82 FR 10505 - Comprehensive Vibration Assessment Program for Reactor Internals During Preoperational and Startup Testing
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 10505-10506] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-02864] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2015-0161] Comprehensive Vibration Assessment Program for Reactor Internals During Preoperational and Startup Testing AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.20, ``Comprehensive Vibration Assessment Program for Reactor Internals During Preoperational and Startup Testing.'' This RG describes methods and procedures that the NRC staff considers acceptable when developing a comprehensive vibration assessment program for reactor internals during preoperational and startup testing. DATES: Revision 4 to RG 1.20 is available on February 13, 2017. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0161 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publically-available information related to this document, using the following methods:Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0161. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415- 3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the individuals 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 Document 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 is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide 1.20, and the regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML16056A338 and ML15083A388, respectively. 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. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not required to reproduce them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Scarbrough, Office of New Reactors, telephone: 301-415-2794, email: [email protected]; Yuken Wong, Office of New Reactors, telephone: 301-415-0500, email: [email protected], and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-15-7000, email: [email protected]. All are staff members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency's regulations, techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. Revision 4 of RG 1.20 was issued with a temporary identification of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1323. This revision expands the guidance related to flow-induced vibration, acoustic resonance, acoustic-induced vibration, and mechanical-induced vibration for boiling water reactor, pressurized water reactor, and small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power plants. For SMRs, this includes guidance for the control rod drive system and control rod drive mechanisms, which might be contained in an integral reactor vessel module. The additional guidance in Revision 4 is based in part on lessons learned from the review of recent applications, including both new plant applications and extended power uprate applications. In addition, Revision 4 re- [[Page 10506]] defines and clarifies the prototype, limited prototype, and non- prototype classifications of reactor internal configurations. II. Additional Information The DG-1323 was published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 FR 38239) for a 60-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on August 31, 2015. Public comments on DG-1323 and the NRC staff responses to the public comments are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16056A341. III. Congressional Review Act This regulatory guide is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act. IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality Issuance of this regulatory guide does not constitute backfitting as defined in section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (the Backfit Rule), and is not otherwise inconsistent with the issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52. This regulatory guide does not apply to any nuclear reactor construction permits or operating licenses under 10 CFR part 50, design certifications and combined licenses under 10 CFR part 52, or license amendment requests for extended power uprates at operating reactors already issued by the NRC prior to issuance of the regulatory guide. The NRC has already completed its review of the comprehensive vibration assessment programs (CVAPs) for power reactor internals for these construction permits, operating licenses, design certifications, combined operating licenses, and license amendments for extended power uprates. Therefore, no further NRC regulatory action with respect to CVAPs will occur for those licenses, permits, certifications, and authorizations for which the guidance in the regulatory guide is relevant, absent voluntary action by the licensees to use the guidance to demonstrate compliance with the underlying NRC regulations. The regulatory guide may be applied to applications for construction permits, operating licenses, design certifications, combined licenses, and license amendments for extended power uprates, any of which are docketed and under review by the NRC as of the date of issuance of the regulatory guide. The regulatory guide may also be applied to applications for construction permits, operating licenses, design certifications, combined licenses, and license amendments for extended power uprates, any of which are submitted after the issuance of the regulatory guide. Such action would not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 50.109(a)(1) and is not otherwise inconsistent with the applicable issue finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52 because such applicants and potential applicants are not, with certain exceptions, protected by either the Backfit Rule or any issue finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52. This is because neither the Backfit Rule nor the issue finality provisions under 10 CFR part 52--with certain exclusions discussed below--was intended to apply to every NRC action that substantially changes the expectations of current and future applicants. The exceptions to the general principle are applicable whenever an applicant references a 10 CFR part 52 license (e.g., an early site permit), NRC regulatory approval (e.g., a design certification rule), or both, with specified issue finality provisions. The NRC does not, at this time, intend to impose the positions represented in the regulatory guide in a manner that is inconsistent with any issue finality provisions. If, in the future, the staff seeks to impose a position in the regulatory guide in a manner that does not provide issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision, then the staff must address the criteria for avoiding issue finality as described in the applicable issue finality provision. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of February, 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas H. Boyce, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2017-02864 Filed 2-10-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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subject systems are in compliance with in ADAMS under Accession No. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
the current licensing and design bases ML16244A787. email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
and applicable regulatory requirements, Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 06th day ADAMS accession number for each
and that suitable design, operational, of February 2017. document referenced (if it is available in
and testing control measures are in For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ADAMS) is provided the first time that
place for maintaining this compliance; it is mentioned in this document.
Sheldon D. Stuchell,
and (2) collect the requested Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide 1.20,
Chief, Generic Communications Branch,
information to determine whether and the regulatory analysis may be
Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office
additional regulatory action is required. of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. found in ADAMS under Accession Nos.
As a result of its review of the GL 2008– ML16056A338 and ML15083A388,
[FR Doc. 2017–02866 Filed 2–10–17; 8:45 am]
01 responses, the NRC identified that respectively.
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some plant-specific TS did not cover all • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
systems or locations susceptible to gas purchase copies of public documents at
accumulation. Accordingly, the NRC the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
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staff determined that enhancements to White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
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TSs and the standard technical Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
specifications (STSs) were desirable. [NRC–2015–0161] Regulatory guides are not
The nuclear industry undertook two copyrighted, and NRC approval is not
primary initiatives to address the Comprehensive Vibration Assessment required to reproduce them.
desired regulatory guidance and TS Program for Reactor Internals During
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
enhancements, NEI 09–10 and TSTF– Preoperational and Startup Testing
Thomas Scarbrough, Office of New
523. The NRC issued RIS 2013–09, AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Reactors, telephone: 301–415–2794,
‘‘NRC Endorsement of NEI 09–10, Commission. email: Thomas.Scarbrough@nrc.gov;
Revision 1a-A, ‘Guidelines for Effective Yuken Wong, Office of New Reactors,
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
Prevention and Management of System telephone: 301–415–0500, email:
Gas Accumulation’’’ (ADAMS SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Yuken.Wong@nrc.gov, and Stephen
Accession No. ML13178A152), to Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 4 Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
endorse NEI 09–10 as an acceptable and to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.20, Research, telephone: 301–15–7000,
recommended approach for managing ‘‘Comprehensive Vibration Assessment email: Stephen.Burton@nrc.gov. All are
gas accumulation. The NRC staff Program for Reactor Internals During staff members of the U.S. Nuclear
approved for use TSTF–523, Revision 2, Preoperational and Startup Testing.’’ Regulatory Commission, Washington,
in a Federal Register notice on January This RG describes methods and DC 20555–0001.
15, 2014 (79 FR 2700). procedures that the NRC staff considers
Although the NRC issued plant- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
acceptable when developing a
specific closure letters following its comprehensive vibration assessment I. Introduction
review of information submitted in program for reactor internals during
response to GL 2008–01, the closure The NRC is issuing a revision to an
preoperational and startup testing. existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory
letters did not address development of
DATES: Revision 4 to RG 1.20 is available Guide’’ series. This series was
additional regulatory guidance or
enhancements to both plant-specific TS on February 13, 2017. developed to describe and make
and STS requirements. The NRC staff ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID available to the public information
accepted the incorporation of a gas NRC–2015–0161 when contacting the regarding methods that are acceptable to
management program consistent with NRC about the availability of the NRC staff for implementing specific
NEI 09–10 and the adoption of TSTF– information regarding this document. parts of the agency’s regulations,
523 as approaches for plants to You may obtain publically-available techniques that the NRC staff uses in
sufficiently demonstrate the continued information related to this document, evaluating specific issues or postulated
operability of safety significant systems using the following methods: events, and data that the NRC staff
susceptible to gas accumulation. • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to needs in its review of applications for
http://www.regulations.gov and search permits and licenses.
III. Request for Comment for Docket ID NRC–2015–0161. Address Revision 4 of RG 1.20 was issued with
This draft RIS sets forth the regulatory questions about NRC dockets to Carol a temporary identification of Draft
history of the NRC’s concerns with gas Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; Regulatory Guide, DG–1323. This
accumulation, as summarized above in email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For revision expands the guidance related to
Section II, ‘‘Background.’’ This draft technical questions, contact the flow-induced vibration, acoustic
RIS, if finalized would advise affected individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER resonance, acoustic-induced vibration,
entities that those licensees who choose INFORMATION CONTACT section of this and mechanical-induced vibration for
not to implement NEI 09–10 and TSTF– document. boiling water reactor, pressurized water
523 must ensure, through some • NRC’s Agencywide Documents reactor, and small modular reactor
appropriate means, that systems remain Access and Management System (SMR) nuclear power plants. For SMRs,
operable with respect to the potential (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- this includes guidance for the control
for accumulation of gas, in accordance available documents online in the rod drive system and control rod drive
ADAMS Public Document collection at mechanisms, which might be contained
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with their plant-specific TSs and their
plants’ licensing basis. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ in an integral reactor vessel module.
The NRC requests public comments adams.html. To begin the search, select The additional guidance in Revision 4 is
on the draft RIS. The NRC staff will ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then based in part on lessons learned from
make a final determination regarding select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS the review of recent applications,
issuance of the RIS after it considers any Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, including both new plant applications
public comments received in response please contact the NRC’s Public and extended power uprate
to this request. The draft RIS is available Document Room (PDR) reference staff at applications. In addition, Revision 4 re-
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II. Additional Information
backfitting as defined in 10 CFR This meeting will be webcast live at
The DG–1323 was published in the 50.109(a)(1) and is not otherwise
Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 FR the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.
inconsistent with the applicable issue
38239) for a 60-day public comment finality provisions in 10 CFR part 52 9:00 a.m. Briefing on Lessons Learned
period. The public comment period because such applicants and potential from the Fukushima Dai-ichi
closed on August 31, 2015. Public applicants are not, with certain Accident (Public Meeting) (Contact:
comments on DG–1323 and the NRC exceptions, protected by either the Andrew Proffitt: 301–415–1418)
staff responses to the public comments Backfit Rule or any issue finality This meeting will be webcast live at
are available in ADAMS under provisions under 10 CFR part 52. This the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.
Accession No. ML16056A341. is because neither the Backfit Rule nor
the issue finality provisions under 10 Friday, February 17, 2017
III. Congressional Review Act
CFR part 52—with certain exclusions 9:30 a.m. Briefing on Project Aim
This regulatory guide is a rule as discussed below—was intended to
defined in the Congressional Review (Public Meeting) (Contact: Tammy
apply to every NRC action that Bloomer: 301–415–1785)
Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the substantially changes the expectations
Office of Management and Budget has of current and future applicants. The This meeting will be webcast live at
not found it to be a major rule as exceptions to the general principle are the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.
defined in the Congressional Review applicable whenever an applicant Week of February 20, 2017—Tentative
Act. references a 10 CFR part 52 license (e.g.,
an early site permit), NRC regulatory Thursday, February 23, 2017
IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality
approval (e.g., a design certification 9:30 a.m. Joint Meeting of the Federal
Issuance of this regulatory guide does
rule), or both, with specified issue Energy Regulatory Commission and
not constitute backfitting as defined in
finality provisions. The NRC does not, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
section 50.109 of title 10 of the Code of
at this time, intend to impose the (Public Meeting) (Contact: Denise
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (the
positions represented in the regulatory McGovern)
Backfit Rule), and is not otherwise
guide in a manner that is inconsistent
inconsistent with the issue finality This meeting will be webcast live at
with any issue finality provisions. If, in
provisions in 10 CFR part 52. This the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.
the future, the staff seeks to impose a
regulatory guide does not apply to any
position in the regulatory guide in a Week of February 27, 2017—Tentative
nuclear reactor construction permits or
manner that does not provide issue
operating licenses under 10 CFR part 50, finality as described in the applicable Wednesday, March 1, 2017
design certifications and combined issue finality provision, then the staff
licenses under 10 CFR part 52, or 10:00 a.m. Briefing on NRC
must address the criteria for avoiding International Activities (Closed Ex.
license amendment requests for issue finality as described in the
extended power uprates at operating 1 & 9)
applicable issue finality provision.
reactors already issued by the NRC prior Thursday, March 2, 2017
to issuance of the regulatory guide. The Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of February, 2017. 9:00 a.m. Strategic Programmatic
NRC has already completed its review of
the comprehensive vibration assessment For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Overview of the Fuel Facilities and
programs (CVAPs) for power reactor Thomas H. Boyce, the Nuclear Materials Users
internals for these construction permits, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Business Lines (Public Meeting)
operating licenses, design certifications, Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office (Contact: Soly Soto; 301–415–7528)
of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
combined operating licenses, and This meeting will be webcast live at
license amendments for extended power [FR Doc. 2017–02864 Filed 2–10–17; 8:45 am] the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.
uprates. Therefore, no further NRC BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
Week of March 6, 2017—Tentative
regulatory action with respect to CVAPs
will occur for those licenses, permits, There are no meetings scheduled for
certifications, and authorizations for NUCLEAR REGULATORY
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Week of March 13, 2017—Tentative
action by the licensees to use the There are no meetings scheduled for
guidance to demonstrate compliance Sunshine Act Meeting the week of March 13, 2017.
with the underlying NRC regulations.
DATE: February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, Week of March 20, 2017—Tentative
The regulatory guide may be applied to
20, 2017.
applications for construction permits, Thursday, March 23, 2017
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
operating licenses, design certifications,
combined licenses, and license Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 9:00 a.m. Hearing on Combined
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amendments for extended power Maryland. Licenses for North Anna Nuclear
uprates, any of which are docketed and STATUS: Public and Closed. Plant, Unit 3: Section 189a. of the
under review by the NRC as of the date Atomic Energy Act Proceeding
Week of February 13, 2017
of issuance of the regulatory guide. The (Public Meeting) (Contact: James
regulatory guide may also be applied to Thursday, February 16, 2017 Shea: 301–415–1388)
applications for construction permits, 8:55 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public This meeting will be webcast live at
operating licenses, design certifications, Meeting) (Tentative) the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.
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| Contact | Thomas Scarbrough, Office of New Reactors, telephone: 301-415-2794, email: [email protected]; Yuken Wong, Office of New Reactors, telephone: 301-415-0500, email: [email protected], and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-15-7000, email: [email protected] All are staff members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. | |
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