[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 135 (Monday, July 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38845-38846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13742]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Draft Regulatory Guide; Issuance; Availability
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: NRC Senior Program Manager, Satish
Aggarwal, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, Telephone: (301) 415-6005 or e-mail SKA@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public
comment a draft of a new guide in the agency's Regulatory Guide Series.
This series has been developed to describe and make available to the
public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff
for implementing specific parts of the NRC's regulations, techniques
that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated
accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
The draft regulatory guide, entitled ``Qualification of Safety-
Related Cables and Field Splices for Nuclear Power Plants,'' is
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-1132, which should be
mentioned in all related correspondence. This proposed regulatory guide
describes a method that the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in
complying with the Commission's regulations in Title 10, Part 50, of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50), ``Domestic Licensing
of Production and Utilization Facilities.'' Specifically, 10 CFR Part
50 requires that structures, systems, and components that are important
to safety in a nuclear power plant must be designed to accommodate the
effects of environmental conditions [i.e., remain functional under
postulated design-basis events (DBEs)]. Toward that end, the general
requirements are contained in General Design Criteria 1, 2, 4, and 23
of Appendix A, ``General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,'' to
10 CFR Part 50. Augmenting those general requirements, the specific
requirements pertaining to qualification of certain electrical
equipment important to safety are contained in 10 CFR 50.49,
``Environmental Qualification of Electric Equipment Important to Safety
for Nuclear Power Plants.'' In addition, Criterion III, ``Design
Control,'' of Appendix B, ``Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear
Power Plants,'' to 10 CFR Part 50, requires that where a test program
is used to verify the adequacy of a specific design feature, it must
include suitable qualification testing of a prototype unit under the
most severe DBE.
This regulatory guide describes a method that the NRC considers
acceptable for complying with the Commission's regulations for
qualification of safety-related cables and field splices for nuclear
power plants.
II. Further Information
The NRC is soliciting comments on Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1132.
Comments may be accompanied by relevant information or supporting data,
and should mention DG-1132 in the subject line. Comments submitted in
writing or in electronic form will be made available to the public in
their entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS). Personal information will not be removed
from your comments. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods:
1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch,
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
2. E-mail comments to: NRCREP@nrc.gov. You may also submit comments
via the NRC's rulemaking Web site at: http://ruleforum.llnl.gov.
Address questions about our rulemaking Web site to Carol A. Gallagher
(301) 415-5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.
3. Hand-deliver comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and
4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
4. Fax comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch,
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301)
415-5144.
Requests for technical information about Draft Regulatory Guide DG-
1132 may be directed to NRC Senior Program Manager, Satish Aggarwal, at
(301) 415-6005 or SKA@nrc.gov.
Comments would be most helpful if received by September 14, 2007.
Comments received after that date will
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be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to
ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection
with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or
improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.
Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1132 is available electronically through
the NRC's public Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the
Regulatory Guides document collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading
Room at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. The guide is
also available in ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html),
under Accession No. ML071440445.
In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at
(301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4209, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to PDR@nrc.gov.
Please note that the NRC does not intend to distribute printed
copies of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-1132, unless specifically requested
on an individual basis with adequate justification. Such requests for
single copies of draft or final guides (which may be reproduced) should
be made in writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Reproduction and Distribution
Services Section; by e-mail to DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by fax to (301)
415-2289. Telephone requests cannot be accommodated.
Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is
not required to reproduce them. (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of July, 2007.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea Valentin,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Branch, Division of Fuel, Engineering and
Radiological Research, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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