[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 134 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 39993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15787]


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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 6.5, 
Revision 1.

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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 1 of Regulatory Guide 6.5, ``General Safety Standards for 
Installations Using Nonmedical Sealed Gamma-Ray Sources,'' was issued 
with a temporary identification as Draft Regulatory Guide DG-6006. This 
guide directs the reader to the type of information acceptable to the 
NRC staff to approve the initial transfer of devices containing 
byproduct material to persons generally licensed under Title 10, 
Section 31.5, ``Certain Detecting, Measuring, Gauging, or Controlling 
Devices, and Certain Devices for Producing Light or an Ionized 
Atmosphere,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 31.5) or 
equivalent regulations of an Agreement State.
    The requirements for transferring gamma-ray sources to general 
licensees appear in 10 CFR 32.51, ``Byproduct Material Contained in 
Devices for Use Under Sec.  31.5; Requirements for License to 
Manufacturer, or Initially Transfer''. One method of complying with the 
requirements of 10 CFR 32.51 appears in NUREG-1556, Volume 3, 
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Applications for 
Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Registration.''
    This regulatory guide endorses the description of the information 
to be submitted in the application for the initial transfer and 
installation of sealed gamma-ray sources contained in the current 
revision of Volume 3 of NUREG-1556 as a method acceptable to the NRC 
staff.

II. Further Information

    In January 2008, DG-6006 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 6.5, Revision 1 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 3rd day of July, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen C. O'Connor,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
 [FR Doc. E8-15787 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
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