[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20839-20840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9624]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Spent Fuel 
Project Office; Notice of Issuance and Availability of NUREG-1617 
Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel

    The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
the final report NUREG-1617, ``Standard Review Plan for Transportation 
Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel.''
    The Standard Review Plan for Transportation Packages for Spent 
Nuclear Fuel provides guidance to the NRC staff for the review and 
approval of applications for packages used to transport spent nuclear 
fuel under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, Part 
71 (10 CFR Part 71).
    NUREG-1617 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 reviews of package applications.
    NUREG-1617 is available for inspection, and copying for a fee, at 
the

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NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW (Lower Level), Washington, 
DC 20555-0001. Copies of NUREG-1617 may be purchased from the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 
37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328, telephone no. 1-202-512-1800, or the 
National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, VA 22161, telephone no. 1-800-553-6847. This document is 
also available at the NRC web site, http://www.nrc.gov. See the link 
under ``Technical Reports in the NUREG Series'' on the ``Reference 
Library Page.''

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of March, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
M. Wayne Hodges,
Deputy Director, Technical Review Directorate, Spent Fuel Project 
Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 00-9624 Filed 4-17-00; 8:45 am]
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