82 FR 16635 - Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Licenses of Broad Scope

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 64 (April 5, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Revision 1 to NUREG-1556, Volume 11, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope,'' which updates licensing guidance for broad scope licenses. This document has been revised to include information on updated regulatory requirements, safety culture, security of radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes in regulatory policies and practices. The document is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2014-0006]


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Licenses of Broad Scope

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
Revision 1 to NUREG-1556, Volume 11, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad 
Scope,'' which updates licensing guidance for broad scope licenses. 
This document has been revised to include information on updated 
regulatory requirements, safety culture, security of radioactive 
materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes in 
regulatory policies and practices. The document is intended for use by 
applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

DATES: NUREG-1556, Volume 11, Revision 1 is available April 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID number NRC-2014-0006 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 number NRC-2014-0006. 
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]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document. NUREG-1556, Volume 11, Revision 1 is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML17059D332.
     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: Anthony McMurtray, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2746; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    The NRC issued a revision to NUREG-1556, Volume 11, to provide 
guidance to existing broad scope materials licensees and to applicants 
preparing an application for a broad scope materials license. This 
NUREG volume also provides the NRC staff with criteria for evaluating 
these license applications. The purpose of this notice is to notify the 
public that the NUREG-1556 volume listed in this document was issued as 
a Final Report.

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published a notice of the availability of the Draft Report 
for Comment version of NUREG-1556, Volume 11, Revision 1 in the Federal 
Register on January 27, 2014 (79 FR 4360) for a 30-day public comment 
period. The public comment period closed on February 26, 2014. Public 
comments on NUREG-1556, Volume 11, Revision 1 and the NRC staff's 
responses to the public comments are available under ADAMS Accession 
No. ML15357A092.

III. Congressional Review Act

    This NUREG volume is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review 
Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget 
has

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not found this NUREG revision to be a major rule as defined in the 
Congressional Review Act.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of March, 2017.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Director, Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal and Rulemaking 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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