80 FR 70850 - Preparing and Reviewing Licensing Applications for Instrumentation and Control Systems for Non-Power Reactors

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 220 (November 16, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting public comment on draft Chapter 7, ``Instrumentation and Control Systems,'' which augments the following: (1) NUREG-1537, Part 1, ``Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors: Format and Content;'' and (2) NUREG-1537, Part 2, ``Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors: Standard Review Plan and Acceptance Criteria.'' This draft chapter of NUREG-1537 provides revised guidance for preparing and reviewing applications for instrumentation and control systems.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2012-0167]


Preparing and Reviewing Licensing Applications for 
Instrumentation and Control Systems for Non-Power Reactors

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting 
public comment on draft Chapter 7, ``Instrumentation and Control 
Systems,'' which augments the following: (1) NUREG-1537, Part 1, 
``Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing 
of Non-Power Reactors: Format and Content;'' and (2) NUREG-1537, Part 
2, ``Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the 
Licensing of Non-Power Reactors: Standard Review Plan and Acceptance 
Criteria.'' This draft chapter of NUREG-1537 provides revised guidance 
for preparing and reviewing applications for instrumentation and 
control systems.

DATES: Submit comments by February 1, 2016. Comments received after 
this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0167. 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.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: O12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    For additional direction on accessing information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane A. Hardesty, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20005-0001; telephone: 301-415-3724; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0167 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0167.
     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 
draft NUREG is located in ADAMS as follows: Part 1, Chapter 7 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML15134A484) and Part 2, Chapter 7 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML15134A486).
     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.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0167 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
    The NRC is issuing this notice to solicit public comment on draft 
Chapter 7, ``Instrumentation and Control System,'' which augments the 
following: (1) NUREG-1537, Part 1, ``Guidelines for Preparing and 
Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors: Format 
and Content;'' and (2) NUREG-1537, Part 2, ``Guidelines for Preparing 
and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors: 
Standard Review Plan and Acceptance Criteria.'' After the NRC staff 
considers public comments, it will make a determination regarding 
issuance of the final NUREG.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of November, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alexander Adams, Jr.,
Chief, Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of Policy 
and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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