[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 66807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19371]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Availability of Nureg-0725, Revision 14, ``Public 
Information Circular for Shipments of Irradiated Reactor Fuel''

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has updated 
NUREG-0725, ``Public Information Circular for Shipments of Irradiated 
Reactor Fuel.'' This document provides information on shipments of 
irradiated reactor fuel (spent fuel) that are subject to regulation by 
the NRC.

ADDRESSES: Copies are available in the Commission's Public Document 
Room (PDR) located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike 
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 20852-2738. This document may be 
accessed through the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet 
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs or using the 
NRC Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which 
provides both text and image files of NRC public documents at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ADAMS Accession Number 
ML061780640. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter 
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the 
NRC PDR reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Susan Bagley, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, Mail Stop T-4D8, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 20555-0001, telephone 301-415-
5378, and e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Information Circular for Shipments of 
Irradiated Reactor Fuel The NRC staff has updated NUREG-0725 to provide 
a brief accounting of spent fuel shipment safety and safeguards 
requirements of a general interest, a summary of data for 1979-2005 
highway and rail shipments and a listing, by State, of recent and 
expired highway and railway shipment routes. The enclosed route 
information reflects specific NRC approvals that the agency has granted 
in response to requests for shipments of spent fuel. This publication 
does not constitute authority for licensees, carriers or other persons 
to use the routes to ship spent fuel, other categories of nuclear 
waste, or other radioactive materials.

     Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of November, 2006.

    For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Director, Division of Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and 
Incident Response.
 [FR Doc. E6-19371 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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