3150-AG98 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3150 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Revisions to Reactor Vessel Material Surveillance Program Requirements [NRC-2008-0582]

This rule would revise 10 CFR part 50, appendix H, to incorporate the latest edition of both ASTM Standards E-185 and E-2215. There are a number of optional features in ASTM E-185 that would permit future licensees to significantly improve future surveillance programs by allowing them to use more advanced test specimens. The NRC staff expects that as a result of this rulemaking, licensees would expend fewer resources and accumulate lower occupational dose collecting test specimens. The NRC staff also expects that fewer resources would be expended by licensee and NRC staffs to prepare, submit, and review requests for extension of time to submit capsule reports. The rulemaking would also incorporate the most up-to-date version of referenced consensus standards and clarify surveillance program guidance for license renewal.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Prerule Stage No No 10 CFR 50 42 U.S.C. 2201 42 U.S.C. 5841 No Regulatory Basis 12/00/2016 The staff is developing the regulatory basis. Funding for this rulemaking was stopped during fiscal year 2016 only. Work is expected to resume in fiscal year 2017. No No None No No No Jennifer Tobin 3150 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC 301 415-2328 jennifer.tobin@nrc.gov Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Washington DC 20555-0001