[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 115-116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34171]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Public Workshop: Demonstrating Compliance With the Radiological 
Criteria for License Termination--Analyses To Demonstrate ALARA, Net 
Public Harm, Not Technically Achievable, and Prohibitively Expensive

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: The NRC will hold a public workshop in Rockville, Maryland to 
receive input from licensees and the public on a working paper on 
``Analyses to Demonstrate ALARA, Net Public Harm, Not Technically 
Achievable, and Prohibitively Expensive.'' This working paper is being 
developed as a section of a future Regulatory Guide, ``Demonstrating 
Compliance With the Radiological Criteria for License Termination.'' 
The Regulatory Guide is being written to describe an acceptable method 
to comply with the NRC's recent final rule on Radiological Criteria for 
License Termination (62 FR 39058; July 21, 1997). The purpose of the 
workshop is to obtain comments, suggestions, and information from the 
public on the approach in the working paper so that a better Regulatory 
Guide can be developed. All interested licensees and members of the 
public are invited to attend this workshop.

DATES: The workshop will be held on January 26, 1998, beginning at 9 
a.m. and ending at about 5 p.m. There is no pre-registration. 
Interested parties, unable to attend the workshop, are encouraged to 
provide written comments by February 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The public workshop will be held in the NRC's auditorium at 
Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 
Visitor parking around the NRC building is limited; however, the 
workshop site is located adjacent to the White Flint Station on the 
Metro Red Line. A transcript of this workshop will be available for 
inspection, and copying for a fee at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 
L Street, NW., Lower Level, Washington, DC 20555, on or about February 
6, 1998.

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Obtaining the Working Paper

    A copy of the working paper to be discussed can be obtained 
electronically at the NRC Technical Conference Forum Website under the 
topic ``Final Rule for License Termination'' at http: //
techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/topics or from the NRC's Public Document 
Room, 2120 L Street, NW., (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555; 
telephone 202-634-3273; fax 202-634-3343. To view the working paper at 
the Website, select ``Final Rule on Radiological Criteria for License 
Termination,'' then select ``Lic Term Document Library,'' then select 
``Regulatory Guide,'' and then select ``Module C.4: Regulatory 
Position--Analyses to Demonstrate ALARA, Net Public Harm, Not 
Technically Achievable, and Prohibitively Expensive.''

Meeting Agenda

9:00  Welcome and introduction.
9:15  Presentation describing the proposed method with opportunity for 
questions and discussion.
12:00  Lunch.
1:30  Public comments on the proposed working paper. The guide will be 
considered and commented upon section by section. Attendees will be 
asked for questions and comments on each section.
5:00  Adjourn.

SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS: Comments may be posted electronically on 
the NRC Technical Conference Forum Website mentioned above. Comments 
submitted electronically can also be viewed at that Website. Comments 
may also be mailed to the Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information or questions on 
meeting arrangements, contact Jayne McCausland, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, telephone 301-415-6219, fax 301-415-5385, E-mail: [email protected]. 
For technical information or questions, contact Stephen A. McGuire, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone 301-415-6204; fax: 301-415-
5385; E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 24th day of December, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frank Cardile,
Acting Chief, Radiation Protection and Health Effects Branch, Division 
of Regulatory Applications, RES.
[FR Doc. 97-34171 Filed 12-31-97; 8:45 am]
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