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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 

Revisions to the Standard Review Plan for the Review of License 
Application for a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Availability of Final Revision 3 to the SRP.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of Final Revision 3 to the Standard Review Plan for the 
Review of a License Application for a Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Facility (SRP). The availability of Proposed Draft Revision 3 
to the SRP (NUREG-1200) was noticed for public comment in the Federal 
Register on July 12, 1993. In this final revision, NRC made changes to 
the proposed SRP draft sections in response to comments from the 
Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste, State regulators, and the general 
public. In addition, three administrative changes to the SRP have also 
been completed during finalization of this revision. The additional 
changes were not contained in draft version of the SRP noticed for 
comment because they are considered administrative and not technical 
changes. The three administrative modifications are: (1) Providing each 
SRP reference with a designation of essential or helpful; (2) providing 
each SRP section a designation which indicates the technical, 
disciplines sufficient to assure a meaningful review of a license 
application which contains the information requested in NUREG-1199, 
``Standard Format and Content of a License Application for a 
Radioactive Low-Level Waste Disposal Facility'' (SF&C) and; (3) 
replacing references to the old Part 20 with new sections appropriate 
for the new Part 20 issued on May 20, 1991. These administrative 
changes have required revisions to each section of the SRP and this 
entire final version has thus been issued as Revision 3 dated March 
1994.
    Comments and suggestion for improvements in regulatory guidance 
documents such as Standard Review Plans are encouraged at any time. 
Regulatory guidance documents will be revised periodically, to 
accommodate appropriate comments and reflect new information or 
experience.

DATES: The document is effective as of March 1994.

ADDRESSES: Copies of Final Revision 3 may be purchased from the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 
37082, Washington, DC 20013-7082. Copies are also available from the 
National Technical Information Service, 5283 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, VA 22161. A copy is also available for inspection and 
copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. 
(Lower Level), Washington, DC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff 
has developed guidance for regulators to review an application for a 
low-level radioactive waste disposal facility license (NUREG-1200). 
This guidance has been revised in the light of developing technology 
and as a result of continual internal review and interaction with the 
State regulatory agencies. The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy 
Amendments Act of 1985 required that NRC ``establish procedures and 
develop the technical capability'' to process such license applications 
(PL 99-240; Sec 9(1)). As a result NRC staff developed both a Standard 
Format and Content Guide (SF&CG) and a Standard Review Plan (SRP), 
NUREG-1199 and NUREG 1200 respectively, to facilitate the licensing 
process. These documents, which sufficient to prepare and review an 
application, have undergone additional review by the NRC staff and the 
States and the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste.
    The NRC staff has formalized the revisions suggested by this review 
process in the form of Revision 3 to the SRP. This final revision is 
based upon experience gained in using the SRP for reviews and 
recognition that guidance on special issues would be helpful to the 
States. NRC anticipates periodic review and revision of the SRP as 
practical experience with its use continues and as technological 
changes occur which indicate a need to revise the SRP.
    Some administrative aspects of Revision 3 affect the entire 
document. However, SRP chapters with technical changes in revision 3 
are as follows:

1    Licensing Process (A New SRP Chapter)
3.2  Design Considerations
3.2  A Guidance on Soil Cover Systems Placed Over Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste
4.1  Receipt and Inspection of Waste
4.2  Waste Handling and Interim Storage
4.3  Waste Disposal Operations
6.1  Release of Radioactivity-Introduction
7.1  Occupation Radiation Exposures
7.2  Radionuclide Inventories
7.3  Radiation Protection Design Features and Operating Procedures
7.4  Radiation Protection Program

    Copies of the final revisions (Revision 3) may be obtained from the 
NRC Public Document Room at the address listed under the SUMMARY 
section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LeRoy S. Person, Office of Nuclear 
Materials Safety and Safeguards, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555; telephone (301) 504-2575.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of April 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John J. Surmeier,
Acting Chief, Low-Level Waste Management Branch, Division of Low-Level 
Waste Management and Decommissioning, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 94-11230 Filed 5-9-94; 8:45 am]
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