[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42629-42630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20240]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Performance Testing of Electronic Personnel Dosimeters: 
Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a draft report NUREG/
CR-6354 entitled ``Performance Testing of Electronic Personnel 
Dosimeters'' for review and comment.
    The draft report discusses the use and applications of Electronic 
Personnel Dosimeters (EPDs) for incremental dose control and use as 
primary dosimeters for determination of the official dose for 
individuals. EPDs have been used as secondary or supplemental 
dosimeters for several years and presently being considered for use as 
primary dosimeters in place of the commonly used film badges and 
thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs). The authors of this report feel 
that consideration of EPDs as primary dosimeters is currently in the 
evolutionary phase, and point out that the EPD is not only a dosimeter, 
but in addition is an electronic device, subject to radio frequency, 
microwave, and electric fields and various environmental conditions. 
The authors feel that side-by-side testing of EPDs and conventional 
dosimeters are needed, both in the workplace and under laboratory 
controlled conditions, that a type-testing program is needed for EPDs, 
and lastly, that user guidelines be developed for their use as primary 
dosimeters.
    Draft NUREG/CR-6354 is available for inspection and copying for a 
fee at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington DC 20555-0001. A free single copy of Draft NUREG/CR-6354, to 
the extent of the supply, may be requested by writing to Distribution 
Services, Printing and Mail Services Branch, Office of Administration, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Submit comments on draft NUREG/CR-6354 by (90 days after 
publication date). Mail comments to: Chief, Rules Review and Directives 
Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publication Services, 
Mail Stop T-6 D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001. Comments may be hand-delivered to 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Maryland between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    Comments may also be submitted electronically, in either ASCII text 
or Wordperfect format (version 5.1 or later), by calling the NRC 
Electronic Bulletin Board on FEDWORLD. The bulletin board may be 
accessed using a personal computer, a modem, and one of the commonly 
available 

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communications software packages, or directly via Internet.
    If using a personal computer and modem, the NRC subsystem on 
FEDWORLD can be accessed directly by dialing the toll free number: 1-
800-303-9672. Communication software parameters should be set as 
follows: parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1 (N,8,1). 
Using ANSI terminal emulation, the NRC NUREG and Reg Guide Comments 
subsystem can then be accessed by selecting the ``NRC Rules Menu'' 
option from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' For further information about 
options available for NRC at FEDWORLD consult the ``Help/Information 
Center'' from the ``NRC Main Menu.'' Users will find the ``FEDWORLD 
Online User's Guides'' particularly helpful. Many NRC subsystems and 
databases also have a ``Help/Information Center'' option that is 
tailored to the particular subsystem.
    The NRC subsystem on FEDWORLD can also be accessed by a direct dial 
phone number for the main FEDWORLD BBS: 703-321-3339; Telnet via 
Internet: fedworld.gov (192.239.92.3); File Transfer Protocol (FTP) via 
Internet: ftp.fedworld.gov (192.239.92.205); and World Wide Web using: 
http://www.fedworld.gov (this is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)).
    If using a method other than the toll free number to contact 
FEDWORLD, the NRC subsystem will be accessed from the main FEDWORLD 
menu by selecting the ``Regulatory, Government Administration and State 
Systems,'' then selecting ``Regulatory Information Mall.'' At that 
point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission'' that will take you to the NRC Online main menu. 
The NRC Online area can also be accessed directly by typing ``/go nrc'' 
at a FEDWORLD command line. If you access NRC from FEDWORLD's main 
menu, you may return to FEDWORLD by selecting the ``Return to 
FEDWORLD'' option from the NRC Online Main Menu. However, if you access 
NRC at FEDWORLD by using NRC's toll-free number, you will have full 
access to all NRC systems but you will not have access to the main 
FEDWORLD system.
    If you contact FEDWORLD using Telnet, you will see the NRC area and 
menus, including the Rules menu. Although you will be able to download 
documents and leave messages, you will not be able to write comments or 
upload files (comments). If you contact FEDWORLD using FTP, all files 
can be accessed and downloaded but uploads are not allowed; all you 
will see is a list of files without descriptions (normal Gopher look). 
An index file listing all files within a subdirectory, with 
descriptions, is included. There is a 15-minute time limit for FTP 
access.
    Although FEDWORLD can be accessed through the World Wide Web, like 
FTP that mode provides access for downloading files and does not 
display the NRC Rules Menu. For more information on NRC bulletin boards 
call Mr. Arthur Davis, Systems Integration and Development Branch, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 
415-5780; e-mail AXD[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of August, 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sher Bahadur, Chief
Waste Management Branch, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of 
Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 95-20240 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]
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