[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 18099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10048]



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Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 24, 1996 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 18099]]



NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 52

RIN 3150-AE87; 3150-AF15


Standard Design Certification for the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water 
Reactor and the System 80+ Standard Designs; Proposed Rule and Meeting

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed Rule: Supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking and 
public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is 
considering approval by rulemaking of the U.S. Advanced Boiling Water 
Reactor (ABWR) and the System 80+ standard designs. The applicant for 
certification of the U.S. ABWR design is GE Nuclear Energy and for the 
System 80+ design is Asea Brown Boveri-Combustion Engineering. Notices 
of proposed rulemaking for the certification of these designs were 
published in the Federal Register on April 7, 1995 (60 FR 17902 and 60 
FR 17924). The final design certification rules, which are under 
consideration by the Commission, are contained in SECY-96-077, 
``Certification of Two Evolutionary Designs,'' which was prepared by 
the NRC staff. This SECY paper has been placed in the NRC Public 
Document Room and additional comments on the proposed rules, focusing 
specifically on staff recommended changes from the rules originally 
proposed, are solicited. These changes are discussed in the 
supplementary information section of the recommended notices of final 
rulemaking contained in SECY-96-077. In this regard, the NRC will also 
conduct a public meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an 
opportunity for the public to ask questions on the development of the 
final rules and the NRC's resolution of comments received on the 
proposed rules.

DATES: Public meeting on Thursday, May 2, 1996, 1:00 p.m. Comments are 
due on or before May 24, 1996. Comments received after this date will 
be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is only 
able to assure consideration for comments received on or before this 
date.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: The Secretary of the Commission, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
Attention: Docketing and Service Branch.
    Comments may also be hand delivered to 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm on Federal workdays. 
Copies of SECY-96-077, including the Federal Register notices for both 
rules, and the comments received will be available for examination at 
the NRC Public Document Room at 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington, DC. The meeting will be held in the NRC auditorium, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The Auditorium is located on 
the underground level between the One White Flint North Building and 
the Two White Flint North Building. The NRC buildings are located 
across the street from the White Flint Metro Station. The entrance to 
the auditorium is located underneath the glass pyramid, near the Two 
White Flint Building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dino Scaletti, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, telephone (301) 415-1104, or Jerry N. Wilson, 
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone (301) 415-3145, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of April, 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-10048 Filed 4-23-96; 8:45 am]
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