96-22613. Draft Regulatory Guides; Issuance, Availability  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 46834-46835]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-22613]
    
    
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    NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
    
    Draft Regulatory Guides; Issuance, Availability
    
        The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued for public comment 
    drafts of six guides planned for its Regulatory Guide Series. This 
    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 NRC'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, presently identified by their task numbers, 
    endorse industry consensus standards of the Institute of Electrical and 
    Electronics Engineers. The guides and the standards they endorse are 
    DG-1054, ``Verification, Validation, Reviews, and Audits for Digital 
    Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' 
    which endorses IEEE Std 1012-1986, ``IEEE Standard for Software 
    Verification and Validation Plans,'' and IEEE Std 1028-1988, ``IEEE 
    Standard for Software Reviews and Audits''; DG-1055, ``Configuration 
    Management Plans for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems 
    of Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses IEEE Std 828-1990, ``IEEE 
    Standard for Software Configuration Management Plans,'' and ANSI/IEEE 
    Std 1042-1987, ``IEEE Guide to Software Configuration Management''; DG-
    1056, ``Software Test Documentation for Digital Computer Software Used 
    in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses ANSI/IEEE 
    Std 829-1983, ``IEEE Standard for Software Test Documentation''; DG-
    1057, ``Software Unit Testing for Digital Computer Software Used in 
    Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses ANSI/IEEE Std 
    1008-1987, ``IEEE Standard for Software Unit Testing''; DG-1058, 
    ``Software Requirements Specifications for Digital Computer Software 
    Used in Safety Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses IEEE 
    Std 830-1993, ``IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements 
    Specifications''; and DG-1059, ``Developing Software Life Cycle 
    Processes for Digital Computer Software Used in Safety Systems of 
    Nuclear Power Plants,'' which endorses IEEE Std 1074-1995, ``IEEE 
    Standard for Developing Software Life Cycle Processes.'' These guides 
    will be in Division 1, ``Power Reactors.'' These draft guides are being 
    developed to provide current guidance on methods acceptable to the NRC 
    staff for complying with the NRC's regulations for promoting high 
    functional reliability and design quality in software used in safety 
    systems of nuclear power plants.
        The draft guides have not received complete staff review and do not 
    represent official NRC staff positions. No backfitting is intended or 
    approved in connection with the issuance of these proposed guides. Any 
    backfitting that may result from application of this new guidance to 
    operating plants will be justified in accordance with established NRC 
    backfitting guidance and procedures. These draft guides have been 
    released to encourage public participation in their development. Except 
    in those cases in which an applicant proposes an acceptable alternative 
    method for complying with specified portions of the NRC's regulations, 
    the methods to be described in the active guide reflecting public 
    comments will be used in the evaluation of submittals in connection 
    with applications for construction permits, standard design 
    certifications and design approvals, and combined operating licenses. 
    The active guides will also be used to evaluate submittals from 
    operating reactor licensees who propose modifications that go beyond 
    the current licensing basis, if those modifications are voluntarily 
    initiated by the licensee and there is a clear connection between the 
    proposed modifications and this guidance. The final guides will be used 
    in conjunction with, and will eventually be reflected in, the Standard 
    Review Plan, which is currently under revision.
        Public comments are being solicited on the guide. Comments should 
    be accompanied by supporting data. Written comments may be submitted to 
    the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of 
    Information and Publications 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 
    October 31, 1996.
        Although a time limit is given for comments on this draft guide, 
    comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
    guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
    guides are encouraged at any time.
    
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        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 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 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 data bases 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, 703-321-3339, or by using 
    Telnet via Internet, fedworld.gov. If using 703-321-3339 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 that 
    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. For more information on this draft regulatory guide, 
    contact J.J. Kramer at the NRC, telephone (301)415-5891; e-mail 
    [email protected]
        Regulatory guides are available for inspection at the Commission's 
    Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests for 
    single copies of draft or final guides (which may be reproduced) or for 
    placement on an automatic distribution list for single copies of future 
    draft guides in specific divisions should be made in writing to the 
    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: 
    Distribution and Mail Services Section; or by fax at (301)415-2260. 
    Telephone requests cannot be accommodated. Regulatory guides are not 
    copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them.
    
    (5 U.S.C. 552(a))
    
        Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of August 1996.
    
        For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    M. Wayne Hodges,
    Director, Division of Systems Technology, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
    Research.
    [FR Doc. 96-22613 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
09/05/1996
Department:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-22613
Pages:
46834-46835 (2 pages)
PDF File:
96-22613.pdf