Alignment of Licensing Processes and Lessons Learned From New Reactor Licensing
| Published date | 18 March 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 14695 |
| Record Number | 2021-05570 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14695-14696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05570]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Parts 2, 21, 26, 50, 51, 52, 55, and 73
[NRC-2009-0196]
RIN 3150-AI66
Alignment of Licensing Processes and Lessons Learned From New
Reactor Licensing
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory basis; request for comment; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: On January 29, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) published a document in the Federal Register requesting public
comment on a regulatory basis to support a proposed rule that would
amend the NRC's regulations for the licensing of new nuclear power
reactors. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close
on April 14, 2021. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment
period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and
submit their comments.
DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on
January 29, 2021 (86 FR 7513), is extended. Comments should be filed no
later than May 14, 2021. Comments received after this date will be
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0196. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder; telephone: 301-415-3407;
email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James G. O'Driscoll, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-1325; email:
[email protected]; or Allen Fetter, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation; telephone: 301-415-8556; email: [email protected]. Both
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0196 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0196.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2009-0196 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons to not
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS. Please note that the
NRC will not provide formal written responses to each of the comments
received on the regulatory basis. However, the NRC will consider all
comments received in the rulemaking process.
II. Discussion
On January 29, 2021, the NRC published a document requesting
comments on a regulatory basis to support a proposed rule that would
amend the NRC's regulations to ensure consistency in new reactor
licensing reviews, provide for an efficient new reactor licensing
process, reduce the need for exemptions from existing regulations and
license amendment requests, address other new reactor licensing issues
deemed relevant by the NRC, and support the principles of good
regulation, specifically openness, clarity, and reliability. The public
comment period was originally scheduled to close on April 14, 2021. The
NRC has decided to extend the public comment period on this document
until May 14, 2021, to allow more time for members of the public to
develop and submit their comments.
Dated: March 12, 2021.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kevin A. Coyne,
Acting Director, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial
Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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