80 FR 38780 - Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 129 (July 7, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) for Natural Phenomena Hazards (NPH) in Fuel Cycle Facilities. Fuel cycle facility licensees are required to conduct and maintain an Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA). This analysis must examine potential accident sequences caused by process deviations or other events internal to the facility and credible external events, including natural phenomena. The staff is issuing this ISG to provide additional guidance to the NRC staff for the review of fuel cycle facilities ISA evaluation of accident sequences that may result from NPH. This ISG will be incorporated into future revisions of Appendix D of Chapter 3 of NUREG 1520, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility.'' Specific emphasis was provided on seismic hazards due to recent events such as the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident and recent updates to the U.S. Geological Survey hazard curves.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16542]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0035]


Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Interim staff guidance; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) for Natural Phenomena 
Hazards (NPH) in Fuel Cycle Facilities. Fuel cycle facility licensees 
are required to conduct and maintain an Integrated Safety Analysis 
(ISA). This analysis must examine potential accident sequences caused 
by process deviations or other events internal to the facility and 
credible external events, including natural phenomena. The staff is 
issuing this ISG to provide additional guidance to the NRC staff for 
the review of fuel cycle facilities ISA evaluation of accident 
sequences that may result from NPH. This ISG will be incorporated into 
future revisions of Appendix D of Chapter 3 of NUREG 1520, ``Standard 
Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle 
Facility.'' Specific emphasis was provided on seismic hazards due to 
recent events such as the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident and recent 
updates to the U.S. Geological Survey hazard curves.

DATES: The final ISG is available as of July 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0035 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-2015-0035. 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 in this document 
(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.

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: A notice of opportunity for public comment 
on Draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) for Natural Phenomena Hazards 
(NPH) in Fuel Cycle Facilities was published in the Federal Register on 
February 24, 2015 (80 FR 9755). Comments were received from Stephen 
McDuffie (Agencywide Document and Management System (ADAMS) Accession 
No. ML15096A476) and the Nuclear Energy Institute (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15104A341). The evaluation of these comments and the resulting 
changes to the interim staff guidance are discussed in a publicly-
available document which is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML15121A039.
    The final interim staff guidance is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML15121A044.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th 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. 2015-16542 Filed 7-6-15; 8:45 am]
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