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[FR Doc No: 94-29490]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 

Availability of the License Application Review Plan for a 
Geologic Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive 
Waste--Draft Review Plan

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the 
availability of NUREG-1323, ``The License Application Review Plan for a 
Geologic Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive 
Waste--Draft Review Plan.''

ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1323 can 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, 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, VA 22161. A copy of NUREG-1323 is available for public 
inspection and/or copying at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street (Lower Level), N.W., Washington, DC 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne E. Garcia, High-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch, 
Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11545 Rockville Pike, MD 
20852. Telephone: (301) 415-6631.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The License Application Review Plan (LARP) 
provides guidance to the NRC staff who will review the U.S. Department 
of Energy's (DOE's) license application to construct a mined geologic 
repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level 
radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The LARP is intended to 
ensure the quality and uniformity of the staff reviews and establishes 
the appropriate review priorities, and presents a well-defined base 
from which to evaluate proposed changes in the scope and requirements 
of staff reviews. Because it is a public document, it will also make 
available to DOE and other interested parties information on the 
staff's review process so that they may better understand the review 
strategies, procedures, and acceptance criteria that the staff will 
use.
    In developing the LARP at this time, there are numerous benefits to 
be realized by the NRC staff. First, the LARP will help structure and 
coordinate the staff's efforts to develop a well-integrated review 
capability supported by the staff's independent technical assessment 
capability and the results of NRC-sponsored research. Second, 
identifying technical issues most important to geologic repository 
performance will help focus and prioritize the prelicense application 
reviews, independent technical assessment capabilities, and research 
needed by the staff. Third, the regulatory and technical basis for the 
staff's pre-license application reviews and guidance will be improved 
due to the focus on regulatory and technical issues.
    The LARP is divided into three parts. Part A contains the License 
Application Review Strategy, which gives general guidance to the staff 
in conducting its license application reviews. Part B contains eight 
individual review plans, to be used by the staff to review general 
information in the license application. Part C contains 89 individual 
review plans, distributed among ten chapters, which the staff will use 
to review the Safety Analysis Report, the principal part of the license 
application in which DOE provides the information needed to demonstrate 
compliance with the technical requirements of 10 CFR Part 60. The 
organization of the individual review plans in Parts B and C is 
consistent with the organization of the license application as 
specified in the draft regulatory guide ``Format and Content for the 
License Application for the High-Level Waste Repository.'' Finally, 
each individual review plan has a standard format consisting of the 
following seven sections:
    (1) Applicable [10 CFR Part 60] Regulatory Requirements;
    (2) Review Strategy;
    (3) Review Procedures and Acceptance Criteria;
    (4) Implementation;
    (5) Example Evaluation Findings; and
    (6) References.
    This draft version, designated Revision 0, represents the staff's 
initial efforts in developing the LARP. Beginning with this version, 
the staff anticipates issuing a revision to the draft LARP each year 
through 2000, culminating with the issuance of the LARP in 2001. Each 
revision of the draft LARP will contain the work completed by the staff 
during that particular year. Revision 0 and subsequent revisions of the 
draft LARP are preliminary documents and, as such, are subject to 
change.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of November 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, High-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch, Division 
of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 94-29490 Filed 11-29-94; 8:45 am]
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