[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 47084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4132]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Public Meeting Notice of Nuclear Energy Institute/U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Working Groups
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Solicitation of interest in working group participation.
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DATES: August 23, 2007.
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Executive Boulevard
Building, 6003 Executive Boulevard, Rooms, EBB-1-B13 and EBB-1-B15,
Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Smith, Project Manager,
Technical Support Branch, Special Projects and Technical Support
Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, MS EBB2-C40M, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301)
492-3234; fax number: (301) 492-6521; e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a public workshop with
the Nuclear Energy Institute and other stakeholders on June 14, 2007,
to discuss certain implementation issues related to the implementation
of subpart H of 10 CFR part 70: (1) Part 70, Appendix A Reporting, (2)
refinement of the definition of Uranium Solubility under part 70, (3)
the use of Digital Instrumentation and Control in safety and process
settings, (4) the Sec. 70.72 Facility Change Process, and (5) the
possible Enforcement Policy Revisions.
Of the path forward for each of these five issues, four included a
short term resolution to address the problem via small working groups
comprised of industry and NRC representatives producing a product
(white paper) which would ultimately be reviewed/approved by management
representatives from both NRC and NEI and/or Industry representative
management with an opportunity for members of the public to participate
if desired. The exception to this small working group approach was the
resolution of the issues associated with the use of Digital
Instrumentation and Control in safety and process settings. Since this
issue was far reaching, that could impact other nuclear arenas, some
already addressing this area already pursuing research in this area, it
was proposed that industry participate in the current steering
committees involved in addressing these issues and NRC will facilitate
interested industry members admission/seating on these committees so
that their interests can be heard.
In addition to the small working group approach, for Enforcement
Policy Revisions, a multiple day public workshop in Region II with
participation by the NRC's Offices of Enforcement and General Counsel
should be held to establish the limits to what can be changed in the
Enforcement Policy by the small working group.
II. Summary
The purpose of this notice is to provide notice of the date and
location of the first kickoff meeting of these small working groups as
these white papers are developed. The number of persons participating
in these groups will be limited to one or two; therefore, the first one
or two person expressing interest in a particular group will have
priority for participation in the working group; however, all meetings
of these groups will be noticed and open to the public. Please contact
the staff contact listed above to express your interest in
participating in one or more of these working groups.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of August 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Deborah A. Jackson,
Chief, Technical Support Branch, Special Projects and Technical Support
Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 07-4132 Filed 8-20-07; 11:47 am]
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