80 FR 37028 - Treatment of Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 124 (June 29, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of final Generic Letter 2015-01, ``Treatment of Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities.'' The generic letter requests information from licensees of fuel cycle facilities to demonstrate if compliance is being maintained with the regulatory requirements and applicable license conditions regarding the treatment of natural phenomena events in the facilities' safety assessments, and to determine if additional NRC regulatory action is necessary to ensure that licensees are in compliance with their current licensing basis and existing NRC's regulations. The NRC will use the information submitted by licensees in response to the generic letter to determine if additional regulatory action is warranted.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 37028]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15920]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2014-0187]


Treatment of Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Generic letter; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of final Generic Letter 2015-01, ``Treatment of Natural 
Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities.'' The generic letter 
requests information from licensees of fuel cycle facilities to 
demonstrate if compliance is being maintained with the regulatory 
requirements and applicable license conditions regarding the treatment 
of natural phenomena events in the facilities' safety assessments, and 
to determine if additional NRC regulatory action is necessary to ensure 
that licensees are in compliance with their current licensing basis and 
existing NRC's regulations. The NRC will use the information submitted 
by licensees in response to the generic letter to determine if 
additional regulatory action is warranted.

DATES: The final generic letter is available as of June 29, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0187 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-2014-0187. 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 that document 
is 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.
     NRC's Public Web site: Generic Letter 2015-01 is available 
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/gen-letters/ 
(select ``2015'' and then select ``gl201501'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Marcano, Office of Nuclear 
Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6731, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a notice of opportunity 
for public comment on this generic letter in the Federal Register on 
August 8, 2014 (79 FR 46472). The NRC received two comments from 
Stephen McDuffie and the Nuclear Energy Institute. The two comments 
resulted in editorial changes to the generic letter. The evaluation of 
these comments and the resulting changes to the generic letter are 
discussed in a publicly-available document which is available in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML14328A036.
    The final generic letter is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML14328A029.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of June, 2015.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marissa Bailey,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental 
Review Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2015-15920 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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