[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 155 (Thursday, August 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49029-49030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20335]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Public Workshop To Discuss Current Issues Associated With the 
Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of a public workshop to discuss current issues 
associated with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a Public Workshop to discuss current 
issues associated with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. The 
goal of the workshop will be to provide a forum for NRC staff to 
discuss, with nuclear industry and other interested stakeholders, NRC's 
process, and guidance, for developing and evaluating decommissioning 
plans (DPs) and license termination plans (LTPs), current issues 
associated with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities and to 
identify areas and strategies for improving the decommissioning 
process.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: On July 21, 1997, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) published the final rule on Radiological Criteria for 
License Termination (the License Termination Rule or LTR) as Subpart E 
to 10 CFR Part 20. NRC regulations require that materials licensees 
submit DPs to support the decommissioning of its facility if it is 
required by license condition, or if the procedures and activities 
necessary to carry out the decommissioning have not been approved by 
NRC and these procedures could increase the potential health and safety 
impacts to the workers or the public. NRC regulations also require that 
reactor licensees submit Post-shutdown Decommissioning Activities 
Reports and LTPs to support the decommissioning of nuclear power 
facilities.
    Since the promulgation of the LTR, NRC staff has been developing 
guidance to assist both regulators and the regulated community in 
complying with the LTR. To facilitate early and continuing input from 
the regulated community and other stakeholders on this guidance, NRC 
held several workshops in 1998, 1999, and in 2000 on various technical 
issues associated with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. As 
part of our continuing efforts to involve the regulated community and 
other stakeholders in our decommissioning program, we will hold a 
workshop November 8-9, 2000, at the Commission's Headquarters

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building in Rockville, Maryland to discuss our current process for 
reviewing information supporting the decommissioning of nuclear 
facilities and to obtain perspectives from interested stakeholders on 
the manner in which we are implementing the LTR.
    The workshop will be held at the NRC Headquarters, in the 
Auditorium of Two White Flint North Building at 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland. This workshop will be open to the public and 
registration will be held from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. on the first day of 
the workshop, November 8, 2000, at the entrance of the Auditorium. 
There will not be pre-registration. The workshop will run from 8:30 a.m 
to 4:45 p.m. on both days. Each day will feature presentations from NRC 
headquarters and regional staff and roundtable discussion on current 
issues in decommissioning. In addition, we plan to have the workshop 
transcribed, and the transcripts, and any material presented at the 
workshop, will be posted on the NRC's Website.
    NRC strongly encourages all interested stakeholders to attend and 
participate in this workshop, as it will offer a unique opportunity to 
provide the NRC staff and the nuclear power industry with insights, 
perspectives, and information that stakeholders feel is important for 
the NRC staff to consider as it seeks ways to improve our 
decommissioning program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dominick A. Orlando, Decommissioning 
Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards, at (301) 415-6749.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 3rd day of August, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Larry W. Camper,
Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 00-20335 Filed 8-9-00; 8:45 am]
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