[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 97 (Thursday, May 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 31620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12553]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Risk Analysis and Evaluation of Regulatory Options for Nuclear 
Byproduct Material Systems

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
availability of NUREG/CR-6642, ``Risk Analysis and Evaluation of 
Regulatory Options for Nuclear Byproduct Material Systems,'' dated 
December 1999.

ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG/CR-6642 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. Torre Taylor, Mail Stop TWFN 9-C-
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) 415-7900, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 25, 1999 (64 FR 46456), NRC 
published draft NUREG/CR-6642, ``Risk Analysis and Evaluation of 
Regulatory Options for Nuclear Byproduct Material Systems,'' for public 
comment. All comments received during the comment period were reviewed 
in the preparation of the final NUREG report. The final version of 
NUREG/CR-6642 is now available. NUREG/CR-6642 presents a detailed, 
comparative risk analysis of nuclear byproduct materials, organized 
into groups of activities or ``systems,'' such as nuclear pharmacy, 
pool irradiators, and industrial radiography. It also describes the 
methodology used in the risk analysis and provides the results of the 
analysis.

Electronic Access

    NUREG/CR-6642 will also be available at NRC's web site under 
Reference Library--Technical Reports or directly at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/CR6642/index.html.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of March, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Catherine Haney,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial 
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 00-12553 Filed 5-17-00; 8:45 am]
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