[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11073-11074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5598]


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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. Additionally, 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, N.W. (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; electronic 
mail address: [email protected]..

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 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 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 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, is available electronically 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

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Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of February, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical, Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 99-5598 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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