83_FR_36775 83 FR 36629 - Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses and Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses

83 FR 36629 - Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses and Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses

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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 146 (July 30, 2018)

Page Range36629-36630
FR Document2018-16239

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Revision 1 to NUREG-1556, Volume 5, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses,'' and Volume 8, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses.'' NUREG-1556, Volumes 5 and 8 have 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. These volumes are intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-16239]


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[NRC-2016-0095 and NRC-2016-0227]


Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses 
and Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses

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 5, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded 
Irradiator Licenses,'' and Volume 8, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution 
Licenses.'' NUREG-1556, Volumes 5 and 8 have been revised to include 
information on

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updated regulatory requirements, safety culture, security of 
radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes 
in regulatory policies and practices. These volumes are intended for 
use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

DATES: NUREG 1556, Volumes 5 and 8, Revision 1, were published in June 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket IDs NRC-2016-0095 (Volume 5, Revision 
1) and NRC-2016-0227 (Volume 8, Revision 1) when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding these documents. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to these documents 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0095 or NRC-2016-
0227. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-9127; 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-1556, Volumes 5 and 8, Revision 1, are located at ADAMS Accession 
Numbers ML18176A007 and ML18158A165, respectively. These documents are 
also available on the NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/ under ``Consolidated 
Guidance About Materials Licenses (NUREG-1556).''
     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 revisions to NUREG-1556, Volumes 5 and 8, to provide 
guidance to existing materials licensees covered under these types of 
licenses and to applicants preparing an application for one of these 
types of materials licenses. These NUREG volumes also provide the NRC 
staff with criteria for evaluating these types of license applications. 
The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that the NUREG-1556 
volumes listed in this Federal Register notice were issued as final 
reports.

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published notices of the availability of the draft report 
for comment versions of NUREG-1556, Volume 5, Revision 1 in the Federal 
Register on January 27, 2017 (82 FR 8630) and Volume 8, Revision 1 in 
the Federal Register on February 8, 2017 (82 FR 9756). Both of these 
volumes were published for a public comment period that was at least 37 
days. The public comment period closed for Volume 5 on March 10, 2017 
and for Volume 8 on March 17, 2017. Public comments and the NRC staff 
responses to the public comments for NUREG-1556, Volume 5, Revision 1 
are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML18157A285. Public comments 
and the NRC staff responses to the public comments for NUREG-1556, 
Volume 8, Revision 1 are available under ADAMS Accession No. 
ML17235B228.

III. Congressional Review Act

    These NUREG volumes are rules as defined in the Congressional 
Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and 
Budget has not found these NUREG revisions to be major rules as defined 
in the Congressional Review Act.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of July, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State and Tribal 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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                                                                                                                                                              Program-Specific Guidance About
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                                                                                                        (TDD) may call the Federal Information                Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses and
                                               access to library and information
                                                                                                        Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–                    Program-Specific Guidance About
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                                                  OMB Number: 3137–0102.                                estimate of the burden of the proposed                Licenses,’’ and Volume 8, ‘‘Consolidated
                                                  Frequency: Once per year.                             collection of information; (c) ways to                Guidance about Materials Licenses:
                                                  Affected Public: Nonprofit                            enhance the quality, utility, and clarity             Program-Specific Guidance About
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                                               updated regulatory requirements, safety                  I. Discussion                                         ACTION: License renewal application;
                                               culture, security of radioactive                            The NRC issued revisions to NUREG–                 opportunity to request a hearing and to
                                               materials, protection of sensitive                       1556, Volumes 5 and 8, to provide                     petition for leave to intervene.
                                               information, and changes in regulatory                   guidance to existing materials licensees
                                               policies and practices. These volumes                                                                          SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                                                                                        covered under these types of licenses                 Commission (NRC) received an
                                               are intended for use by applicants,                      and to applicants preparing an
                                               licensees, and the NRC staff.                                                                                  application from Water Remediation
                                                                                                        application for one of these types of                 Technology, LLC for renewal of
                                               DATES: NUREG 1556, Volumes 5 and 8,                      materials licenses. These NUREG                       Materials License No. SUC–1591, which
                                               Revision 1, were published in June                       volumes also provide the NRC staff with               authorizes the licensee to offer a water
                                               2018.                                                    criteria for evaluating these types of                treatment program to remove uranium
                                                                                                        license applications. The purpose of this             from drinking water at community
                                               ADDRESSES:   Please refer to Docket IDs                  notice is to notify the public that the               water systems, for another 10-year term.
                                               NRC–2016–0095 (Volume 5, Revision 1)                     NUREG–1556 volumes listed in this                     This application, which is still under
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                                               Revision 1) when contacting the NRC                      final reports.                                        requested authorization to expand the
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                                                                                                        II. Additional Information                            scope of WRT’s licensed activities to
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                                               related to these documents using any of                  availability of the draft report for                  resources not used for drinking water.
                                               the following methods:                                   comment versions of NUREG–1556,                       Subsequently, the NRC received a
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                                                                                                                                                              DATES: A request for a hearing or
                                               2016–0227. Address questions about                       Federal Register on February 8, 2017
                                                                                                        (82 FR 9756). Both of these volumes                   petition for leave to intervene must be
                                               NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges;                                                                                filed by September 28, 2018.
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                                               Anthony McMurtray, Office of Nuclear                                                                              • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                               Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S.                                                                           purchase copies of public documents at
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNUREG; issuance.
DatesNUREG 1556, Volumes 5 and 8, Revision 1, were published in June 2018.
ContactAnthony McMurtray, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2746; email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 36629 

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