Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 22, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition,'' on a proposed Revision 3 to Standard Review Plan (SRP), Section 19.1, ``Determining the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Risk-Informed License Amendment Requests After Initial Fuel Load'' (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML112990771). The Office of New Reactors and Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation are revising SRP Section 19.1, which updates Revision 2 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071700657) dated June 2007, to reflect the changes as listed in the description of changes. These changes include (1) the regulatory requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 50.71(h)(1), (h)(2), and (h)(3) for new reactors, (2) applicability of the National Fire Protection Association 805 transition, and (3) latest information on probabilistic risk assessment technical adequacy for risk-informed license amendment requests after initial fuel load. A redline document comparing Revision 2 and the current proposed Revision 3 can be found under ADAMS Accession No. ML112990870. The NRC staff issues Federal Register notices to facilitate timely implementation of the current staff guidance and to facilitate activities associated with the review of amendment applications