81_FR_14185 81 FR 14134 - Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes; Renewal

81 FR 14134 - Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes; Renewal

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 51 (March 16, 2016)

Page Range14134-14135
FR Document2016-05944

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has determined that the renewal of the Charter for the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes for the 2 year period commencing on March 10, 2016, is in the public interest, in connection with duties imposed on the Commission by law. This action is being taken in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, after consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration.

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Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes; Renewal

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has determined 
that the renewal of the Charter for the Advisory Committee on the 
Medical Uses of Isotopes for the 2 year period commencing on March 10, 
2016, is in the public interest, in connection with duties imposed on 
the Commission by law. This action is being taken in accordance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, after consultation with the 
Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sophie Holiday, Office of Federal and 
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; Telephone (301) 415-7865; 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the ACMUI is to provide 
advice to NRC on policy and technical issues that arise in regulating 
the medical use of byproduct material for diagnosis and therapy. 
Responsibilities include providing guidance and comments on current and 
proposed NRC regulations and regulatory guidance concerning medical 
use; evaluating certain non-routine uses of byproduct material for 
medical use; and evaluating training and experience of proposed 
authorized users. The members are involved in preliminary discussions 
of major issues in determining the need for changes in NRC policy and 
regulation to ensure the continued safe use of byproduct

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material. Each member provides technical assistance in his/her specific 
area(s) of expertise, particularly with respect to emerging 
technologies. Members also provide guidance as to NRC's role in 
relation to the responsibilities of other Federal agencies as well as 
of various professional organizations and boards.
    Members of this Committee have demonstrated professional 
qualifications and expertise in both scientific and non-scientific 
disciplines including nuclear medicine; nuclear cardiology; radiation 
therapy; medical physics; nuclear pharmacy; State medical regulation; 
patient's rights and care; health care administration; and Food and 
Drug Administration regulation.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of March 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrew L. Bates,
Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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                                                     OMB is particularly interested in                    degree to which the program is meeting                  Estimated Total Annual Burden: 159
                                                  comments that help the agency to:                       the needs and building the institutional              hours.
                                                     • Evaluate whether the proposed                      capacity of individual museums, and its                 Total Annualized Capital/Startup
                                                  collection of information is necessary                  overall impact on the museum field                    Costs: $7,000.
                                                  for the proper performance of the                       nationwide. Methods will include web                    Total Annual Costs: $3,388.29.
                                                  functions of the agency, including                      surveys and telephone interviews.                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  whether the information will have                          The web survey will consist of                     Comments should be sent to Office of
                                                  practical utility;                                      approximately 40 questions that will                  Information and Regulatory Affairs,
                                                     • Evaluate the accuracy of the                       examine the participating museums’                    Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education,
                                                  agency’s estimate of the burden of the                  experience with the MAP program and                   Office of Management and Budget,
                                                  proposed collection of information                      the subsequent changes in its operations              Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503,
                                                  including the validity of the                           that can be attributed to the program, as             (202) 395–7316.
                                                  methodology and assumptions used;                       well as basic institutional profile                     Dated: March 10, 2016.
                                                     • Enhance the quality, utility and                   information. The web survey will                      Kim A. Miller,
                                                  clarity of the information to be                        require an average of 60 minutes to
                                                                                                                                                                Management Analyst.
                                                  collected; and                                          complete. The telephone interview
                                                     • Minimize the burden of the                         guide will be organized into                          [FR Doc. 2016–05919 Filed 3–15–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  collection of information on those who                  approximately four sections (e.g.                     BILLING CODE 7036–01–P
                                                  are to respond, including through the                   institutional changes resulting from
                                                  use of appropriate automated electronic,                MAP participation; funding;
                                                  mechanical, or other technological                      professionalization; and future                       NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                                  collection techniques or other forms of                 expectations) and is projected to average             COMMISSION
                                                  information technology, e.g. permitting                 30 minutes to complete.
                                                  electronic submissions of responses.                                                                          Advisory Committee on the Medical
                                                                                                             Current Actions: This notice proposes
                                                                                                                                                                Uses of Isotopes; Renewal
                                                  ADDRESSES: Christopher J. Reich, Senior                 clearance of the Museum Assessment
                                                  Advisor, Institute of Museum and                        Program (MAP) Evaluation. The 60-day                  AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  Library Services, 1800 M St. NW., 9th                   notice for the Museum Assessment                      Commission.
                                                  Floor, Washington, DC 20036. Mr. Reich                  Program (MAP) Evaluation, was                         ACTION: Notice.
                                                  can be reached by Telephone: 202–653–                   published in the Federal Register on
                                                  4685, Fax: 202–653–4608, or by email at                 July 10, 2015 (FR vol. 80, No. 152, pgs.              SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  creich@imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/                   39805–39806). The agency has taken                    Commission (NRC) has determined that
                                                  TDD) at 202–653–4614.                                   into consideration the one comment that               the renewal of the Charter for the
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                          was received under this notice.                       Advisory Committee on the Medical
                                                  Institute of Museum and Library                            The web survey will consist of                     Uses of Isotopes for the 2 year period
                                                  Services is the primary source of federal               approximately 40 questions that will                  commencing on March 10, 2016, is in
                                                  support for the Nation’s 123,000                        examine the participating museums’                    the public interest, in connection with
                                                  libraries and 35,000 museums. The                       experience with the MAP program and                   duties imposed on the Commission by
                                                  Institute’s mission is to inspire libraries             the subsequent changes in its operations              law. This action is being taken in
                                                  and museums to advance innovation,                      that can be attributed to the program, as             accordance with the Federal Advisory
                                                  learning, and civic engagement. The                     well as basic institutional profile                   Committee Act, after consultation with
                                                  Institute works at the national level and               information. The web survey will                      the Committee Management Secretariat,
                                                  in coordination with state and local                    require an average of 60 minutes to                   General Services Administration.
                                                  organizations to sustain heritage,                      complete. The telephone interview                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  culture, and knowledge; enhance                         guide will be organized into                          Sophie Holiday, Office of Federal and
                                                  learning and innovation; and support                    approximately four sections (e.g.                     State Materials and Environmental
                                                  professional development. IMLS is                       institutional changes resulting from                  Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
                                                  responsible for identifying national                    MAP participation; funding;                           Regulatory Commission, Washington,
                                                  needs for and trends in museum,                         professionalization; and future                       DC 20555; Telephone (301) 415–7865;
                                                  library, and information services;                      expectations) and is projected to average             email Sophie.Holiday@nrc.gov.
                                                  measuring and reporting on the impact                   30 minutes to complete.                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                  and effectiveness of museum, library                       Agency: Institute of Museum and                    purpose of the ACMUI is to provide
                                                  and information services throughout the                 Library Services.                                     advice to NRC on policy and technical
                                                  United States, including programs                          Title: Museum Assessment Program                   issues that arise in regulating the
                                                  conducted with funds made available by                  Evaluation.                                           medical use of byproduct material for
                                                  IMLS; identifying, and disseminating                       OMB Number: To Be Determined.                      diagnosis and therapy. Responsibilities
                                                  information on, the best practices of                      Frequency: Anticipated for Every Five              include providing guidance and
                                                  such programs; and developing plans to                  Years.                                                comments on current and proposed
                                                  improve museum, library, and                               Affected Public: The target population             NRC regulations and regulatory
                                                  information services of the United                      is museums that have participated in                  guidance concerning medical use;
                                                  States and strengthen national, State,                  the Museum Assessment Program                         evaluating certain non-routine uses of
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                                                  local, regional, and international                      during the past eight years, all of which             byproduct material for medical use; and
                                                  communications and cooperative                          are located in the United States.                     evaluating training and experience of
                                                  networks (20 U.S.C. 72, 20 U.S.C. 9108).                   Number of Respondents: 309.                        proposed authorized users. The
                                                     The purpose of this survey is to gauge                  Estimated Average Burden per                       members are involved in preliminary
                                                  the effect of the Museum Assessment                     Response: The burden per respondent is                discussions of major issues in
                                                  Program (MAP) on participating                          estimated to be an average of 30 minutes              determining the need for changes in
                                                  museums and the museum field at large.                  for the web survey and one hour for the               NRC policy and regulation to ensure the
                                                  The survey will be used to measure the                  telephone interview.                                  continued safe use of byproduct


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                                                  material. Each member provides                          DATES:   March 16, 2016.                               an ISFSI at power reactor sites to
                                                  technical assistance in his/her specific                ADDRESSES:    Please refer to Docket ID                persons authorized to possess or operate
                                                  area(s) of expertise, particularly with                 NRC–2016–0046 when contacting the                      nuclear power reactors under 10 CFR
                                                  respect to emerging technologies.                       NRC about the availability of                          part 50. EGC is currently authorized to
                                                  Members also provide guidance as to                     information regarding this document.                   store spent fuel at the DNPS ISFSI under
                                                  NRC’s role in relation to the                           You may obtain publicly-available                      the 10 CFR part 72 general license
                                                  responsibilities of other Federal                       information related to this document                   provisions. The DNPS ISFSI is currently
                                                  agencies as well as of various                          using any of the following methods:                    loading and storing spent fuel in Holtec
                                                  professional organizations and boards.                     • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to                HI–STORM 100 storage casks, approved
                                                    Members of this Committee have                        http://www.regulations.gov and search                  by the NRC under CoC No. 1014.
                                                  demonstrated professional                               for Docket ID NRC–2016–0046. Address                   II. Request/Action
                                                  qualifications and expertise in both                    questions about NRC dockets to Carol
                                                  scientific and non-scientific disciplines                                                                         By letter dated January 29, 2015, as
                                                                                                          Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
                                                  including nuclear medicine; nuclear                                                                            supplemented on June 8, 2015, EGC
                                                                                                          email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
                                                  cardiology; radiation therapy; medical                                                                         submitted a request for an exemption
                                                                                                          technical questions, contact the
                                                  physics; nuclear pharmacy; State                                                                               from 10 CFR 72.212(b)(3) and the
                                                                                                          individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
                                                  medical regulation; patient’s rights and                                                                       portion of 10 CFR 72.212(b)(11) that
                                                                                                          INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                  care; health care administration; and                                                                          requires compliance with the terms,
                                                                                                          document.                                              conditions, and specifications of CoC
                                                  Food and Drug Administration                               • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                        No. 1014, Amendment No. 8, for the
                                                  regulation.                                             Access and Management System                           Holtec HI–STORM 100 with the MPC–
                                                    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day           (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                      68M, to the extent necessary for EGC to
                                                  of March 2016.                                          available documents online in the                      load and store one DNPS Unit 1 thoria
                                                    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                ADAMS Public Documents collection at                   rod canister containing 18 DNPS Unit 1
                                                  Andrew L. Bates,                                        http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                         thoria rods. Upon review, the NRC
                                                  Federal Advisory Committee Management                   adams.html. To begin the search, select                added the following requirements for
                                                  Officer.                                                ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                    the proposed action pursuant to its
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–05944 Filed 3–15–16; 8:45 am]             select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                         authority under 10 CFR 72.7: 10 CFR
                                                  BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                                                                          Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                     72.212(a)(2), which limits storage of
                                                                                                          please contact the NRC’s Public                        spent fuel in casks approved under part
                                                                                                          Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                 72; 72.212(b)(5)(i), which states a ‘‘cask,
                                                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by                    once loaded with spent fuel . . . will
                                                  COMMISSION                                              email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the                 conform to the terms, conditions and
                                                                                                          convenience of the reader, the ADAMS                   specifications of a CoC or an amended
                                                  [Docket Nos. 50–010, 50–237, 50–249, and                accession numbers are provided in a
                                                  72–37; NRC–2016–0046]                                                                                          CoC listed in § 72.214’’; and 10 CFR
                                                                                                          table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’             72.214, ‘‘List of approved spent fuel
                                                  Exelon Generation Company, LLC;                         section of this document.                              storage casks.’’
                                                  Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units                       • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                                                                          purchase copies of public documents at                 III. Discussion
                                                  1, 2, and 3; Independent Spent Fuel
                                                  Storage Installation                                    the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One                           Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, the
                                                                                                          White Flint North, 11555 Rockville                     Commission may, upon application by
                                                  AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                             Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                       any interested person or upon its own
                                                  Commission.                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       initiative, grant such exemptions from
                                                  ACTION: Exemption; issuance.                            Bernard White, Office of Nuclear                       the requirements of the regulations of 10
                                                                                                          Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.                   CFR part 72 as it determines are
                                                  SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                  Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                         authorized by law and will not endanger
                                                  Commission (NRC) is issuing an                          Washington DC 20555–0001; telephone:                   life or property or the common defense
                                                  exemption from certain requirements                     301–415–6577; email: Bernard.White@                    and security, and are otherwise in the
                                                  regarding the storage of a thoria rod                   nrc.gov.                                               public interest.
                                                  canister in response to a request
                                                  submitted by Exelon Generation                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             A. Authorized by Law
                                                  Company, LLC (EGC) on January 29,                       I. Background                                             This exemption would permit the
                                                  2015, for its general license to operate                                                                       applicant to load and store the DNPS
                                                  an independent spent fuel storage                          Dresden Unit 1 produced power
                                                                                                                                                                 Unit 1 thoria rod canister containing 18
                                                  installation (ISFSI) at the Dresden                     commercially from 1960 to October 31,
                                                                                                                                                                 DNPS Unit 1 thoria rods in the HI–
                                                  Nuclear Power Station (DNPS). This                      1978. The plant shut down in October
                                                                                                                                                                 STORM 100 MPC–68M CoC 1014,
                                                  exemption would permit EGC to load                      1978 and is currently in SAFSTOR. The
                                                                                                                                                                 Amendment No. 8, Rev. 1, which
                                                  and store the DNPS Unit 1 thoria rod                    decommissioning plan was approved in
                                                                                                                                                                 otherwise would not permit the storage
                                                  canister containing 18 DNPS Unit 1                      September 1993. No significant
                                                                                                                                                                 of thoria rods. The provisions from
                                                  thoria rods in a Holtec International,                  dismantlement activities are underway.
                                                                                                                                                                 which the NRC is granting the
                                                  Inc., HI–STORM 100 multi-purpose                        Isolation of Units 1, 2, and 3 is
                                                                                                                                                                 exemption require the licensee to
                                                  canister (MPC)-68M using Certificate of                 complete.
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                                                                                                                                                                 comply with the terms, conditions, and
                                                  Compliance (CoC) No. 1014,                                 Consistent with subpart K of part 72
                                                                                                                                                                 specifications of the CoCs for the
                                                  Amendment No. 8, Rev. 1.1                               of title 10 of the Code of Federal
                                                                                                                                                                 approved cask model it uses. Section
                                                                                                          Regulations (10 CFR), a general license
                                                                                                                                                                 72.7 allows the Commission to grant
                                                     1 The licensee’s application referred to             is issued for the storage of spent fuel in
                                                                                                                                                                 exemptions from the requirements of 10
                                                  Amendment 8; since that time, Amendment 8 has
                                                  been revised. (On February 16, 2016, Amendment          is the subject of this exemption because none of the
                                                                                                                                                                 CFR part 72 if the exemption is
                                                  8, Rev. 1 to CoC 1014 became effective.) The            changes in the revision revised the thoria contents    authorized by law, will not endanger
                                                  revision does not impact the exemption request that     or the physical characteristics of the storage cask.   life or property or the common defense


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
ContactSophie Holiday, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; Telephone (301) 415-7865; email [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 14134 

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