' and (4) losses of offsite power caused by grid failures at a frequency of >= 20 Years in accordance with Regulatory Guide 1.155. This Federal Register notice is available through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML050810504.