[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69122-69123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33202]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses, Dated October 1998

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 
availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 5, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Self-Shielded 
Irradiator Licenses,'' dated October 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 5, 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: Ms. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 
9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone: (301) 415-7874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 1997 (62 FR 67100), NRC 
announced the availability of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 5, 
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance about Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses,'' dated October 1997, 
and requested comments on it. This draft NUREG report was the fifth 
program-specific guidance developed to support an improved materials 
licensing process. The NRC staff considered all the comments, including 
constructive suggestions to improve the document, in the preparation of 
the final NUREG report.
    The final version of NUREG-1556, Volume 5, is now available for use 
by applicants, licensees, NRC license

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reviewers, and other NRC staff. It supersedes the guidance for 
applicants and licensees previously found in Regulatory Guide 10.9, 
``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Licenses for the Use of 
Self-Contained Dry Source-Storage Gamma Irradiators,'' dated December 
1988, and the guidance for licensing staff previously found in Policy 
and Guidance Directive, FC 84-16, Revision 1, ``Standard Review Plan 
for Applications for Use of Self-Contained Dry Source-Storage Gamma 
Irradiators,'' dated January 26, 1989. In addition, this draft report 
also contains information found in pertinent Technical Assistance 
Requests and Information Notices. NRC staff will use this final report 
in reviewing these applications.

Electronic Access

    NUREG-1556, Volume 5, will also be available electronically 
approximately 1 month after publication of this notice by visiting 
NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear 
Materials,'' and then ``NUREG-1556, Volume 5.''

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 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 7th day of December, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donald A. Cool,
Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-33202 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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