97-33423. Steam Generator Tube Inspection Techniques; Issue

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67099]
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[FR Doc No: 97-33423]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Steam Generator Tube Inspection Techniques; Issue

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Generic 
Letter (GL) 97-05 to all holders of operating licenses for pressurized-
water reactors, except those who have permanently ceased operations and 
have certified that fuel has been permanently removed from the reactor 
vessel, to emphasize the importance of performing steam generator tube 
inservice inspections using qualified techniques in accordance with the 
requirements of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 50, and to require certain 
information from addressees to determine whether they are in compliance 
with the current licensing basis for their respective facilities given 
their steam generator tube inservice inspection practices. This generic 
letter only requests information from the addressees under the 
provisions of Section 182a of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended, and 10 
CFR 50.54(f).
    The generic letter is available in the NRC Public Document Room 
under accession number 9712120014.

DATES: The generic letter was issued on December 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Not applicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip J. Rush, at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This generic letter does not constitute a 
backfit as defined in 10 CFR 50.109(a)(1) since it does not impose 
modifications of or additions to structures, systems or components or 
to design or operation of an addressee's facility. It also does not 
impose an interpretation of the Commission's rules that is either new 
or different from a previous staff position. The staff, therefore, has 
not performed a backfit analysis.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of December 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jack W. Roe,
Acting Director, Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 97-33423 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]
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