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        <RIN>3150-AH29</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200910</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>3150</CODE>
            <NAME>Nuclear Regulatory Commission</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>NRC</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Large Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LB-LOCA) Redefinition [NRC-2004-0006]</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to allow for a risk-informed alternative to the present loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) break size.  This rulemaking would address a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) (PRM-50-75).  A draft final rule was provided to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) on October 16, 2006.  After reviewing the draft rule, the ACRS informed the Commission of numerous technical and policy concerns and recommended that the rule not be issued.  The staff prepared a Commission paper (SECY-07-0082; May 16, 2007) to inform the Commission of the impact of the ACRS recommendations and to request guidance before proceeding with the rule.  The Commission provided its guidance in a Staff Requirements Memorandum on August 10, 2007. On April 1, 2008, the staff provided an updated rule schedule to the Commission.  In a meeting on August 6, 2008, selected NRC managers approved the staff's recommended resolution of the open issues related to the final rule.  The staff prepared draft rule language incorporating the new positions into the rule and adding additional requirements for defense-in-depth for pipe breaks larger than the TBS.  Several meetings were held to inform NRO of the planned approach.  OGC reviewed the revised rule language and recommended that portions of the rule be re-noticed to provide an opportunity for public comments on some of the new rule requirements.  In a meeting on October 8, 2008, NRC managers decided to repropose the entire rule.  On December 18, 2008, the EDO signed a memorandum informing the Commission that the staff will re-notice the section 50.46a rule for additional public comments.  The memorandum also stated that the EDO intends to publish the re-noticed rule in August 2009.  The staff discussed the revised proposed rule with the ACRS on May 6-7, 2009.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>10 CFR 50</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 2201</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 5841</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/07/2005</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>70 FR 67597</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/06/2006</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period Extended</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/25/2006</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>71 FR 4061</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/08/2006</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/10/2009</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>74 FR 40006</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/24/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM Comment Period Extended</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/07/2009</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>74 FR 51522</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Supplemental NPRM Extended Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/22/2010</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/00/2010</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Richard</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Dudley</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>F.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3150</CODE>
                    <NAME>Nuclear Regulatory Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>NRC</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>301 415-1116</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>richard.dudley@nrc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20555-0001</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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