83 FR 38731 - Digital Instrumentation and Controls-Interim Staff Guidance-06, “Licensing Process”
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 38731-38732] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-16810] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2018-0056] Digital Instrumentation and Controls-Interim Staff Guidance-06, ``Licensing Process'' AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) Digital Instrumentation and Controls (DI&C)-ISG-06, ``Licensing Process.'' This ISG defines the licensing process used to support the review of license amendment requests (LARs) associated with safety-related DI&C equipment modifications in operating plants and in new plants once they become operational. This ISG provides guidance for activities performed before an LAR is submitted and for activities performed during the LAR review. The NRC staff uses the process described in this ISG to evaluate compliance with NRC regulations. DATES: Submit comments by September 6, 2018. 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:Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0056. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287- 9127; email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Golla, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1002, email: Joe.Golla@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0056 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0056. 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft ISG DI&C-ISG-06 ``Licensing Process,'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML18123A118. 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-2018-0056 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 will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter 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 into ADAMS. II. Background This ISG provides guidance for the NRC staff's review of LARs supporting installation of digital I&C equipment in accordance with licensing processes defined in NRC office instruction LIC-101, ``License Amendment Review Procedures.'' This ISG identifies information the NRC staff should review for digital I&C equipment. This ISG provides guidance on when that information should be reviewed. This ISG is designed to be used with the NRC's topical report review and approval process defined in NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation office instruction LIC-500, ``Topical Report Process.'' Where a licensee references an NRC-approved topical report, the NRC staff should be able to, where [[Page 38732]] appropriate, limit its review to assessing whether the application of the digital I&C modification falls within the envelope of the topical report approval. This ISG was developed based upon, and is designed to work in concert with, established guidance. As a result, this ISG references other guidance documents for review criteria. The NRC staff performs evaluations of proposed digital I&C equipment to ensure equipment will perform required functions. These evaluations use the guidance in the Standard Review Plan, Chapter 7, and other associated guidance. When a license amendment is required, licensees are obligated to provide a description of the licensing basis functions of digital I&C equipment and include a description of the equipment that implements the functions. Additionally, licensees identify those parts of the licensing basis being updated as a result of the proposed change. The NRC staff review processes include activities for evaluating documentation of plans and processes which are used to support system development activities and their outcomes. The Standard Review Plan, Appendix 7.0-A, and Branch Technical Position 7-14, guide the NRC staff in performing reviews of digital systems in support of safety evaluations. For reviews using the Alternate Process as defined in the ISG, the ISG provides additional guidance for performing early stage reviews of digital safety-related systems in support of safety evaluations. The NRC staff may review the system design and development process to support a determination that the design meets regulatory requirements and that in safety-related applications in nuclear power plants, the process is of sufficient high quality to produce systems and software suitable for use. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August 2018. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Eric J. Benner, Director, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2018-16810 Filed 8-6-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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comment submissions to remove comment on its draft Interim Staff (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
identifying or contact information. Guidance (ISG) Digital Instrumentation available documents online in the
If you are requesting or aggregating and Controls (DI&C)–ISG–06, ‘‘Licensing ADAMS Public Documents collection at
comments from other persons for Process.’’ This ISG defines the licensing http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
submission to the NRC, then you should process used to support the review of adams.html. To begin the search, select
inform those persons not to include license amendment requests (LARs) ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
identifying or contact information that associated with safety-related DI&C select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
they do not want to be publicly equipment modifications in operating Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
disclosed in their comment submission. plants and in new plants once they please contact the NRC’s Public
Your request should state that the NRC become operational. This ISG provides Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
does not routinely edit comment guidance for activities performed before 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
submissions to remove such information an LAR is submitted and for activities email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft
before making the comment performed during the LAR review. The ISG DI&C–ISG–06 ‘‘Licensing Process,’’
submissions available to the public or NRC staff uses the process described in is available in ADAMS under Accession
entering the comment submissions into this ISG to evaluate compliance with No. ML18123A118.
ADAMS. NRC regulations. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
II. Background DATES: Submit comments by September purchase copies of public documents at
6, 2018. Comments received after this the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
On May 29, 2018 (83 FR 24510), the White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
NRC solicited comments on DG–5048, date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the Commission is able to Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
‘‘Standard Format and Content of
Physical Security Plans, Training and ensure consideration only for comments B. Submitting Comments
Qualifications Plans and Safeguards received before this date. Please include Docket ID NRC–2018–
Contingency Plans for Nuclear Power ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 0056 in your comment submission.
Plants’’ (ADAMS Accession No. by any of the following methods: The NRC cautions you not to include
ML17124A490). The NRC granted an • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to identifying or contact information that
initial extension of the public comment http://www.regulations.gov and search you do not want to be publicly
period to August 13, 2018, and the NRC for Docket ID NRC–2018–0056. Address disclosed in your comment submission.
held a public meeting on July 25, 2018. questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer The NRC will post all comment
On July 26, 2018, the Nuclear Energy Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; submissions at http://
Institute (NEI) requested an additional email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
30 days extension to the public technical questions, contact the comment submissions into ADAMS.
comment period to allow NEI and its individual listed in the FOR FURTHER The NRC does not routinely edit
members’ sufficient time to perform a INFORMATION CONTACT section of this comment submissions to remove
thorough review of the document, document. identifying or contact information.
consistent with other work priorities • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office If you are requesting or aggregating
(ADAMS Accesion No. ML18208A473). of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– comments from other persons for
The NRC has decided to extend the A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory submission to the NRC, then you should
public comment period on this Commission, Washington, DC 20555– inform those persons not to include
document until September 13, 2018, to 0001. identifying or contact information that
allow more time for industry and For additional direction on obtaining they do not want to be publicly
members of the public to submit their information and submitting comments, disclosed in their comment submission.
comments. see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Your request should state that the NRC
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day
Submitting Comments’’ in the does not routinely edit comment
of August 2018. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of submissions to remove such information
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. this document. before making the comment
Thomas H. Boyce, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: submissions available to the public or
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Joseph Golla, Office of Nuclear Reactor entering the comment into ADAMS.
Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory II. Background
of Nuclear Regulatory Research. Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–1002, email: This ISG provides guidance for the
[FR Doc. 2018–16829 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am]
Joe.Golla@nrc.gov. NRC staff’s review of LARs supporting
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installation of digital I&C equipment in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
accordance with licensing processes
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COMMISSION Submitting Comments 101, ‘‘License Amendment Review
Procedures.’’ This ISG identifies
[NRC–2018–0056] A. Obtaining Information
information the NRC staff should review
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– for digital I&C equipment. This ISG
Digital Instrumentation and Controls– 0056 when contacting the NRC about provides guidance on when that
Interim Staff Guidance–06, ‘‘Licensing the availability of information for this information should be reviewed.
Process’’ action. You may obtain publicly- This ISG is designed to be used with
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AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory available information related to this the NRC’s topical report review and
Commission. action by any of the following methods: approval process defined in NRC Office
ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to of Nuclear Reactor Regulation office
request for comment. http://www.regulations.gov and search instruction LIC–500, ‘‘Topical Report
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0056. Process.’’ Where a licensee references an
SUMMARY:The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory • NRC’s Agencywide Documents NRC-approved topical report, the NRC
Commission (NRC) is soliciting public Access and Management System staff should be able to, where
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appropriate, limit its review to assessing NUCLEAR REGULATORY SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
whether the application of the digital COMMISSION this document.
I&C modification falls within the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
envelope of the topical report approval. [NRC–2018–0139] Paula Blechman, Office of Nuclear
This ISG was developed based upon, Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
and is designed to work in concert with, Applications and Amendments to Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
established guidance. As a result, this Facility Operating Licenses and 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–2242;
ISG references other guidance Combined Licenses Involving email: Paula.Blechman@nrc.gov.
documents for review criteria. Proposed No Significant Hazards SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Considerations and Containing
The NRC staff performs evaluations of Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards I. Obtaining Information and
proposed digital I&C equipment to Information and Order Imposing Submitting Comments
ensure equipment will perform required Procedures for Access to Sensitive A. Obtaining Information
functions. These evaluations use the Unclassified Non-Safeguards
guidance in the Standard Review Plan, Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
Chapter 7, and other associated 0139, facility name, unit number(s),
guidance. When a license amendment is AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory plant docket number, application date,
required, licensees are obligated to Commission. and subject when contacting the NRC
provide a description of the licensing ACTION: License amendment request; about the availability of information for
basis functions of digital I&C equipment notice of opportunity to comment, this action. You may obtain publicly-
and include a description of the request a hearing, and petition for leave available information related to this
to intervene; order imposing action by any of the following methods:
equipment that implements the
procedures. • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
functions. Additionally, licensees http://www.regulations.gov and search
identify those parts of the licensing SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory for Docket ID NRC–2018–0139.
basis being updated as a result of the Commission (NRC) received and is • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
proposed change. considering approval of one amendment Access and Management System
The NRC staff review processes request. The amendment request is for (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
include activities for evaluating Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 3. For available documents online in the
documentation of plans and processes each amendment request, the NRC ADAMS Public Documents collection at
which are used to support system proposes to determine that they involve http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
development activities and their no significant hazards consideration. adams.html. To begin the search, select
outcomes. Because each amendment request ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
contains sensitive unclassified non- select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
The Standard Review Plan, Appendix Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
safeguards information (SUNSI), an
7.0–A, and Branch Technical Position please contact the NRC’s Public
order imposes procedures to obtain
7–14, guide the NRC staff in performing access to SUNSI for contention Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
reviews of digital systems in support of preparation. 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
safety evaluations. For reviews using the email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
Alternate Process as defined in the ISG, DATES: Comments must be filed by
ADAMS accession number for each
the ISG provides additional guidance for September 6, 2018. A request for a
document referenced (if it is available in
performing early stage reviews of digital hearing must be filed by October 9,
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
safety-related systems in support of 2018. Any potential party as defined in
it is mentioned in this document.
safety evaluations. The NRC staff may § 2.4 of title 10 of the Code of Federal • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
Regulations (10 CFR), who believes purchase copies of public documents at
review the system design and
access to SUNSI is necessary to respond the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
development process to support a
to this notice must request document White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
determination that the design meets access by August 17, 2018.
regulatory requirements and that in Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
safety-related applications in nuclear B. Submitting Comments
by any of the following methods:
power plants, the process is of sufficient
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to Please include Docket ID NRC–2018–
high quality to produce systems and
http://www.regulations.gov and search 0139, facility name, unit number(s),
software suitable for use. for Docket ID NRC–2018–0139. Address plant docket number, application date,
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer and subject in your comment
of August 2018. Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; submission.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For The NRC cautions you not to include
Eric J. Benner, technical questions, contact the identifying or contact information that
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER you do not want to be publicly
Director, Division of Engineering, Office of
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this disclosed in your comment submission.
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
document. The NRC will post all comment
[FR Doc. 2018–16810 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am]
• Mail comments to: May Ma, Office submissions at http://
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of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory comment submissions into ADAMS.
Commission, Washington, DC 20555– The NRC does not routinely edit
0001. comment submissions to remove
For additional direction on obtaining identifying or contact information.
information and submitting comments, If you are requesting or aggregating
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and comments from other persons for
Submitting Comments’’ in the submission to the NRC, then you should
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| Dates | Submit comments by September 6, 2018. 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. | |
| Contact | Joseph Golla, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1002, email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 38731 |
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