[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 72653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29757]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

[NRC-2007-0008]
RIN 3150-AI01


Alternate Fracture Toughness Requirements for Protection Against 
Pressurized Thermal Shock Events; Correction

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: On January 3, 2010, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or 
Commission) published in the Federal Register a final rule (75 FR 13) 
that amends the NRC's regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR) part 50, section 61a to provide alternate fracture 
toughness requirements for protection against pressurized thermal shock 
(PTS) events for pressurized water reactor (PWR) pressure vessels. On 
February 3, 2010, the NRC published in the Federal Register a 
correction to the final rule (75 FR 5495) to correct formatting and 
typographical errors. This document is necessary to further correct a 
typographical error that appears in the correction document.

DATES: The correction is effective on November 26, 2010, and is 
applicable beginning February 3, 2010, the date the original rule 
became effective.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch, Office of Administration, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-492-
3667, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#094a60676d70274b65686d6c7049677b6a276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adeec4c3c9d483efc1ccc9c8d4edc3dfce83cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document is the third set of 
corrections to the final rule published on January 3, 2010. Previous 
corrections were published on February 3, 2010 (75 FR 5495), and March 
8, 2010 (75 FR 10410). This document further corrects a typographical 
error that appears in the correction document published in the Federal 
Register on February 3, 2010.

List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 50

    Antitrust, Classified information, Criminal penalties, Fire 
protection, Intergovernmental relations, Nuclear power plants and 
reactors, Radiation protection, Reactor siting criteria, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization Act of 
1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553, the NRC is adopting the 
following amendments to 10 CFR part 50.

PART 50--DOMESTIC LICENSING OF PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION 
FACILITIES

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1. The authority citation for Part 50 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 102, 103, 104, 105, 161, 182, 183, 186, 189, 68 
Stat. 936, 937, 938, 948, 953, 954, 955, 956, as amended, sec. 234, 
83 Stat. 444, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2201, 
2232, 2233, 2236, 2239, 2282); secs. 201, as amended, 202, 206, 88 
Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244, 1246 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846); 
sec. 1704, 112 Stat. 2750 (44 U.S.C. 3504 note); Energy Policy Act 
of 2005, Pub. L. 109-58, 119 Stat. 194 (2005). Section 50.7 also 
issued under Pub. L. 95-601, sec. 10, 92 Stat. 2951 as amended by 
Pub. L. 102-486, sec. 2902, 106 Stat. 3123 (42 U.S.C. 5841). Section 
50.10 also issued under secs. 101, 185, 68 Stat. 955, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 2131, 2235); sec. 102, Pub. L. 91-190, 83 Stat. 853 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). Sections 50.13, 50.54(dd), and 50.103 also issued 
under sec. 108, 68 Stat. 939, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2138).
    Sections 50.23, 50.35, 50.55, and 50.56 also issued under sec. 
185, 68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 2235). Sections 50.33a, 50.55a and 
Appendix Q also issued under sec. 102, Pub. L. 91-190, 83 Stat. 853 
(42 U.S.C. 4332). Sections 50.34 and 50.54 also issued under sec. 
204, 88 Stat. 1245 (42 U.S.C. 5844). Sections 50.58, 50.91, and 
50.92 also issued under Pub. L. 97-415, 96 Stat. 2073 (42 U.S.C. 
2239). Section 50.78 also issued under sec. 122, 68 Stat. 939 (42 
U.S.C. 2152). Sections 50.80-50.81 also issued under sec. 184, 68 
Stat. 954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2234). Appendix F also issued under 
sec. 187, 68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 2237).


Sec.  50.61a  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  50.61a, amend paragraph (g), Equation 7, by removing the 
text ``A = 1.451 x 10<SUP>-</SUP>\7\ for plates'' and adding in its 
place the text ``A = 1.561 x 10<SUP>-</SUP>\7\ for plates''.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, November 19, 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-29757 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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