[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27027-27028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13574]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 52
RIN 3150-AE87; 3150-AF15
Standard Design Certification for the U.S. Advanced Boiling-Water
Reactor and System 80+ Designs; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule: extension of the comment period.
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SUMMARY: A supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking for
certification of the U.S. Advanced Boiling-Water Reactor (ABWR) and
System 80+ designs was published in the Federal Register on April 24,
1996 (61 FR 18099). The supplementary comment period expired on May 24,
1996. On May 17, 1996, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
received a request for a 60-day extension of the supplementary comment
period from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). NEI requested the
extension in order to provide substantive comments on new issues, as
well as on longstanding issues that NEI stated have not yet been
resolved to its satisfaction. Therefore, the Commission is extending
the comment period to July 23, 1996.
The final design certification rules for the ABWR and System 80+
designs, which are under consideration by the Commission, are contained
in SECY-96-077, ``Certification of Two Evolutionary Designs,'' which
was prepared by the NRC staff. This SECY paper has been placed in the
NRC Public Document Room (PDR), and comments on the proposed rules,
focusing specifically on staff-recommended changes from the rules
originally proposed, are solicited. These changes are discussed in the
supplementary information section of the recommended notices of final
rulemaking contained in SECY-96-077. In addition, GE Nuclear Energy
(GE) submitted draft changes to the ABWR Design Control Document (DCD)
to the NRC in a letter dated April 16, 1996 that GE intends to include
in its final DCD. Comments are also solicited on GE's letter of April
16, 1996, which is available in the NRC PDR.
DATES: Comments are due by July 23, 1996. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
will only assure consideration for comments received on or before this
date.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Secretary of the Commission,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001,
Attention: Docketing and Service Branch. Comments may also be hand
delivered to 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30
a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Copies of SECY-96-077,
including the Federal Register notices for both rules, and the comments
received will be available for examination at the NRC Public Document
Room at 2120 L Street NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry N. Wilson, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone (301) 415-3145, or Geary S. Mizuno,
Office of the General Counsel, telephone (301) 415-1639, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of May, 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-13574 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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