[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 249 (Thursday, December 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78234-78235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22248]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the
availability of two volumes of NUREG-1757, ``Consolidated
Decommissioning Guidance.'' The first volume is ``Consolidated
Decommissioning Guidance: Decommissioning Process for Materials
Licensees'' (NUREG-1757, Vol. 1, Rev. 2), which provides guidance for
planning and implementing the termination of materials licenses. The
second volume, ``Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance:
Characterization, Survey, and Determination of Radiological Criteria''
(NUREG-1757, Vol. 2, Rev. 1), provides guidance for compliance with the
radiological criteria for termination of licenses. The guidance is
intended for use by NRC staff and licensees. It is also available to
Agreement States and the public.
ADDRESSES: NUREG-1757 is available for inspection and copying for a fee
at the Commission's Public Document Room, NRC's Headquarters Building,
11555 Rockville Pike (First Floor), Rockville, Maryland. The Public
Document Room is open from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays. NUREG-1757 is also available
electronically on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1757/, and from the ADAMS Electronic
Reading Room on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Duane W. Schmidt, Mail Stop T-7E18,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Telephone: (301) 415-6919; e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In September 2003, NRC staff consolidated
and updated the policies and guidance of its decommissioning program in
a three-volume NUREG series, NUREG-1757, ``Consolidated Decommissioning
Guidance.'' This NUREG series provides guidance on: planning and
implementing license termination under NRC's License Termination Rule
(LTR), in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 20, Subpart
E; complying with the radiological criteria of the LTR for license
termination; and complying with the requirements for financial
assurance and recordkeeping for decommissioning and timeliness in
decommissioning of materials facilities. The staff periodically updates
NUREG-1757, so that it reflects current NRC decommissioning policy.
In September 2005, the staff issued, for public comment, Draft
Supplement 1 to NUREG-1757, which contained proposed updates to the
three volumes of NUREG-1757 (70 FR 56940; September 29, 2005). Draft
Supplement 1 included new and revised decommissioning guidance that
addresses some issues with implementation of the LTR. These issues
include restricted use and institutional controls, onsite disposal of
radioactive materials, selection and justification of exposure
scenarios based on reasonably foreseeable future land use, intentional
mixing of contaminated soil, and removal of material after license
termination. The staff also developed new and revised guidance on other
issues, including engineered barriers.
The staff received stakeholder comments on Draft Supplement 1 and
prepared responses to these comments. The stakeholder comments and the
NRC staff responses are located on NRC's decommissioning Web site, at
http://
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www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/regulatory/decommissioning/reg-guides-comm.html.
Supplement 1 has not been finalized as a separate document; instead,
updated sections from Supplement 1 have been placed into the
appropriate locations in revisions of Volumes 1 and 2 of NUREG-1757.
Volume 1 of NUREG-1757, entitled ``Consolidated Decommissioning
Guidance: Decommissioning Process for Materials Licensees,'' takes a
risk-informed, performance-based approach to the information needed and
the process to be followed to support an application for license
termination for a materials licensee. Volume 1 is intended to be
applicable only to the decommissioning of materials facilities licensed
under 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 70, and 72 and to the ancillary surface
facilities that support radioactive waste disposal activities licensed
under 10 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63. However, parts of Volume 1 are
applicable to reactor licensees, as described in the Foreword to the
volume.
Volume 2 of the NUREG series, entitled, ``Consolidated
Decommissioning Guidance: Characterization, Survey, and Determination
of Radiological Criteria,'' provides technical guidance on compliance
with the radiological criteria for license termination of the LTR.
Volume 2 is applicable to all licensees subject to the LTR.
The staff plans to revise Volume 3 of this NUREG series at a later
date, and that revision will incorporate the Supplement 1 guidance that
is related to Volume 3.
NUREG-1757 is intended for use by NRC staff and licensees. It is
also available to Agreement States and the public. This NUREG is not a
substitute for NRC regulations, and compliance with it is not required.
The NUREG describes approaches that are acceptable to NRC staff.
However, methods and solutions different than those in this NUREG will
be acceptable, if they provide a basis for concluding that the
decommissioning actions are in compliance with NRC regulations.
Congressional Review Act (CRA)
In accordance with the Congressional Review Act (CRA) of 1996, the
NRC has determined that this action is not a major rule and has
verified this determination with the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget.
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 19th day of December, 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Keith I. McConnell,
Deputy Director, Decommissioning & Uranium Recovery Licensing
Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection,
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management
Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-22248 Filed 12-27-06; 8:45 am]
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