[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 57101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21344]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Availability of Interim Staff Guidance Documents for 
Fuel Cycle Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilkins Smith, Project Manager, 
Technical Support Group, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-
5788; fax number: (301) 415-5370; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to issue Interim 
Staff Guidance (ISG) documents for fuel cycle facilities. These ISG 
documents provide clarifying guidance to the NRC staff when reviewing 
licensee integrated safety assessments, license applications or 
amendment requests or other related licensing activities for fuel cycle 
facilities under subpart H of 10 CFR part 70. The NRC is soliciting 
public comments on the ISG documents which will be considered in the 
final versions or subsequent revisions.

II. Summary

    The purpose of this notice is to provide the public an opportunity 
to review and comment on the draft Interim Staff Guidance documents for 
fuel cycle facilities. Interim Staff Guidance--01 provides guidance to 
NRC staff relative to methods for qualitative evaluation of likelihood 
in the context of a review of a license application or amendment 
request under 10 CFR part 70, subpart H. Interim Staff Guidance-02 
provides guidance to NRC staff relative to accident sequences that have 
consequences below 10 CFR 70.61 performance requirements. Interim Staff 
Guidance--03 provides guidance to NRC staff relative to relationships 
between 10 CFR part 70, subpart H, nuclear criticality safety 
performance requirements and the double contingency principle. Interim 
Staff Guidance--05 provides guidance to NRC staff relative to 
additional reporting requirements of 10 CFR 70.74. Interim Staff 
Guidance--06 provides guidance to NRC staff relative to correcting 
performance deficiencies and implementing corrective measures. Interim 
Staff Guidance--07 provides guidance to NRC staff relative to rules of 
engagement for the integrated safety analysis.

III. Further Information

    Documents related to this action are available electronically at 
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide 
Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for 
the documents related to this notice are provided in the following 
table. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public 
Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by e-mail to [email protected].

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                                                              ADAMS
                 Interim Staff Guidance                     accession
                                                              number
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Interim Staff Guidance--01.............................      ML042460008
Interim Staff Guidance--02.............................      ML042610008
Interim Staff Guidance--03.............................      ML042460011
Interim Staff Guidance--05.............................      ML042460012
Interim Staff Guidance--06.............................      ML042460014
Interim Staff Guidance--07.............................      ML042460015
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    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O 1 F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 
contractor will copy documents for a fee. Comments and questions should 
be directed to the NRC contact listed below by October 25, 2004. 
Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical 
to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments 
received after this date. Wilkins Smith, Project Manager, Technical 
Support Group, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001. Comments can also be submitted 
by telephone, fax, or e-mail which are as follows: Telephone: (301) 
415-5788; fax number: (301) 415-5370; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 17th day of September, 2004.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Melanie A. Galloway,
Chief, Technical Support Group, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 04-21344 Filed 9-22-04; 8:45 am]
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