Energia i regulacje · 2.12.1998

Steam Generator Tube Integrity for Operating Nuclear Power Plants

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that was published to request public comment on the Commission's regulations pertaining to steam generator (SG) tube integrity. The proposed rule would have implemented a more flexible regulatory framework for steam generator surveillance and maintenance activities that would maintain adequate assurance of tube integrity while allowing a degradation-specific management approach. Because the NRC has concluded that the regulatory objectives set forth for this effort can be achieved by equally effective regulatory alternatives, the ANPR is being withdrawn.