[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 57 (Friday, March 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5902]


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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) is preparing and issuing 
Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) documents for fuel cycle facilities. These 
ISG documents provide clarifying guidance to the NRC staff when 
reviewing licensee integrated safety analyses, 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 two ISG Draft documents (ISG-01 and -04) which will 
be considered in the final versions or subsequent revisions. ISG-03 has 
been issued and is provided for information.

II. Summary

    The purpose of this notice is to provide the public an opportunity 
to review and comment on the Interim Staff Guidance documents for fuel 
cycle facilities. Draft Interim Staff Guidance-01, Version 02, 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. ISG-01, Version 02, 
has been generally revised based on NRC staff and public comments on 
the initial version. Interim Staff Guidance-03, Revision 0 has been 
approved and issued and 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. 
Draft Interim Staff Guidance-04, Version 0 provides guidance to NRC 
staff relative to baseline design criteria for new facilities and new 
processes at existing facilities.

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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          Interim staff guidance               ADAMS accession number
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Interim Staff Guidance-01, Version 02.....  ML050690286.
Interim Staff Guidance-03, Revision 0.....  ML050690302.
Interim Staff Guidance-04, Version 0......  ML050690296.
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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 on 
ISG-01 and ISG-04 should be directed to the NRC contact listed below by 
April 25, 2005. 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 in Rockville, Maryland this 18th day of March, 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David H. Tiktinsky,
Acting Chief, Technical Support Group, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 
and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 05-5902 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]
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