[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 134 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39993-39994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15788]


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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 10.5, 
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 10.5, ``Applications for a Type A 
License of Broad Scope,'' was issued with a temporary identification as 
Draft Regulatory Guide DG-0015. This guide directs the reader to the 
type of information needed by the NRC staff to evaluate an application 
for a Type A license of broad scope for byproduct material. Title 10, 
Part 33, ``Specific Domestic Licenses of Broad Scope for Byproduct 
Material,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 33) 
regulates this type of license.
    This regulatory guide endorses the methods and procedures contained 
in the current revision of NUREG-1556, Volume 11, ``Consolidated 
Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about 
Licenses of Broad Scope,'' as a process that the NRC staff finds 
acceptable for meeting the

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regulatory requirements of 10 CFR Part 33.
    Volume 11 of NUREG-1556 is not intended to be used alone. Because 
broad-scope licensees may be involved in many different program areas 
(e.g., medicine, research and development, manufacturing and 
distribution), Volume 11 frequently refers the user to other more 
program-specific guidance documents in the NUREG-1556 series. A single 
document containing all of the guidance that might be required by a 
broad-scope licensee or an applicant for a broad-scope license would be 
unwieldy and may become obsolete as guidance in the individual program 
areas is revised. Volume 11 of NUREG-1556 takes a more risk-informed, 
performance-based approach to the information needed to support an 
application for a specific license of broad scope. Applicants should 
consider the entire NUREG-1556 series when preparing broad-scope 
license applications. NRC staff will use applicable portions of the 
complete NUREG-1556 series when reviewing applications.

II. Further Information

    In January 2008, DG-0015 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 10.5, 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 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. E8-15788 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
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