[Federal Register: May 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 94)]
[Notices]
[Page 23219-23220]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18my09-97]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0122]
NUREG/CR-XXXX, Criteria for Development of Evacuation Time
Estimate Studies, Draft Report for Comment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
[[Page 23220]]
ACTION: Announcement of issuance for public comment, availability.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public
comment a document entitled: NUREG/CR-XXXX, ``Criteria for Development
of Evacuation Time Estimate Studies.'' The Evacuation Time Estimate
(ETE) is a calculation of the time to evacuate the plume exposure
pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ), an area with a radius of about
10 miles around a nuclear power plant (NPP). The ETE is primarily used
to inform protective action decisions during NPP radiological
emergencies and may be used to assist in the development of traffic
management plans to support an evacuation. This document is an
acceptable template for use by NPP licensees to meet NRC requirements
for the development of ETE studies. It also provides guidance for the
update and review of ETEs. The format and criteria provided in this
document will support consistent application of ETE methodology and
will facilitate consistent NRC review of ETE studies.
DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 75 days from the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but
the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: NUREG/CR-XXXX, ``Criteria for Development of Evacuation Time
Estimate Studies,'' is available for inspection and copying for a fee
at the NRC Public Document Room, Public File Area O1-F21, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available documents
created or received at the NRC after November 1, 1999, are available
electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html. From this site, the public can gain entry
into the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System
(ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents.
The ADAMS Accession number for this NUREG/CR is: ML090560622. If you do
not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR)
Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
Comments will be made available to the public in their entirety;
personal information, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-
mail address, etc., will not be removed from your submission. You may
submit comments by any one of the following methods: Federal e-
Rulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov; search on Docket
ID: NRC-2008-0122. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher 301-492-3668; e-mail carol.gallagher@nrc.gov. Mail comments
to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and Directives Branch, Office
of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, and cite the publication date
and page number of this Federal Register notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Frank J. (Jeff) Laughlin, Division
of Preparedness and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident
Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. Telephone: 301-415-1113, or e-mail at jeff.laughlin@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NUREG/CR-XXXX, ``Criteria for Development of
Evacuation Time Estimate Studies,'' supersedes previous NRC guidance
concerning the development of ETE studies. This document provides
guidance for addressing new emergency planning (EP) requirements for
nuclear power plants based on proposed changes to EP regulations in
Title 10, ``Energy,'' Part 50, ``Domestic Licensing of Production and
Utilization Facilities,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR
Part 50), specifically Section 50.47, ``Emergency Plans,'' and Appendix
E, ``Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Production and Utilization
Facilities'' (reference RIN 3150-AI10).
NRC is issuing guidance for the development of ETEs that requires
licensees to analyze several scenarios including all directions and
distances within the EPZ, across time of day, day of week, adverse and
normal weather conditions and peak population special events. NRC is
seeking comment from offsite response organizations as to the type of
scenarios to be developed to adequately support offsite protective
action decision-making and evacuation planning efforts.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of May 2009.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher G. Miller,
Deputy Director for Emergency Preparedness, Division of Preparedness
and Response, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
[FR Doc. E9-11037 Filed 5-15-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P