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NRC RIN: 3150-AJ08 Publication ID: Fall 2013 
Title: Station Blackout Mitigation Strategies [NRC-2011-0299] 
Abstract: The NRC published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on March 20, 2012 (77 FR 16175), to seek public comments on potential changes to the Commission's regulations that address a condition known as station blackout (SBO). SBO involves the loss of all onsite and offsite alternating current (ac) power at a nuclear power plant. A central objective of this rulemaking would be to make generically applicable requirements previously imposed on licensees by EA-12-049 "Order Modifying Licenses with regard to Requirements for Mitigating Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events," while ensuring that the new requirements are properly integrated with the existing SBO requirements in 10 CFR 50.63. This regulatory action is one of the near-term actions based on lessons-learned stemming from the March 2011, Fukushima Dai-ichi event in Japan. 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 50    10 CFR 52   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 2201    42 USC 5841   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  03/20/2012  77 FR 16175   
ANPRM Comment Period End  05/04/2012 
Draft Regulatory Basis  04/10/2013  78 FR 21275   
Comment Period End  05/28/2013 
NPRM  06/00/2014 
Additional Information: The staff briefed the Advisory Committee for Reactor Safeguards, Regulatory Policies and Practices Subcommittee, on December 5, 2012. The meeting notice was published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2012 (77 FR 68160).
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Timothy A. Reed
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-1462
Email: timothy.reed@nrc.gov