[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9393-9394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3136]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific 
Guidance About Possession Licenses for Manufacturing and Distribution

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of final NUREG.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the availability of the final NUREG-
1556, Volume 12, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: 
Program-Specific Guidance about Possession Licenses for Manufacturing 
and Distribution,'' dated December 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 final NUREG report is the 12th program-specific guidance 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 
10.7, ``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Licenses for 
Laboratory and Industrial Use of Small Quantities of Byproduct 
Material,'' dated August 1979; Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 
(NMSS) Policy and Guidance Directive FC 84-1, ``Review Responsibility--
Manufacturing and Distribution of Products to Persons Exempt Pursuant 
to 10 CFR 32.11 through 32.26,'' dated April 1984; NMSS Policy and 
Guidance Directive FC 85-6, ``Standard Review Plan for Applications for 
Licenses and Approvals to Authorize Distribution of Various Items to 
Group Medical Licensees,'' dated February 1985; and Draft Regulatory 
Guide DG-0007, ``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Licenses 
to Authorize Distribution of Various Items to Commercial Nuclear 
Pharmacies and Medical Use Licensees,'' dated March 1997. This final 
report takes a more risk-informed, performance-based approach to 
licensing possession for manufacturing and distribution, and reduces 
the amount of detailed information needed to support an application.
    A free single copy of final NUREG-1556, Volume 12, may be requested 
by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Carrie 
Brown, Mail Stop TWFN 9-F-31, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Alternatively, 
submit requests through the Internet by addressing electronic mail to 
[email protected]. A copy of final NUREG-1556, Volume 12, is also available 
for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document 
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Room 01-F21, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mrs. Carrie Brown, 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,

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Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-8092; electronic mail 
address: [email protected].

Electronic Access

    Final NUREG-1556, Vol. 12 is available electronically by visiting 
the NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov/nrc/nucmat.html).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of January, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial and 
Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 01-3136 Filed 2-6-01; 8:45 am]
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