80 FR 30287 - Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Courses

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 101 (May 27, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), in cooperation with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), will hold joint courses on fire probabilistic risk assessment (PRA). Since 2002, RES and EPRI, under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperative Nuclear Safety Research, have been developing state-of-the-art methods for conduct of fire PRA. In September 2005, this work produced the ``EPRI/NRC-RES Fire PRA Methodology for Nuclear Power Facilities,'' NUREG/CR-6850 (EPRI 1011989).

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12784]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0132]


Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Courses

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), in cooperation with the Electric 
Power Research Institute (EPRI), will hold joint courses on fire 
probabilistic risk assessment (PRA). Since 2002, RES and EPRI, under a 
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperative Nuclear Safety 
Research, have been developing state-of-the-art methods for conduct of 
fire PRA. In September 2005, this work produced the ``EPRI/NRC-RES Fire 
PRA Methodology for Nuclear Power Facilities,'' NUREG/CR-6850 (EPRI 
1011989).

DATES: Five modules will be held between July 20, 2015, and September 
28, 2015. See Section II, Public Workshop, of this document for more 
information.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0132 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0132. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in 
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kendra Hill, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-251-3300; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The courses cover the state-of-the-art methodology presented in 
NUREG/CR-6850 (EPRI 1011989). Training will also include discussions 
relating the fire PRA portion of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard to the 
methodology of NUREG/CR-6850 (EPRI 1011989).
    Five modules cover the major technical areas of the fire PRA 
methodology. This year each module will be offered only one time at 
either the NRC or EPRI offices. Participants may attend as many modules 
as they wish during the year.

II. Public Workshop

    Module I PRA will be held September 28-October 2, 2015, at the EPRI 
Office, 1300 W. W.T. Harris Boulevard, Building 3-741 A&D, Charlotte, 
North Carolina 28262. Module II Electrical Analysis will be held August 
24-28, 2015, at the NRC, Three White Flint North, 11601 Landsdown 
Street, North Bethesda, Maryland 20852. Module III Fire Analysis will 
be held July 20-24, 2015, at the NRC in North Bethesda, Maryland. 
Module IV HRA will be held September 28-October 2, 2015, at the EPRI 
office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Module V Advanced Fire Modeling 
will be held August 17-21, 2015, at the NRC in North Bethesda, 
Maryland.
    To register for the courses use the following links:

Module I--PRA

EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training--Module I--
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
    September 28-October 2, 2015--EPRI Offices, Charlotte, NC

Module II--Electrical Analysis

EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training--Module II--
Electrical Analysis
    August 24-28, 2015--NRC Offices, North Bethesda, MD

Module III--Fire Analysis

EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training--Module III--
Fire Analysis
    July 20-24, 2015--NRC Offices, North

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Bethesda, MD

Module IV--HRA

EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training--Module IV--
Fire Human Reliability Analysis
    September 28-October 2, 2015--EPRI Offices, Charlotte, NC

Module V--Advanced Fire Modeling

EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training--Module V--
Advanced Fire Modeling
    August 17-21, 2015--NRC Offices, North Bethesda, MD

Conduct of the Meeting

    This meeting is a Category 3 meeting.\*\ The public is invited to 
participate in this meeting by providing comments and asking questions 
throughout the meeting. Please note this workshop is being conducted in 
a classroom format; registration is required to ensure space 
availability.
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    \*\ Meetings between the NRC technical staff and external 
stakeholders are open for interested members of the public, 
petitioners, interveners, or other parties to attend as observers 
pursuant to Commission policy statement, ``Enhancing Public 
Participation in NRC Meetings,'' 67 Federal Register 36920, May 28, 
2002.
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    The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with 
disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation 
to participate in this workshop, or need the workshop notice or agenda 
in another format (e.g., Braille, large print), please notify the NRC's 
meeting contact. Determinations on requests for reasonable 
accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of May 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Henry Salley,
Chief, Fire Research Branch, Division of Risk Analysis, Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2015-12784 Filed 5-26-15; 8:45 am]
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