[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 133 (Thursday, July 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39735-39736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15677]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 10.6, 
Revision 2.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Orr, Regulatory Guide Development 
Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone (301) 415-6373 or e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision 
to an existing guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This 
series was developed to describe and make available to the public 
information such as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the agency's regulations, techniques 
that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated 
accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses.
    Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 10.6, ``Guide for the Preparation of 
Applications for an Industrial Radiography License,'' was issued with a 
temporary identification as Draft Regulatory Guide DG-0016. This guide 
directs the reader to the type of information needed by the NRC staff 
to evaluate an application for an industrial radiography (radiography) 
license. The term ``radiography'' as used in this guide means an 
examination of the structure of materials by nondestructive methods 
using ionizing radiation from gamma-emitting byproduct materials 
(radioisotopes) to produce radiographic images. This guide does not 
address the research and development of radiography devices or 
associated equipment, or the commercial aspects of manufacturing, 
distributing, and servicing such devices and equipment.
    The regulatory framework that the NRC has established for 
radiography includes Title 10, Part 30, ``Rules of General 
Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material,'' of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 30); 10 CFR part 34, 
``Licenses for Industrial Radiography and Radiation Safety Requirements 
for Industrial Radiographic Operations;'' and NRC Form 313, 
``Application for Materials License.''
    This regulatory guide endorses the methods and procedures contained 
in the current revision of NUREG-1556, Volume 2, ``Consolidated 
Guidance About Material Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About 
Industrial

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Radiography Licenses,'' as a process that the NRC staff finds 
acceptable for meeting the regulatory requirements and providing the 
criteria for evaluating a radiography license application.

II. Further Information

    In January 2008, DG-0016 was published with a public comment period 
of 60 days from the issuance of the guide. No comments were received 
and the public comment period closed on April 18, 2008. Electronic 
copies of Regulatory Guide 10.6, Revision 2 are available through the 
NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at Room O-1F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-
2738. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at (301) 415-4737 or 
(800) 397-4209, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of July, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen C. O'Connor,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
 [FR Doc. E8-15677 Filed 7-9-08; 8:45 am]
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