[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7778-7779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2803]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Availability of Draft Interim Staff Guidance Document 
Hlwrs-Isg-03, ``Preclosure Safety Analysis--Dose Performance Objectives 
and Radiation Protection Program''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jon Chen, Project Manager, Project 
Management Branch B, Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone: (301) 415-
5526; fax number: (301) 415-5399; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Yucca Mountain Review Plan (YMRP) (July 2003, NUREG-1804, 
Revision 2) provides guidance for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) Division of High-Level Waste Repository Safety (HLWRS) staff to 
evaluate a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) license application for a 
geologic repository. NRC has prepared Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) to 
provide clarifications or refinements to the guidance provided in the 
YMRP. NRC is soliciting public comments on Draft HLWRS-ISG-03, which 
will be considered in the final version, or subsequent revisions, to 
HLWRS-ISG-03.

II. Summary

    The purpose of this notice is to provide the public with an 
opportunity to review and comment on draft HLWRS-ISG-03, which is to 
supplement the YMRP, for the NRC staff review of consequence estimates 
for the preclosure safety analysis, and the associated radiation 
protection program that will be implemented by DOE during geologic 
repository operations area operations.
    This ISG revises Sections 2.1.1.5 and 2.1.1.8 of the YMRP. A 
sufficient description of the radiation protection program and adequate 
technical bases for consequence estimates are needed to demonstrate 
compliance with the performance objectives in Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), Title 10, Part 63 (10 CFR Part 63), and radiation 
protection requirements of 10 CFR Part 20.

III. Further Information

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

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                            ISG                                            ADAMS accession number
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Draft HLWRS-ISG-03, ``Preclosure Safety Analysis--Dose      ML070230090.
 Performance Objectives and Radiation Protection Program''.
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    These documents may also be viewed electronically, on the public 
computers located at NRC's PDR, O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction contractor 
will copy documents, for a fee. Comments and questions on draft HLWRS-
ISG-03 should be directed to the NRC contact listed below by April 6, 
2007. 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.
    Contact: Sheena Whaley, Nuclear Engineer, Technical Review 
Directorate, High-Level Waste Repository Safety Division of the Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Comments can also be submitted 
by telephone, fax, or e-mail, which are as follows: telephone: (301) 
415-7965; fax number: (301) 415-5399; or e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 9th day of February 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
N. King Stablein,
Chief, Project Management Branch B, Division of High-Level Waste 
Repository Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E7-2803 Filed 2-16-07; 8:45 am]
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