6 October 2002
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[Federal Register: October 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 193)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Proposed Plan to Perform Fire Testing of Hemyc (1-Hour) and MT
(3-Hour) Fire Protection Wrap; Meeting
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The NRC staff will hold a public meeting to present an
overview of the draft plant-specific proposed plan to perform fire
testing of Hemyc (1-hour) and MT (3-hour) fire protection wrap and to
accept public comments on the document.
DATES: October 31, 2002, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: One White Flint North, Room O-10 B4, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. R. Subbaratnam, Project
Directorate II, Section 2, Division of Licensing Project Management,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Telephone 1-800-368-5642, extension
1478, or eMail at RXS@nrc.gov; or Mr. D. Frumkin, Fire Protection and
Special Projects Section, Plant Systems Branch, Division of Systems
Safety and Analysis, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Telephone 1-800-368-5642,
extension 2280, or e-mail at DXF1@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As a result of fire protection inspections,
unresolved items (URIs) were opened at some nuclear power stations due
to questions raised regarding the fire rating of two fire barrier
materials (Shearon Harris (ADAMS ML003685341), and McGuire
(ML003778709)). The URIs involve the fire rating of Hemyc and MT fire
barrier materials produced by Promatec, Inc. A recent staff review of
the original fire tests for these materials shows that the original
test results may not be consistent with the staff's safety evaluation
report. The NRC has chosen to perform fire tests of these materials to
determine their actual fire rating when applied to meet the
requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
part 50, appendix R, ``Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Facilities
Operating Prior to January 1, 1979,'' section III.G, as required by 10
CFR 50.48, ``Fire Protection.''
The purpose of this meeting is to gather stakeholder input into the
proposed testing plan to help assure that the testing plan as proposed
includes a representative sample of configurations. The meeting may
also gather other information, such as comments on scope of testing and
testing methods, and serve as a vehicle for members of the public to
express concerns and provide advice.
The proposed testing plan is available electronically for public
inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) located at One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland,
or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's
Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is
accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html
(the Public Electronic Reading Room). The ADAMS accession number for
the test plan is ML022280394. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if
there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact
the NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-
mail at pdr@nrc.gov.
Any interested party may submit comments on the draft test plan.
Comments may be delivered to Room 6 D22, Two White Flint North, at
11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Federal workdays. Electronic comments may be submitted to the NRC by e-
mail to RXS2@nrc.gov for consideration by the NRC staff. To be certain
of consideration, comments on the proposed testing plan must be
received by November 7, 2002. Comments received after the due date will
be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to
assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
Written comments on the testing plan should be addressed to: R.
Subbaratnam, Project Directorate II, Section 2, Division of Licensing
Project Management, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
All comments received by the Commission, including those made by
Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, or other interested
persons, will be made available electronically at the Commission's PDR
in Rockville, Maryland and from the PARS component of ADAMS.
The NRC staff will host an informal discussion 1 hour prior to the
start of the session. No comments on the proposed testing plan will be
accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments
must be provided in writing as discussed above. Persons may pre-
register to attend or present oral comments at the meeting by
contacting Mr. R. Subbaratnam by telephone at 1-800-368-5642, extension
1478, or by e-mail at RXS2@nrc.gov no later than October 17, 2002.
Members of the public may also register to provide oral comments within
15 minutes of the start of the session. Individual oral comments may be
limited by the time available, depending on the number of persons who
register. If special equipment or accommodations are needed to attend
or present information at the public meeting, the need should be
brought to Mr. R. Subbaratnam's attention no later than October 17,
2002, to provide the NRC staff adequate notice to determine whether the
request can be accommodated.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of September, 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John N. Hannon,
Chief, Plant Systems Branch, Division of Systems Safety and Analysis,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 02-25246 Filed 10-3-02; 8:45 am]
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