Nuclear Regulatory Commission July 15, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants
Document Number: 2016-16767
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-07-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 5 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.29, ``Seismic Design Classification for Nuclear Power Plants.'' This RG describes a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in identifying and classifying those features of light-water-reactor (LWR) nuclear power plants that must be designed to withstand the effects of the safe-shutdown earthquake (SSE).
Florida Power & Light Company; St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 2
Document Number: 2016-16763
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-07-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has issued a director's decision with regard to a petition dated March 10, 2014, as supplemented, filed by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE, the petitioner), requesting that the NRC take action with regard to St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 2 (SL-2). The petitioner's requests and the director's decision are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Duke Energy Progress, Inc.; Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1; Surveillance Frequency Control Program
Document Number: 2016-16762
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-07-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF-63, issued to Duke Energy Progress, Inc., for operation of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1. The amendment would revise the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, Technical Specifications (TSs) by relocating specific surveillance frequencies to a licensee- controlled program with the implementation of Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 04-10, ``Risk-Informed Technical Specifications Initiative 5b, Risk-Informed Method for Control of Surveillance Frequencies.'' Additionally, the change would add a new program, the Surveillance Frequency Control Program, to TS Section 6, ``Administrative Controls.'' The amendment application contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI).
Variable Annual Fee Structure for Small Modular Reactors; Corrections
Document Number: 2016-16659
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-07-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a final rule in the Federal Register on May 24, 2016, amending its licensing, inspection, and annual fee regulations to establish a variable annual fee structure for light-water small modular reactors. The final rule contained a grammatical error in a definition, an incorrect reference format, and an incomplete signature date. This document corrects the final rule by revising the sections that contain these errors and completing the signature date.
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