Energia i regulacje · 20/10/1999

Nuclear Energy Institute; Withdrawal of Petition for Rulemaking

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has determined that a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) (PRM-50-61), in which the petitioner requested that the NRC amend its fire protection regulations, has effectively been withdrawn by NEI. In subsequent correspondence with the NRC, the petitioner expressed a change of position that obviated the need for a proposed rulemaking requested by the petition. Specifically, the petitioner requested that the NRC cancel the proposed fire protection rulemaking instead of deferring it. As an alternative to the rulemaking requested in the petition, the NRC, in cooperation with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and stakeholders, is pursuing the development of a risk-informed, performance-based consensus standard for fire protection at nuclear power plants. If the consensus standard is successfully developed, the NRC may adopt it in a future rulemaking as an alternative method of meeting the NRC fire protection requirements. Accordingly, the NRC is not taking any further action on the petition since it has, in effect, been withdrawn by the petitioner.