[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24833]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Industrial Radiography Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
completion and availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 2, ``Consolidated 
Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About 
Industrial Radiography Licenses,'' dated August 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Volume 2 may be obtained by writing to 
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. 
Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also available from 
the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy of the document is also available 
for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document 
Room, 2120 L Street, NW., (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. J. Bruce Carrico, Mail Stop TWFN 
8-F-5, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: 301-415-7826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 17, 1997 (62 FR 48904), NRC 
announced the availability of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 2, 
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Industrial Radiography Licenses,'' dated August 1997, 
and requested comments on it. This draft NUREG report was the second 
program-specific guidance developed to support an improved materials 
licensing process. The staff considered all of the comments, including 
constructive suggestions to improve the document, in the preparation of 
the final NUREG report.
    The final version of NUREG-1556, Volume 2, is now available for use 
by applicants, licensees, NRC license reviewers, and other NRC 
personnel, and will also be available to Agreement States. It 
supersedes the guidance for applicants and licensees previously found 
in Regulatory Guide FC 401-4, ``Guide for the Preparation of 
Applications for the Use of Sealed Sources and Devices for Performing 
Industrial Radiography,'' dated October 1984, and in Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards Policy and Guidance Directive FC 84-15, 
``Standard Review Plan for Applications for the Use of Sealed Sources 
and Devices for Performing Industrial Radiography,'' dated October 
1984. This guidance has been prepared to correspond to the new 
requirements and format established in the revision of 10 CFR Part 34 
published in 1997. NUREG-1556, Volume 2, takes a more risk-informed, 
performance-based approach to licensing industrial radiography and 
reduces the information (amount and level of detail) needed in support 
of an application for these devices. This final report should be used 
in preparing radiography licensing applications. NRC will use this 
final report in reviewing these applications.

Electronic Access

    NUREG-1556, Volume 2, will be available electronically, 
approximately 1 month after the publication date of this notice, by 
visiting NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear 
Materials,''and then ``NUREG-1556, Volume 2.''

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996, NRC has determined that this action is not a 
major rule and has verified this determination with the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and 
Budget.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of September, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick C. Combs,
Acting Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-24833 Filed 9-15-98; 8:45 am]
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