[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 148 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44779-44780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17542]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 
DG-3034.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Johnson, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: (301) 492-
3121 or e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued for public 
comment a draft regulatory guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' 
series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the 
public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff 
for implementing specific parts of the NRC'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.
    The draft regulatory guide (DG), titled, ``General Design Guide for 
Ventilation Systems of Plutonium Processing and Fuel Fabrication 
Plants,'' is temporarily identified by its task number, DG-3034, which 
should be mentioned in all related correspondence.
    Proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 3.12 describes a method 
that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in complying 
with 10 CFR 70.23(a)(3) and (a)(4) with respect to the design of 
ventilation systems for plutonium processing and fuel fabrication 
plants. At plutonium processing and fuel fabrication plants, a 
principal risk to health and safety is the release and dispersal of 
radioactive materials. The prevention of such release and dispersal is 
an important function of the ventilation systems. To meet these 
objectives, this guide provides recommendations for achieving defense 
in depth and for

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minimizing the release of radioactive materials to the environment.
    Each applicant for a license to possess and use special nuclear 
material in a plutonium processing and fuel fabrication plant as 
defined in 10 CFR 70.4, ``Special Nuclear Material,'' must satisfy the 
provisions of 10 CFR 70.23, ``Requirements for the approval of 
applications.'' Paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(4) of 10 CFR 70.23 require 
that the applicant's proposed equipment, facility, and procedures be 
adequate to protect health and minimize danger to life or property.

II. Further Information

    The NRC staff is soliciting comments on DG-3034. Comments may be 
accompanied by relevant information or supporting data, and should 
mention DG-3034 in the subject line. Comments submitted in writing or 
in electronic form will be made available to the public in their 
entirety through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS).
    Personal information will not be removed from your comments. You 
may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    1. Mail comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    2. E-mail comments to: [email protected].
    3. Hand-deliver comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing 
Branch, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 
4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.
    4. Fax comments to: Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, 
Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at (301) 
415-5144.
    Requests for technical information about DG-3034 may be directed to 
Timothy Johnson at (301) 492-3121 or e-mail to [email protected].
    Comments would be most helpful if received by October 1, 2008. 
Comments received after that date will be considered if it is practical 
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, 
comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in 
guides currently being developed or improvements in all published 
guides are encouraged at any time.
    Electronic copies of DG-3034 are available through the NRC's public 
Web site under Draft Regulatory Guides in the ``Regulatory Guides'' 
collection of the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Electronic copies are also available in 
ADAMS (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html), under Accession No. 
ML081080479.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. 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) 397-4205, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-
mail to [email protected].
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is 
not required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of July, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Harriet Karagiannis,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E8-17542 Filed 7-30-08; 8:45 am]
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