[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8769]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NUREG-1617]


Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Spent 
Nuclear Fuel; Notice of Issuance and Availability

    The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
draft report NUREG-1617 entitled ``Standard Review Plan for 
Transportation Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel'' for review and 
comment.
    The Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Spent 
Nuclear Fuel provides guidance for the review and approval of 
applications for packages used to transport spent nuclear fuel under 10 
CFR Part 71.
    This standard review plan (SRP) is intended for use by the NRC 
staff. Its objectives are to (1) summarize 10 CFR Part 71 requirements 
for package approval, (2) describe the procedures by which the NRC 
staff determines that these requirements have been satisfied, and (3) 
document the practices developed by the staff in previous reviews of 
package applications.
    Draft NUREG-1617 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-1617 may be 
requested by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Printing and Graphics Branch, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Comments on all aspects of this draft document are solicited and 
will be considered and may be incorporated in the Standard Review Plan, 
as appropriate. Appendix C to NUREG-1617 contains a data form that will 
be used to aid the NRC staff in transcribing the comment. A photocopy 
of the Appendix C form or a similar form containing the same 
information should be used. Comments on draft NUREG-1617 should be 
submitted by July 6, 1998.
    This Standard Review Plan is scheduled for publication as an NRC 
NUREG document in 1999. A separate Standard Review Plan for 
Transportation Packages for Radioactive Material, NUREG 1609, was 
issued for public comment in September 1997. To ensure consistency 
between the two standard review plans, comments on sections common to 
both plans will be incorporated, as appropriate, in both documents.
    Mail comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Mail Stop T-6 D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments may be hand-delivered 
to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland between 7:30 am and 4:15 
pm on Federal workdays.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of March, 1998.
    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Susan F. Shankman,
Acting Deputy Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-8769 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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