[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5088-5089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1201]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft NUREG-1824, ``Verification & Validation of Selected Fire
Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications,'' Draft for Comment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft NUREG-1824, ``Verification &
Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant
Applications'' and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the availability of Draft NUREG-1824,
``Verification & Validation of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power
Plant Applications Volumes 1 through 7,'' for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this document should be submitted by March 31, 2006.
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Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent
practicable. To ensure efficient and complete comment resolution,
comments should include references to the section, page, and line
numbers of the document to which the comment applies, if possible.
ADDRESSES: Members of the public are invited and encouraged to submit
written comments to Michael Lesar, Chief, Rules and Directives Branch,
Office of Administration, Mail Stop T6-D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand-deliver comments to Michael
Lesar, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15
p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be sent electronically to
NRCREP@nrc.gov.
This document is available at the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the
Internet at the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html under Accession No. ML060060541; on the NRC Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/
docs4comment.html; and at the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555; telephone (301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4205; fax
(301) 415-3548; e-mail PDR@NRC.GOV.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark H. Salley, Fire Research Team,
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, telephone (301) 415-2840, e-mail mxs3@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Verification & Validation of Selected Fire
Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications.
Draft NUREG-1824, ``Verification & Validation of Selected Fire Models
for Nuclear Power Plant Applications''
The purpose of this document entitled ``Verification & Validation
of Selected Fire Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications'' Draft
Report for Comment (NUREG-1824), is to document the verification and
validation of five (5) fire modeling tools commonly used in nuclear
power plant (NPP) applications. This project was performed in
accordance with the guidelines described in the American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E 1355-04, ``Evaluating the
Predictive Capability of Deterministic Fire Models.'' Under a joint
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research (RES) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have
agreed to collaboratively develop this technical document to support
the application of these fire modeling tools in nuclear power plants. A
library of typical NPP fire scenarios, and information on the ability
of specific fire models to predict the consequences of typical NPP fire
scenarios are provided. Technical review of fire models is necessary to
ensure that analysts can judge the adequacy of the scientific and
technical basis for the models, select models appropriate for a desired
use, and understand the levels of confidence that can be placed in the
results predicted by the models. This work was performed using state of
the art fire dynamics calculation methods/models and the most
applicable fire test data. Future improvements in the fire dynamics
calculation methods/models and additional fire test data may impact the
results of these reports.
The NRC is seeking public comment in order to receive feedback from
the widest range of interested parties and to ensure that all
information relevant to developing this document is available to the
NRC staff. This document is issued for comment only and is not intended
for interim use. The NRC will review public comments received on the
document, incorporate suggested changes as necessary, and issue the
final NUREG-1824 for use.
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 18th day of January 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Charles E. Ader,
Director, Division of Risk Analysis and Applications, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E6-1201 Filed 1-30-06; 8:45 am]
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