[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15312-15313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7186]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft NUREG; Issuance, Availability
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has developed a draft
guideline document for the review of advanced control room designs and
advanced human-system interfaces that may be located within
conventional control rooms. This is being issued as Draft Revision 1 to
NUREG-0700, ``Human System Interface Design Review Guideline,'' which
is the successor to, and integrates relevant sections of, the current
guidance used by the staff, NUREG-0700 (1981), ``Guidelines for Control
Room Design Reviews.''
Draft Revision 1 to NUREG-0700 is not a backfit and does not impose
new requirements on current plants. It is not a generic communication
that proposes a new staff position or seeks additional licensee
commitments. This document would not apply to licensees under 10 CFR
Part 50 for the review of human-system interfaces unless the licensee
initiated a voluntary upgrade.
Draft Revision 1 to NUREG-0700 has been developed to apply
primarily to advanced reactors. New plant designs, submitted to the NRC
for review and approval under 10 CFR 52.47(a)(1)(ii), must meet 10 CFR
50.34(f)(2)(iii), which requires a ``control room design that reflects
state-of-the-art human factors principles.'' Revision 1 to NUREG-0700
will be used by the staff as part of the comprehensive human factors
engineering review process for advanced reactors described in the
``Human Factors Engineering Program Review Model,'' NUREG-0711 (July
1994).
Draft Revision 1 to NUREG-0700 is consistent with a previously
established Commission position in that it does not include generic
design certification communications or generic decisions for future
plants (see SECY-92-224, June 22, 1992). The NUREG itself is not
mandatory. Rather, the guidelines contained within it represent good
human factors engineering practice based upon state-of-the-art research
and validated review criteria developed in the nuclear industry as well
as in other fields, primarily military and aerospace. The draft
guidelines have been subjected to extensive independent peer review by
subject matter experts as part of their development.
The Commission encourages comment from all interested parties, and
specifically from facilities licensed under 10 CFR Part 50, with regard
to the staff's contention that no backfitting is intended for current
licensees with the issuance of this guidance document unless a licensee
initiates a voluntary upgrade to its human-system interface.
The comment period expires May 15, 1995. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to assure consideration only for comments received
before this date.
Mail comments to: Chief, Rules Review and Directives Branch,
Division of Freedom of Information and Publication Services, Mail Stop
T-6D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Comments may be hand-delivered to 11545 Rockville Pike, Maryland,
between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
Comments may be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text or
Workperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC
Electronic Bulletin Board on FedWorld. The bulletin board may be
accessed using a personal computer, a modem, and one of the commonly
available communications software packages, or directly via Internet.
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. Communication 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 subsystem 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, or by using
Telnet via Internet, fedworld.gov. If using 703-321-8020 to contact
FedWorld, the NRC subsystem will be accessed from the main FedWorld
menu by selecting the ``Regulatory, Government Administration and State
Systems,'' then selecting ``Regulatory Information Mall.'' At the
point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online main menu.
The NRC Online area also can be accessed directly 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.
If you contact FEDWORLD using Telnet, you will see the NRC area and
menus, including the Rules menu. Although you will be able to download
documents and leave messages, you will not be able to write comments or
upload files (comments). If you contact FEDWORLD using FTP, all files
can be accessed and downloaded but uploads are not allowed; all you
will see is a list of files without descriptions (normal Gopher look).
An index file listing all files within a subdirectory, with
descriptions, is included. There is a 15-minute time limit for FTP
access.
Although FEDWORLD can be accessed through the World Wide Web, like
FTP that mode only provides access for downloading files and does not
display the NRC Rules menu.
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.
NUREGs are available for inspection at the Commission's Public
Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests for single
copies of NUREGs (which may be reproduced) 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. NUREGs are not copyrighted, and Commission
approval is not required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Wachtel, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory [[Page 15313]] Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-6498; e-mail jxw4@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of March 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Franklin D. Coffman, Jr.,
Chief, Control, Instrumentation & Human Factors Branch, Division of
Systems Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 95-7186 Filed 3-22-95; 8:45 am]
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