[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75705-75706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30490]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2010-0371]
Notice of Availability of the Models for Plant-Specific Adoption
of Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-431,
Revision 3, ``Change in Technical Specifications End States (BAW-
2441)''
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: As part of the consolidated line item improvement process
(CLIIP), the NRC is announcing the availability of the model
application (with model no significant hazards consideration (NSHC)
determination) and model safety evaluation (SE) for the plant-specific
adoption of Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-
431, Revision 3, ``Change in Technical Specifications End States (BAW-
2441).'' TSTF-431, Revision 3, is available in the Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number
ML093570241. The proposed changes revise the Standard Technical
Specifications (STS) to permit, for some systems, entry into a hot
shutdown (Mode 4) end state rather than a cold shutdown (Mode 5) end
state. These changes are associated with the implementation of Topical
Report BAW-2441-A, Revision 2, ``Risk-Informed Justification for LCO
End-State Changes.'' The CLIIP model SE will facilitate expedited
approval of plant-specific adoption of TSTF-431, Revision 3.
Documents: You can access publicly available documents related to
this notice using the following methods:
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public
File Area O1 F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain
entry into the ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's
public documents. If you do not have access to the ADAMS or if there
are problems in accessing the documents located in the ADAMS, contact
the NRC's PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail at [email protected].
The model application (with model NSHC determination) and model SE
for the plant-specific adoption of TSTF-431, Revision 3, are available
electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML102310365. The NRC staff
disposition of comments received on the Notice of Opportunity for
Comment announced in the Federal Register on November 21, 2007 (72 FR
65615-65629), is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number
ML102310364.
Federal Rulemaking Web site: The public comments received and
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2010-0371.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ravi Grover, Reactor Systems
Engineer,
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Technical Specifications Branch, Mail Stop: O-7C2A, Division of
Inspection and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001;
telephone 301-415-2166 or e-mail at [email protected] or Ms.
Michelle C. Honcharik, Senior Project Manager, Licensing Processes
Branch, Mail Stop: O-12 D1, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-1774 or e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TSTF-431, Revision 3, is applicable to
Babcock & Wilcox reactor plants. Licensees opting to apply for this TS
change are responsible for reviewing TSTF-431, Revision 3, and the NRC
staff's SE, providing any necessary plant-specific information, and
assessing the completeness and accuracy of their license amendment
request (LAR). It is acceptable for licensees to use plant-specific
system names, TS numbering and titles. The NRC will process each
amendment application responding to this notice of availability
according to applicable NRC rules and procedures.
The models do not prevent licensees from requesting an alternate
approach or proposing changes other than those proposed in TSTF-431,
Revision 3. However, significant deviations from the approach
recommended in this notice or the inclusion of additional changes to
the license require additional NRC staff review and would not be
reviewed as a part of the CLIIP. This may increase the time and
resources needed for the review or result in NRC staff rejection of the
LAR. Licensees desiring significant deviations or additional changes
should instead submit an LAR that does not claim to adopt TSTF-431,
Revision 3.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of November 2010.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
John R. Jolicoeur,
Chief, Licensing Processes Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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