[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 218 (Friday, November 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57926-57927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28738]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Notice of Issuance and Availability of NUREG-1567 Standard Review 
Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities

    The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a draft 
report NUREG-1567 entitled ``Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry 
Storage Facilities,'' for review and comment.
    The Standard Review Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities 
(FSRP) is prepared for the guidance of staff reviewers in the Spent 
Fuel Project Office in performing safety reviews of license 
applications for installations for dry storage of nuclear materials 
under Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, Part 72 (10 CFR 
72). The principal purpose of the FSRP is to assure the quality and 
uniformity of staff safety reviews. It is also the intent of this plan 
to make information about regulatory matters widely available and to 
improve communications between the NRC, interested members of the 
public, and the nuclear power industry, thereby increasing 
understanding of the review process. The FSRP also defines a basis for 
evaluating modifications of the review process in the future.
    Draft NUREG-1567 is available for inspection and copying for a fee 
at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW (Lower Level), 
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001. A free copy of Draft NUREG-1567 may be 
requested by writing to Distribution Services, Printing and Mail 
Services Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001.
    Comments on all aspects of this draft document are welcome and will 
be considered and incorporated into the FSRP, as appropriate. 
Furthermore, since the staff is considering alternatives to the seismic 
requirements in Sec. 72.102, for ISFSIs, comments are particularly 
invited on Sections 2.4.6 and 2.5.6. It is requested that comments be 
submitted using the form (or a photocopy thereof) contained in Appendix 
E. Comments on draft NUREG-1567 should be submitted by March 1, 1997. 
The FSRP is scheduled for publication as an NRC NUREG document in 1997.
    A separate Standard Review Plan for Dry Cask Storage Systems 
(DCSRP) was issued for public comment in February 1996 as draft NUREG 
1536. The DCSRP is scheduled to be published as an NRC NUREG document 
in January 1997. To ensure consistency between the two standard review 
plans (SRPs), comments on sections common to both SRPs will be 
considered and incorporated, as appropriate, in both NUREGs.
    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, D.C. 20555-
0001. Comments may be hand-delivered to 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, 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) containing information 
requested in Appendix E, 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 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 Mail 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 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,'' the selecting ``Regulatory Information Mall.'' At that 
point, a menu will be displayed that has an option ``U.S.

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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 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, D.C. 20555, 
telephone (301) 415-5780; E-mail AXD[email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of October 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Susan Frant Shankman,
Chief, Transportation Safety and Inspection Branch, Spent Fuel Project 
Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 96-28738 Filed 11-7-96; 8:45 am]
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