[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10879-10881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4873]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guides and Standard Review Plan Sections;
Issuance, Availability
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment
drafts of five guides planned for its Regulatory Guide Series along
with drafts of three sections of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for
the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants.'' The
Regulatory Guide Series has been developed to describe and make
available to the public such information as methods acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the Commission's
regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating specific
problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff in its
review of applications for permits and licenses.
These draft guides and draft standard review plans are in support
of proposed amendments to 10 CFR parts 50, 52, and 100 (59 FR 52255)
that were proposed to update the criteria used in decisions regarding
power reactor siting, including geologic, seismic, and earthquake
engineering considerations for future nuclear power plants. The draft
guides are intended for Division 1, ``Power Reactors,'' and Division 4,
``Environmental and Siting.''
DG-1932, ``Identification and Characterization of Seismic Sources
and Determination of Safe Shutdown Earthquake Ground Motion,'' is being
developed to provide general guidance on procedures acceptable to the
NRC staff on conducting geological, geophysical, seismological, and
geotechnical investigations; identifying and characterizing seismic
sources; conducting probabilistic seismic hazard analyses; and
determining the safe shutdown earthquake ground motion for a nuclear
power plant.
DG-1033, the Third Proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 1.12,
``Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation for Earthquakes,'' is being
developed to describe seismic instrumention type, location,
operability, and characteristics that is acceptable to the NRC staff
for satisfying the requirements of the Commission's regulations.
DG-1034, ``Pre-Earthquake Planning and Immediate Nuclear Power
Plant Operator Postearthquake Actions,'' is being developed to provide
guidance acceptable to the NRC staff for a timely evaluation after an
earthquake of the recorded seismic instrumentation data and to
determine whether plant shutdown is required.
DG-1035, ``Restart of Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down by a Seismic
Event,'' is being developed to provide guidance acceptable to the NRC
staff for performing inspections and tests of nuclear power plant
equipment and structures prior to restart of a plant that has been shut
down by a seismic event.
DG-4004, the Second Proposed Revision 2 to Regulatory Guide 4.7,
``General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations,'' is
being developed to provide guidance on the major site characteristics
related to the public health and safety and environmental issues that
the NRC staff considers in determining the suitability of sites for
nuclear power stations.
Proposed Revision 3 of Draft Standard Review Plan Section 2.5.1,
``Basic Geologic and Seismic Information,'' is being developed to
describe the kinds of basic geological, seismological, and geophysical
information and review procedures necessary to evaluate a nuclear power
station site.
The Second Proposed Revision 3 of Draft Standard Review Plan
Section 2.5.2, ``Vibratory Ground Motion,'' is being developed to
describe procedures to assess the ground motion potential of seismic
sources at the site and to assess the safe shutdown earthquake.
The Proposed Revision 3 of Draft Standard Review Plan Section
2.5.3, ``Surface Faulting,'' is being developed to describe the
geosciences information and review procedures needed to assess the
significance of faults to the suitability of the site.
These drafts are being issued to involve the public in the early
stages of the development of regulatory positions in these areas. These
drafts have not received complete staff review and do not represent
official NRC staff positions.
Public comments are being solicited on these drafts. Comments
should be accompanied by supporting data. Written comments may be
submitted to the Rules and Review and Directives Branch, Division of
Freedom of Information and Publication Services, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555. Copies of comments received may be examined at the NRC Public
Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC. Comments will be
most helpful if received by May 12, 1995.
Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or
Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC
Electronic Bulletin Board on FedWorld. The bulletin board may be
accessed using personal computer, a modem, and one of the commonly
available communications software packages, or directly via Internet.
Background documents on the rulemaking are also available for
downloading and viewing on the bulletin board.
If using a personal computer and modem, the NRC subsystem on
FedWorld can be accessed directly by dialing the toll free number: 1-
800-303-9672. Communications software parameters should be set as
follows: Parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1 (N,8,1).
Using ANSI or VT-100 terminal emulation, the NRC NUREGs and RegGuides
for Comment subsystems can then be accessed by selecting the ``Rules
Menu'' option from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' For further information about
options available for NRC at FedWorld, consult the ``Help/Information
Center'' from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' Users will find the ``FedWorld
Online User's Guides'' particularly helpful. Many NRC subsystems and
databases also have a ``Help/Information Center'' option that is
tailored to the particular subsystem.
The NRC subsystem on FedWorld can also be accessed by a direct dial
phone number for the main FedWorld BBS: 703-321-8020; Telnet via
Internet: fedworld.gov (192.239.93.3); File Transfer Protocol (FTP) via
Internet: ftp.fedworld.gov (192.239.92.205); and World Wide Web using:
http://www.fedworld.gov (this is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)).
If using a method other than the toll free number to contact
Fedworld, the NRC subsystem will be addressed from the main Fedworld
menu by selecting the ``F--Regulatory, Government Administration and
State Systems,'' then selecting ``A--Regulatory Information Mall.'' At
that point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``A--U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online
main menu. You can also go directly to the NRC Online area by typing
``/go nrc'' at a FedWorld Command line. If you access NRC from
FedWorld's main menu, you may return to FedWorld by selecting the
``Return to FedWorld'' option from the NRC Online Main Menu. However,
if you access NRC at Fedworld by using NRC's toll-free number, you will
have full access to all NRC systems but you will not have access to the
main FedWorld system. For more information on NRC bulletin boards call
Mr. Arthur Davis, Systems Integration and Development Branch, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301)
415-5780; e-mail AXD3@nrc.gov. [[Page 10881]]
Although a time limit is given for comments on these drafts,
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in
guides or standard review plan sections or improvements in all
published documents are encouraged at any time.
Regulatory guides and the Standard Review Plan are available for
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street,
NW., Washington, DC. Requests for single copies of draft documents
(which may be reproduced) or for placement on an automatic distribution
list for single copies of future draft guides in specific division
should be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Distribution and Mail Services
Section. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated. Regulatory guides
and standard review plans are not copyrighted, and Commission approval
is not required to reproduce them.
(5 U.S.C. 552(a))
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13 day of February 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Themis P. Speis,
Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 95-4873 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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