80 FR 38238 - Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle Facilities License Applications

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 127 (July 2, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG- 1520, Revision 2, ``Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle Facilities License Applications,'' dated June 2015.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38238-38239]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16363]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2012-0220]


Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle Facilities License 
Applications

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG-
1520, Revision 2, ``Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle Facilities 
License Applications,'' dated June 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0220 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0220. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. 
NUREG-1520, Revision 2, ``Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle 
Facilities License Applications,'' is available in ADAMS under 
accession number ML15176A258.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Soly I. Soto, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7528; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion

    Licenses to possess and use special nuclear material (SNM) are 
governed by Part 70 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR). The revised Standard Review Plan (SRP) now being made available 
provides NRC staff guidance for reviewing and evaluating the safety, 
health, security, and environmental protection aspects of applications 
for licenses to possess and use SNM at fuel cycle facilities.
    The SRP has been revised to ensure consistency among the chapters, 
improve clarity of the text, reduce redundancies, and assure that 
statutory, regulatory, and guidance document references are accurate 
and up to date. Additionally, the SRP was revised to clarify the 
existing SRP discussion in several technical areas such as nuclear 
criticality safety and management measures, as summarized below. 
Chapter 5, ``Nuclear Criticality Safety,'' contains an expanded 
discussion of the double contingency principle and double contingency 
protection, including a description of what constitutes a loss of 
double contingency. Chapter 11, ``Management Measures,'' includes a 
discussion of graded management measures and the selection of items 
relied on for safety that relates to the application of graded 
management measures. Additionally, the SRP contains two new chapters, 
Chapter 12, ``Material Control and Accounting,'' which includes 
guidance associated with 10 CFR part 74 requirements; and Chapter 13, 
``Physical Protection,'' which includes guidance associated with 10 CFR 
part 73 requirements. These new chapters were added to address the 
requirements in 10 CFR paragraphs 70.22(b), (g), (h), (j), and (k). The 
title of the SRP was revised from ``Standard Review Plan for the Review 
of a License Application for a Fuel Cycle Facility'' to ``Standard 
Review Plan for License Applications for Fuel Cycle Facilities.''
    On June 5, 2014 (79 FR 32579), the NRC announced the availability 
of draft NUREG-1520, Revision 2, and requested comments on it. The 
comment period originally closed on September 3, 2014. In a second 
notice, dated August 6, 2014 (79 FR 45849), the NRC extended the 
comment period to November 3, 2014. A public meeting with the industry 
was held on September 23, 2014, to discuss the proposed changes to the 
SRP. A comment resolution table listing all comments and the NRC 
staff's responses was made publicly available in ADAMS on March 23, 
2015 (ML15065A286). Suggestions to improve the SRP were considered by 
the NRC staff in the preparation of the final NUREG report. After 
further consideration, the NRC staff revised the title of NUREG-1520, 
Revision 2, for final issuance. This change was performed after 
publication of the comments resolution. The title was revised from 
``Standard Review Plan for License Applications for Fuel Cycle 
Facilities'' to ``Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle Facilities 
License Applications.''
    The final version of NUREG-1520, Revision 2, is now available for 
use by applicants, licensees, NRC license reviewers, and other NRC 
staff. Revision 2 supersedes the last official revision published on 
May 2010.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of June, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marissa G. Bailey,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental 
Review Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2015-16363 Filed 7-1-15; 8:45 am]
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