[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24514-24515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10391]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Special Nuclear Material of Less Than Critical Mass 
Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the availability of, and requesting 
comments on, draft NUREG-1556, Volume 17, ``Consolidated Guidance about 
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Special Nuclear 
Material of Less Than Critical Mass Licenses,'' dated March 2000.
    The NRC is using Business Process Redesign techniques to redesign 
its materials licensing process, as described in NUREG-1539, 
``Methodology and Findings of the NRC's Materials Licensing Process 
Redesign.'' A critical element of the new process is consolidating and 
updating numerous guidance documents into a NUREG-series of reports. 
This draft NUREG report is the 17th guidance document developed to 
support an improved materials licensing process.
    This guidance is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the 
NRC staff, and will also be available to Agreement States. This 
document combines and updates the guidance found in Regulatory Guide 
10.3, ``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Special Nuclear 
Material Licenses of Less Than Critical Mass Quantities.'' This draft 
report takes a more risk-informed, performance-based approach to 
licensing quantities of special nuclear material of less than critical 
mass, and reduces the information (amount and level of detail) needed 
to support an application to use this material. This document is 
strictly for public comment and is not for use in preparing or 
reviewing licenses until it is published in final form. It is being 
distributed for comment to encourage public participation in its 
development.

DATES: The comment period ends July 25, 2000. Comments received after 
that time will be considered if practicable.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand-
deliver comments to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 
7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be 
submitted through the Internet by addressing electronic mail to 
[email protected].
    Those considering public comment may request a free single copy of 
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 17, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Carrie Brown, Mail Stop TWFN 9-C-24, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001. Alternatively, submit requests through the Internet by

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addressing electronic mail to [email protected]. A copy of draft NUREG-1556, 
Volume 17, 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.
    The Presidential Memorandum dated June 1, 1998, entitled, ``Plain 
Language in Government Writing,'' directed that the Federal 
government's writing be in plain language. The NRC requests comments on 
this licensing guidance NUREG specifically with respect to the clarity 
and effectiveness of the language used. Comments should be sent to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Carrie Brown, TWFN 9-F-24, 
Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-8092; electronic mail 
address: [email protected].

Electronic Access

    Draft NUREG-1556, Vol. 17 is available electronically by visiting 
the NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/nrc/nucmat.html).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of April, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anthony N. Tse,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 00-10391 Filed 4-25-00; 8:45 am]
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