[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67946-67947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32632]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Final Comments on Draft Nureg-1628 ``Staff Responses to 
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Decommissioning of Nuclear Power 
Reactors''

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing that final 
comments on NUREG-1628, ``Staff Responses to Frequently Asked Questions 
Concerning Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reactors,'' are due by 
January 30, 1999. NUREG-1628 was issued for public comment on April 21, 
1998.
    This document, through a question-and-answer format, provides 
general information on decommissioning to members of the public. As a 
result of comments received to date from

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members of the public, the final document will be updated.
    The report contains information on the following topics as they 
relate to decommissioning: decommissioning alternatives, experience in 
the U.S. regulation of decommissioning, low-level waste storage and 
disposal of wastes associated with facility storage and 
decommissioning, high-level waste storage and disposal, license 
termination, and hazards associated with decommissioning.
    Comments on NUREG-1628 should be sent to the Chief, Rules Review 
and Direction Branch, Office of Administration, Mail Stop T6-D59, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or fax 
comments to 301-415-3313. For further information, contact John L. 
Minns, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 
301-415-3166.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of December 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Seymour H. Weiss,
Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, 
Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 98-32632 Filed 12-8-98; 8:45 am]
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