[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3400-3401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1414]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Review Standard for Extended Power Uprates; Availability of
Review Standard
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of Issuance of Review Standard.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the availability of Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation Review Standard (RS)-001, Revision 0, ``Review
Standard for Extended Power Uprates,'' dated December 2003. RS-001,
Revision 0, fully addressed the public comments received on the draft
version of RS-001.
This document is available for public inspection (1) at the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, (2) from
the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, using the Accession No. ML033640024,
and (3) at the NRC's Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/
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reactors/operating/licensing/power-uprates.html. Persons who do not
have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems accessing the document
in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-
800-397-4209, (301) 415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mohammed A. Shuaibi, Senior Project
Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate III, Division of Licensing
Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, and Anthony
C. McMurtray, Senior Project Manager, Section 1, Project Directorate
III, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation. Mr. Shuaibi may be reached by telephone at (301)
415-2859 or e-mail at [email protected]. Mr. McMurtray may be reached by
telephone at (301) 415-4106 or e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The process of increasing the licensed power
level at a commercial nuclear power plant is called a ``power uprate.''
Power uprates can be classified into three categories based on the
magnitude of the power increase and the methods used to achieve the
increase. Measurement uncertainty recapture power uprates result in
power level increases that are less than 2 percent and are achieved by
implementing enhanced techniques for calculating reactor power. Stretch
power uprates typically result in power level increases that are up to
7 percent and do not generally involve major plant modifications.
Extended power uprates (EPUs) result in power level increases that are
greater than stretch power uprates, have been approved for increases as
high as 20 percent, and usually require significant modifications to
major plant equipment. RS-001 is applicable to EPUs.
RS-001 establishes standardized review guidance for the staff's
reviews of EPU applications to enhance the consistency, quality, and
completeness of the reviews. It serves as a tool for the staff's use
when processing EPU applications in that it provides detailed
references to various NRC documents containing specific information
related to the areas of review.
RS-001 also makes available to licensees the guidance used by the
staff for reviewing and accepting EPU applications. Making this
information available should help licensees prepare complete EPU
applications that address the topics needed for the NRC staff's review.
By addressing the areas in the review standard, a licensee could
minimize the NRC staff's need for requests for additional information
and thereby improve the efficiency of the staff's review.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of January, 2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ledyard B. Marsh,
Director, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 04-1414 Filed 1-22-04; 8:45 am]
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