[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 15796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5962]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Office of New Reactors; Interim Staff Guidance on the Use of the 
GALE86 Code for Calculation of Routine Radioactive Releases in Gaseous 
and Liquid Effluents to Support Design; Certification and Combined 
License Applications; Solicitation of Public Comment

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is soliciting public comment on its Proposed Interim 
Staff Guidance COL/DC-ISG-005. This interim staff guidance supplements 
the guidance provided to the staff in Chapter 11, ``Radioactive Waste 
Management,'' of NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan (SRP) for the 
Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' 
concerning the review of radioactive releases in gaseous and liquid 
effluents (GALE) to support design certification and combined license 
applications. This guidance provides a clarification on the use of a 
newer version of the boiling-water reactor and pressurized-water 
reactors GALE codes that is not referenced in the current NRC guidance. 
Upon receiving public comments, the NRC staff will evaluate and 
disposition the comments, as appropriate. Once the NRC staff completes 
the COL/DC-ISG-005, it will be issued for NRC and industry use. The NRC 
staff will also incorporate the approved COL/DC-ISG-005 into the next 
revision of the SRP and related guidance documents.

DATES: Comments must be filed no later than 30 days from the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Comments received 
after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but 
the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to: Chief, Rules and Directives 
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC, 20555-0001.
    Comments should be delivered to: 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland, Room T-6D59, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 
workdays. Persons may also provide comments via e-mail to Timothy Frye 
at [email protected]. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's 
public documents. These documents may be accessed through the NRC's 
Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who 
encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should 
contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-
397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Timothy Frye, Chief, Health 
Physics Branch, Division of Construction, Inspection & Operational 
Programs, Office of the New Reactors, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-3900 or e-mail 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agency posts its issued staff guidance 
in the agency external Web page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/isg/).
    The NRC staff is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on 
the proposed COL/DC-ISG-005. After the NRC staff considers any public 
comments, it will make a determination regarding the proposed COL/DC-
ISG-005.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of March 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Reckley,
Branch Chief, Rulemaking, Guidance and Advanced Reactors Branch, 
Division of New Reactor Licensing, Office of New Reactors.
[FR Doc. E8-5962 Filed 3-24-08; 8:45 am]
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