Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 4, 2010 / Notices 23821 

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[NRC–2009–0521] 

Final License Renewal Interim Staff 

Guidance LR–ISG–2009–01: Aging 

Management of Spent Fuel Pool 

Neutron-Absorbing Materials Other 

Than Boraflex; Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is issuing the final 

License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance 

(LR–ISG), LR–ISG–2009–01, ‘‘Aging 

Management of Spent Fuel Pool 

Neutron-Absorbing Materials other than 

Boraflex.’’ This LR–ISG provides aging 

management guidance to address the 

potential loss of material and loss of 

neutron-absorbing capability of certain 

nuclear power plant spent fuel pool 

neutron-absorbing materials for 

compliance with part 54, ‘‘Requirements 

for Renewal of Operating Licenses for 

Nuclear Power Plants,’’ of Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 

part 54). The final LR–ISG revises the 

NRC staff’s aging management 

recommendations currently described in 

NUREG–1801, Volumes 1 and 2, 

‘‘Generic Aging Lessons Learned (GALL) 

Report,’’ Revision 1, dated September 

2005, which are available in the NRC’s 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) under 

Accession Nos. ML052770419 and 

ML052780376. The final LR–ISG also 

includes revisions to the NRC staff’s 

review procedures and acceptance 

criteria in NUREG–1800, Revision 1, 

‘‘Standard Review Plan for Review of 

License Renewal Applications for 

Nuclear Power Plants’’ (SRP–LR), 

available under Accession No. 

ML052110007. The final LR–ISG–2009– 

01 is available under Accession No. 

ML100621321. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Matthew Homiack, Division of License 

Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone 301–415–1683; or email Matthew.Homiack@nrc.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Documents created or 

received after November 1, 1999, are 

available electronically at the NRC’s 

Public Electronic Reading Room on the 

Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. From this site, the 

public can gain entry into ADAMS. If 

you do not have access to the Internet 

or if there are any problems in accessing 

the documents located in ADAMS, 

contact the NRC Public Document Room 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or by e-mail at 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

The NRC posts LR–ISGs on its public 

Web page under the ‘‘License Renewal’’ 

heading at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/isg. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NRC issues LR–ISGs to 

communicate insights and lessons 

learned and to address emergent issues 

that are not addressed in the guidance 

documents published to facilitate 

implementation of 10 CFR part 54. The 

NRC staff and stakeholders use LR–ISGs 

until their guidance is incorporated into 

a formal license renewal guidance 

document revision. 

The NRC staff developed draft LR– 

ISG–2009–01, ‘‘Staff Guidance 

Regarding Plant-Specific Aging 

Management Review and Aging 

Management Program for the NeutronAbsorber Material in the Spent Fuel 

Pool Associated with License Renewal 

Applications,’’ in light of recent 

operating experience concerning 

instances of degradation and 

deformation of neutron-absorbing 

materials in the spent fuel pools of 

nuclear power plants. Primarily, the 

draft LR–ISG proposed guidance for 

managing the potential loss of material 

and loss of neutron-absorbing capability 

aging effects for spent fuel pool neutronabsorbing materials other than Boraflex. 

A proposed aging management program 

was included in the draft LR–ISG to 

address these aging effects during the 

period of extended operation, as one 

approach acceptable to the NRC staff for 

meeting the requirements of 10 CFR part 

54. 

On December 1, 2009, the NRC 

requested public comments on the draft 

LR–ISG–2009–01 in the Federal 

Register (74 FR 62829). The public 

comment period ended on December 31, 

2009. By letters dated December 17, 

2009 (ML093570197), and December 28, 

2009 (ML100060388), the NRC received 

comments from two nuclear power 

plant licensees, Southern Nuclear 

Operating Company, Inc., and Exelon 

Generation Company, LLC, respectively. 

The NRC also received comments from 

the Nuclear Energy Institute, an 

industry group, by letter dated 

December 31, 2009 (ML100060387). 

After the comment period closed, the 

NRC received additional comments 

from the Nuclear Energy Institute in an 

e-mail dated January 6, 2010 

(ML100280648). No other comments 

were received. The NRC staff considered 

all the comments in developing the final 

LR–ISG–2009–01, as discussed in the 

‘‘Comments and Responses’’ section of 

this notice. 

Final Action 

By this action, the NRC is making the 

final LR–ISG–2009–01 available. The 

NRC staff approves of the LR–ISG for 

NRC staff and stakeholder use. The NRC 

staff will also incorporate the approved 

LR–ISG into the next revision of the 

GALL Report and the SRP–LR. 

The final LR–ISG revises the staff’s 

aging management recommendations 

concerning spent fuel pool neutronabsorbing materials other than Boraflex, 

which are currently described in the 

GALL Report and SRP–LR. Specifically, 

the LR–ISG provides a program for 

managing the effects of aging on these 

spent fuel pool neutron-absorbing 

materials, whereas before, a plantspecific program was recommended. In 

addition, the corresponding aging 

management review line items in both 

documents are clarified and reference 

the recommended program instead of 

recommending further evaluation. The 

final LR–ISG also includes 

corresponding revisions to the SRP–LR 

for the staff’s review procedures and 

acceptance criteria concerning these 

spent fuel pool components and 

materials. The title of the LR–ISG has 

been changed from the draft title, ‘‘Staff 

Guidance Regarding Plant-Specific 

Aging Management Review and Aging 

Management Program for the NeutronAbsorber Material in the Spent Fuel 

Pool Associated with License Renewal 

Applications,’’ to the final, ‘‘Aging 

Management of Spent Fuel Pool 

Neutron-Absorbing Materials other than 

Boraflex,’’ to clarify that the LR–ISG 

provides guidance concerning generic, 

not plant-specific, aging management 

recommendations. 

Comments and Responses 

The comment providers, in general, 

recommended clarifications to the draft 

LR–ISG. The NRC staff included these 

clarifications in the final LR–ISG as 

appropriate. One comment indicated 

that the aging management program in 

GALL Report, Volume 2, Section XI.M2, 

‘‘Water Chemistry,’’ should be credited 

to manage the loss of material aging 

effect. Another comment requested the 

NRC staff to provide the technical 

justification for the testing frequency in 

the proposed aging management 

program. Based on its technical 

evaluations, the NRC staff did not make 

substantive revisions to the LR–ISG in 

response to these two comments. 

Detailed NRC staff responses to all 

comments are in an appendix to the 

final LR–ISG document. 

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23822 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 4, 2010 / Notices 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day 

of April, 2010. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Brian E. Holian, 

Director, Division of License Renewal, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10389 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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[NRC–2010–0002] 

Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

DATES: Weeks of May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 

June 7, 2010. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and closed. 

Week of May 3, 2010 

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 

9:30 a.m. Briefing on Human Capital 

and Equal Employment 

Opportunity (Public Meeting). 

(Contact: Kristin Davis, 301–415– 

2673). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

10:30 a.m. Discussion of Management 

Issues (Closed—Ex. 2). 

Week of May 10, 2010—Tentative 

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 

9:30 a.m. Briefing on Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs (FSME) 

Programs, Performance, & Future 

Plans (Public Meeting). (Contact: 

George Deegan, 301–415–7834). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of May 17, 2010—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of May 17, 2010. 

Week of May 24, 2010—Tentative 

Thursday, May 27, 2010 

9:30 a.m. Briefing on the Results of the 

Agency Action Review Meeting 

(AARM) (Public Meeting). (Contact: 

Nathan Sanfilippo, 301–415–3951). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

Week of May 31, 2010—Tentative 

There are no meetings scheduled for 

the week of May 31, 2010. 

Week of June 7, 2010—Tentative 

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 

1:30 p.m. Meeting with the Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards 

(Public Meeting). (Contact: 

Cayetano Santos, 301–415–7270). 

This meeting will be Webcast live at 

the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov. 

* * * * * 

* The schedule for Commission 

meetings is subject to change on short 

notice. To verify the status of meetings, 

call (recording)—(301) 415–1292. 

Contact person for more information: 

Rochelle Bavol, (301) 415–1651. 

* * * * * 

Additional Information 

By a vote of 4–0 on April 22, 2010, 

the Commission determined pursuant to 

U.S.C. 552b(e) and § 9.107(a) of the 

Commission’s rules that Affirmation of: 

U.S. Department of Energy (High-Level 

Waste Repository), Docket No. 63–001– 

HLW; U.S. Department of Energy’s 

Petition for Interlocutory Review be 

held on April 23, 2010, with less than 

one week notice to the public. The item 

was affirmed. 

* * * * * 

The NRC Commission Meeting 

Schedule can be found on the Internet 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/policymaking/schedule.html. 

* * * * * 

The NRC provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in these public meetings, or 

need this meeting notice or the 

transcript or other information from the 

public meetings in another format (e.g. 

braille, large print), please notify Angela 

Bolduc, Chief, Employee/Labor 

Relations and Work Life Branch, at 301– 

492–2230, TDD: 301–415–2100, or by 

e-mail at angela.bolduc@nrc.gov. 

Determinations on requests for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

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This notice is distributed 

electronically to subscribers. If you no 

longer wish to receive it, or would like 

to be added to the distribution, please 

contact the Office of the Secretary, 

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969), 

or send an e-mail to 

darlene.wright@nrc.gov. 

Dated: April 29, 2010. 

Rochelle C. Bavol, 

Office of the Secretary. 

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[NRC–2010–0170] 

Notice of Opportunity for Public 

Comment on the Proposed Models for 

Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical 

Specifications Task Force Traveler 

TSTF–500, ‘‘DC Electrical Rewrite— 

Update to TSTF–360’’ 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC). 

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The NRC is requesting public 

comment on the proposed model 

application (with model no significant 

hazards consideration determination) 

and model safety evaluation (SE) for 

plant-specific adoption of Technical 

Specifications Task Force (TSTF) 

Traveler TSTF–500, Revision 2, ‘‘DC 

Electrical Rewrite—Update to TSTF– 

360.’’ The TSTF–500, Revision 2, is 

available in the Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS) under Accession Number 

ML092670242. The proposed changes 

modify technical specification (TS) 

requirements related to direct current 

(DC) electrical systems in limiting 

condition for operation (LCO) 3.8.[4], 

[‘‘DC Sources—Operating,’’] LCO 3.8.[5], 

[‘‘DC Sources—Shutdown,’’] and LCO 

3.8.[6], [‘‘Battery Parameters.’’] A [new or 

revised] ‘‘Battery Monitoring and 

Maintenance Program’’ is being 

proposed for Section [5.5] 

[‘‘Administrative Controls—Programs 

and Manuals.’’] This proposed model SE 

will facilitate expedited approval of 

plant-specific adoption of TSTF–500, 

Revision 2. 

DATES: Comment period expires on June 

3, 2010. Comments received after this 

date will be considered, if it is practical 

to do so, but the Commission is able to 

ensure consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of the following methods. 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2010– 

0170 in the subject line of your 

comments. Comments submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

posted on the NRC Web site and on the 

Federal rulemaking website 

Regulations.gov. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

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