83_FR_3206 83 FR 3191 - Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes; Meeting Notice

83 FR 3191 - Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes; Meeting Notice

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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 15 (January 23, 2018)

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FR Document2018-01139

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on February 15, 2018, to discuss the revised draft report of the ACMUI Nursing Mother Guidelines for the Medical Administration of Radioactive Materials and the revised draft report of the ACMUI Physical Presence Requirements for the Leksell Gamma Knife[supreg] Icon<SUP>TM</SUP>. The Nursing Mother Guidelines report will include the subcommittee's recommendations on the cessation of breastfeeding for various radionuclides. The Physical Presence Requirements report will include the subcommittee's recommendations for the physical presence of authorized users and authorized medical physicists during treatments using the Icon<SUP>TM</SUP> unit. The NRC will also convene another teleconference meeting on March 1, 2018, to discuss the draft report of the Standing ACMUI Training and Experience Subcommittee. This report will include the subcommittee's recommendation for the total number of training and experience hours for authorized users under title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 35.300 that is necessary for safety. Meeting information, including a copy of the agendas and handouts, will be available at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/meetings/2018.html. The agenda and handouts may also be obtained by contacting Ms. Sophie Holiday using the information below.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2018)
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[FR Doc No: 2018-01139]


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Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes; Meeting 
Notice

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a 
teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of 
Isotopes (ACMUI) on February 15, 2018, to discuss the revised draft 
report of the ACMUI Nursing Mother Guidelines for the Medical 
Administration of Radioactive Materials and the revised draft report of 
the ACMUI Physical Presence Requirements for the Leksell Gamma 
Knife[supreg] IconTM. The Nursing Mother Guidelines report 
will include the subcommittee's recommendations on the cessation of 
breastfeeding for various radionuclides. The Physical Presence 
Requirements report will include the subcommittee's recommendations for 
the physical presence of authorized users and authorized medical 
physicists during treatments using the IconTM unit.
    The NRC will also convene another teleconference meeting on March 
1, 2018, to discuss the draft report of the Standing ACMUI Training and 
Experience Subcommittee. This report will include the subcommittee's 
recommendation for the total number of training and experience hours 
for authorized users under title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR) 35.300 that is necessary for safety. Meeting information, 
including a copy of the agendas and handouts, will be available at 
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/meetings/2018.html. 
The agenda and handouts may also be obtained by contacting Ms. Sophie 
Holiday using the information below.

DATES: The teleconference meetings will be held on Thursday, February 
15, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time and Thursday, March 1, 
2018, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Public Participation Any member of the public who wishes to 
participate in the teleconference should contact Ms. Holiday using the 
contact information below or may register for the GoToWebinar at 
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3949525319846343681 for the 
February 15, 2018, meeting or at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2515173918506311939 for the March 1, 2018, meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sophie Holiday, email: 
[email protected], telephone: (301) 415-7865.

Conduct of the Meeting

    Dr. Philip Alderson, ACMUI Chairman, will preside over the meeting. 
Dr. Alderson will conduct the meeting in a manner that will facilitate 
the orderly conduct of business. The following procedures apply to 
public participation in the meeting:
    1. Persons who wish to provide a written statement should submit an 
electronic copy to Ms. Holiday at the contact information listed above. 
All submittals must be received by February 12, 2018, and February 26, 
2018, three business days prior to the February 15, 2018, meeting and 
the March 1, 2018, meeting, and must pertain to the topic(s) on the 
agenda for the meeting.
    2. Questions and comments from members of the public will be 
permitted during the meetings, at the discretion of the Chairman.
    3. The draft transcript and meeting summary will be available on 
ACMUI's website http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/meetings/2018.html on or about March 30, 2018, for the February 15, 
2018, meeting and April 12, 2018, for the March 1, 2018, meeting.
    This meeting will be held in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended (primarily Section 161a); the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App); and the Commission's regulations in 10 
CFR part 7.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of January, 2018.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Russell E. Chazell,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-01139 Filed 1-22-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                Week of January 22, 2018                                braille, large print), please notify                   agendas and handouts, will be available
                                                                                                        Kimberly Meyer-Chambers, NRC                           at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
                                                Tuesday, January 23, 2018
                                                                                                        Disability Program Manager, at 301–                    collections/acmui/meetings/2018.html.
                                                9:00 a.m.—Hearing on Construction                       287–0739, by videophone at 240–428–                    The agenda and handouts may also be
                                                    Permit for Northwest Medical                        3217, or by email at Kimberly.Meyer-                   obtained by contacting Ms. Sophie
                                                    Isotopes Production Facility:                       Chambers@nrc.gov. Determinations on                    Holiday using the information below.
                                                    Section 189a of the Atomic Energy                   requests for reasonable accommodation                  DATES: The teleconference meetings will
                                                    Act Proceeding (Public Meeting)                     will be made on a case-by-case basis.                  be held on Thursday, February 15, 2018,
                                                    (Contact: Michael Balazik: 301–                     *     *      *    *      *                             9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time and
                                                    415–2856)                                              Members of the public may request to                Thursday, March 1, 2018, 2:00 p.m. to
                                                  This meeting will be webcast live at                  receive this information electronically.               4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
                                                the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.                    If you would like to be added to the                      Public Participation Any member of
                                                Thursday, January 25, 2018                              distribution, please contact the Nuclear               the public who wishes to participate in
                                                                                                        Regulatory Commission, Office of the                   the teleconference should contact Ms.
                                                10:00 a.m.—Strategic Programmatic                       Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301–
                                                    Overview of the New Reactors                                                                               Holiday using the contact information
                                                                                                        415–1969), or email Patricia.Jimenez@                  below or may register for the
                                                    Business Line (Public Meeting)                      nrc.gov or Jennifer.BorgesRoman@
                                                    (Contact: Donna Williams: 301–                                                                             GoToWebinar at https://attendee.goto
                                                                                                        nrc.gov.                                               webinar.com/register/394952531
                                                    415–1322)
                                                                                                          Dated: January 19, 2018.                             9846343681 for the February 15, 2018,
                                                  This meeting will be webcast live at
                                                the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.                    Denise L. McGovern,                                    meeting or at https://attendee.goto
                                                                                                        Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.           webinar.com/register/251517391
                                                Week of January 29, 2018—Tentative                      [FR Doc. 2018–01260 Filed 1–19–18; 4:15 pm]            8506311939 for the March 1, 2018,
                                                  There are no meetings scheduled for                   BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                 meeting.
                                                the week of January 29, 2018.                                                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                Week of February 5, 2018—Tentative                                                                             Sophie Holiday, email:
                                                                                                        NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                     Sophie.Holiday@nrc.gov, telephone:
                                                Thursday, February 8, 2018                              COMMISSION                                             (301) 415–7865.
                                                9:00 a.m.—Discussion of Potential                       Advisory Committee on the Medical                      Conduct of the Meeting
                                                    Changes to the 10 CFR 2.206                         Uses of Isotopes; Meeting Notice
                                                    Enforcement Petition Process                                                                                 Dr. Philip Alderson, ACMUI
                                                    (Public Meeting) (Contact: Doug                     AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory                             Chairman, will preside over the
                                                    Broaddus: 301–415–8124)                             Commission.                                            meeting. Dr. Alderson will conduct the
                                                  This meeting will be webcast live at                  ACTION: Notice of Meeting.                             meeting in a manner that will facilitate
                                                the Web address—http://www.nrc.gov/.                                                                           the orderly conduct of business. The
                                                                                                        SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                 following procedures apply to public
                                                Week of February 12, 2018—Tentative                     Commission (NRC) will convene a                        participation in the meeting:
                                                                                                        teleconference meeting of the Advisory                   1. Persons who wish to provide a
                                                  There are no meetings scheduled for
                                                                                                        Committee on the Medical Uses of                       written statement should submit an
                                                the week of February 12, 2018.
                                                                                                        Isotopes (ACMUI) on February 15, 2018,
                                                                                                                                                               electronic copy to Ms. Holiday at the
                                                Week of February 19, 2018—Tentative                     to discuss the revised draft report of the
                                                                                                                                                               contact information listed above. All
                                                  There are no meetings scheduled for                   ACMUI Nursing Mother Guidelines for
                                                                                                                                                               submittals must be received by February
                                                the week of February 19, 2018.                          the Medical Administration of
                                                                                                                                                               12, 2018, and February 26, 2018, three
                                                                                                        Radioactive Materials and the revised
                                                Week of February 26, 2018—Tentative                                                                            business days prior to the February 15,
                                                                                                        draft report of the ACMUI Physical
                                                                                                                                                               2018, meeting and the March 1, 2018,
                                                   There are no meetings scheduled for                  Presence Requirements for the Leksell
                                                                                                                                                               meeting, and must pertain to the topic(s)
                                                the week of February 26, 2018.                          Gamma Knife® IconTM. The Nursing
                                                                                                                                                               on the agenda for the meeting.
                                                                                                        Mother Guidelines report will include
                                                *      *    *    *     *                                                                                         2. Questions and comments from
                                                                                                        the subcommittee’s recommendations
                                                   The schedule for Commission                                                                                 members of the public will be permitted
                                                                                                        on the cessation of breastfeeding for
                                                meetings is subject to change on short                                                                         during the meetings, at the discretion of
                                                                                                        various radionuclides. The Physical
                                                notice. For more information or to verify                                                                      the Chairman.
                                                                                                        Presence Requirements report will
                                                the status of meetings, contact Denise                                                                           3. The draft transcript and meeting
                                                                                                        include the subcommittee’s
                                                McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email                                                                          summary will be available on ACMUI’s
                                                                                                        recommendations for the physical
                                                at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov.                                                                                    website http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                                                                        presence of authorized users and
                                                *      *    *    *     *                                authorized medical physicists during                   doc-collections/acmui/meetings/
                                                   The NRC Commission Meeting                           treatments using the IconTM unit.                      2018.html on or about March 30, 2018,
                                                Schedule can be found on the internet                      The NRC will also convene another                   for the February 15, 2018, meeting and
                                                at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/                  teleconference meeting on March 1,                     April 12, 2018, for the March 1, 2018,
                                                public-meetings/schedule.html.                          2018, to discuss the draft report of the               meeting.
                                                *      *    *    *     *                                Standing ACMUI Training and                              This meeting will be held in
                                                   The NRC provides reasonable                          Experience Subcommittee. This report                   accordance with the Atomic Energy Act
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                                                accommodation to individuals with                       will include the subcommittee’s                        of 1954, as amended (primarily Section
                                                disabilities where appropriate. If you                  recommendation for the total number of                 161a); the Federal Advisory Committee
                                                need a reasonable accommodation to                      training and experience hours for                      Act (5 U.S.C. App); and the
                                                participate in these public meetings, or                authorized users under title 10 Code of                Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR
                                                need this meeting notice or the                         Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 35.300                    part 7.
                                                transcript or other information from the                that is necessary for safety. Meeting                    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day
                                                public meetings in another format (e.g.,                information, including a copy of the                   of January, 2018.



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                                                 For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                 (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                      current CoC, but have been cooled for 2
                                                Russell E. Chazell,                                     available documents online in the                      years, into the MPC–68M.
                                                Advisory Committee Management Officer.                  ADAMS Public Documents collection at
                                                                                                                                                               II. Environmental Assessment
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–01139 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am]             http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                                                                                                                               Summary
                                                BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                                                                        adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                                                                        ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then                       Under the requirements of §§ 51.21
                                                                                                        select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS                         and 51.30(a), the NRC staff developed
                                                NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                      Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,                     an EA (ADAMS Accession No.
                                                COMMISSION                                              please contact the NRC’s Public                        ML17249A160) to evaluate the proposed
                                                                                                        Document Room (PDR) reference staff at                 action, which is for the NRC to grant an
                                                [Docket Nos. 72–1014, 72–59, and 50–271;                                                                       exemption to ENO to allow the use of
                                                                                                        1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
                                                NRC–2017–0134]                                                                                                 a new regionalized loading pattern as
                                                                                                        email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
                                                                                                        ADAMS accession number for each                        described in Figure 2.4–1 of the
                                                Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.;                                                                              exemption request, to load fuel that has
                                                Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power                            document referenced in this document
                                                                                                        (if that document is available in                      been cooled for at least 2 years, and to
                                                Station, Independent Spent Fuel                                                                                establish a per-cell maximum average
                                                Storage Installation                                    ADAMS) is provided the first time that
                                                                                                        a document is referenced.                              burnup limit at 65,000 MWD/MTU in a
                                                AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                                                                                    HI–STORM 100 MPC–68M at the
                                                                                                           • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                                Commission.                                                                                                    VYNPS site.
                                                                                                        purchase copies of public documents at                    The EA defines the NRC’s proposed
                                                ACTION: Environmental assessment and                    the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One                        action (i.e., to grant ENO’s exemption
                                                finding of no significant impact;                       White Flint North, 11555 Rockville                     request per 10 CFR 72.7) and the
                                                issuance.                                               Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.                       purpose of and need for the proposed
                                                SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    Yen-               action. Evaluations of the potential
                                                Commission (NRC) is considering an                      Ju Chen, Office of Nuclear Material                    environmental impacts of the proposed
                                                exemption request from Entergy Nuclear                  Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear                    action and alternatives to the proposed
                                                Operations, Inc. (ENO) to allow the                     Regulatory Commission, Washington,                     action are presented, followed by the
                                                Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station                    DC 20555; telephone: 301–415–1018;                     NRC’s conclusion.
                                                (VYNPS) to use a new regionalized                       email: Yen-ju.Chen@nrc.gov.                               This EA evaluates the potential
                                                loading pattern, load fuel that has been                                                                       environmental impacts of granting the
                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                cooled for at least 2 years, and establish                                                                     exemption to allow the use of a new
                                                a per-cell maximum average burnup                       I. Introduction                                        regionalized loading pattern as
                                                limit at 65,000 megawatt days per                                                                              described in Figure 2.4–1 of the
                                                                                                          The NRC is reviewing an exemption                    exemption request, loading fuel that has
                                                metric ton of uranium (MWD/MTU) in                      request from ENO, dated May 16, 2017                   been cooled for at least 2 years, and
                                                HI–STORM 100 multi-purpose canister                     (ADAMS Accession No. ML17142A358),                     establishing a per-cell maximum
                                                (MPC)-68M using Certificate of                          and supplemented by letters dated                      average burnup limit at 65,000 MWD/
                                                Compliance (CoC) No. 1014,                              September 7, 2017 (ADAMS Accession                     MTU in a HI–STORM 100 MPC–68M at
                                                Amendment No. 10. The NRC prepared                      No. ML17255A236) and December 7,                       the VYNPS site. The potential
                                                an environmental assessment (EA)                        2017 (ADAMS Accession No.                              environmental impact of using NRC-
                                                documenting its finding. The NRC                        ML17346A685). ENO is requesting an                     approved storage casks was initially
                                                concluded that the proposed action                      exemption from the requirements of title               analyzed in the EA for the rulemaking
                                                would have no significant                               10 of the Code of Federal Regulations                  to provide for the storage of spent fuel
                                                environmental impact. Accordingly, the                  (10 CFR) §§ 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(3),                under a general license on July 18, 1990
                                                NRC staff is issuing a finding of no                    72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.214, and the portion               (55 FR 29181). The EA for using the HI–
                                                significant impact (FONSI) associated                   of 72.212(b)(11) that requires                         STORM 100, Amendment No. 10, cask
                                                with the proposed exemption.                            compliance with the terms, conditions,                 system (81 FR 13265) tiers off of the EA
                                                DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in                   and specifications of the Certificate of               for the 1990 final rule.
                                                this document are available on January                  Compliance (CoC) No. 1014, for spent                      NRC staff finds that this exemption
                                                23, 2018.                                               fuel storage at the VYNPS independent                  request is bounded by CoC No. 1014,
                                                ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID                    spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI).               Amendment No. 10, and that there will
                                                NRC–2017–0134 when contacting the                         Specifically, ENO is requesting an                   be no significant environmental impacts
                                                NRC about the availability of                           exemption from certain requirements in                 of the proposed action. The proposed
                                                information regarding this document.                    Amendment No. 10 of the Holtec                         action does not change the types or
                                                You may obtain publicly-available                       International (Holtec) CoC No. 1014 for                quantities of effluents that may be
                                                information related to this document                    the HI–STORM 100 Cask System                           released offsite, and it does not increase
                                                using any of the following methods:                     (ADAMS Accession No. ML16144A177)                      occupational or public radiation
                                                  • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to                   to allow VYNPS to use a new                            exposure. Therefore, there are no
                                                http://www.regulations.gov and search                   regionalized loading pattern as                        significant radiological environmental
                                                for Docket ID NRC–2017–0134. Address                    described in Figure 2.4–1 of the                       impacts associated with the proposed
                                                questions about NRC dockets to Carol                    exemption request, to load fuel that has               action. There is no change to the non-
                                                Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;                     been cooled for at least 2 years, and to               radiological effluents. The proposed
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                                                email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For                     establish a per-cell maximum average                   action will take place within the site
                                                technical questions, contact the                        burnup limit at 65,000 megawatt days                   boundary, and does not have other
                                                individual listed in the FOR FURTHER                    per metric ton of uranium (MWD/MTU)                    environmental impacts. Thus, the
                                                INFORMATION CONTACT section of this                     in a HI–STORM 100 MPC–68M canister.                    proposed action will not have a
                                                document.                                               This would allow VYNPS to load fuel                    significant effect on the quality of the
                                                  • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                          assemblies which have not been cooled                  human environment. Therefore, the
                                                Access and Management System                            for at least 3 years, as approved in the               environmental impacts of the proposed


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Meeting.
DatesThe teleconference meetings will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time and Thursday, March 1, 2018, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
ContactSophie Holiday, email: [email protected], telephone: (301) 415-7865.
FR Citation83 FR 3191 

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