[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 215 (Thursday, November 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 62838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27944]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a new guide in 
its Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to describe 
and make available to the public such information as methods acceptable 
to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC's 
regulations, techniques used by the staff in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses, and data needed by the NRC staff in its 
review of applications for permits and licenses.
    Regulatory Guide 3.73, ``Site Evaluations and Design Earthquake 
Ground Motion for Dry Cask Independent Spent Fuel Storage and Monitored 
Retrievable Storage Installations,'' provides guidance acceptable to 
the NRC staff for (1) conducting a detailed evaluation of site area 
geology and foundation stability, (2) conducting investigations to 
identify and characterize uncertainty in seismic sources in the site 
region important for the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis; (3) 
evaluating and characterizing uncertainty in the parameters of seismic 
sources; (4) conducting a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for the 
site; and (5) determining the design earthquake ground motion for the 
site to satisfy the requirements of NRC's regulations.
    Comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time. Written comments may be submitted to 
the Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555. Questions on the content of this guide may be 
directed to Mr. M. Shah, (301) 415-8537; email [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are available for inspection or downloading at 
the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov under Regulatory Guides and in 
NRC's Electronic Reading Room (ADAMS System) at the same site. Single 
copies of regulatory guides may be obtained free of charge by writing 
the Reproduction and Distribution Services Section, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax to (301) 
415-2289, or by e-mail to [email protected]. Issued guides may also 
be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) on 
a standing order basis. Details on this service may be obtained by 
writing NTIS at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161; telephone 
1-800-553-6847; http://www.ntis.gov/. Regulatory guides are not 
copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them. 
(5 U.S.C. 552(a))

    Dated at Rockville, MD this 22nd day of October 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ashok C. Thadani,
Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 03-27944 Filed 11-5-03; 8:45 am]
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