[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 67636-67637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27825]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 73

[NRC-2010-0340; Draft NUREG-0561, Revision 2]
RIN 3150-AI64


Physical Protection of Shipments of Irradiated Reactor Fuel

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft guidance for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to 
amend its security regulations pertaining to the transport of 
irradiated reactor fuel (for purposes of this rulemaking, the terms 
``irradiated reactor fuel'' and ``spent nuclear fuel'' (SNF) are used 
interchangeably). The NRC has prepared a revision to current guidance 
to address implementation of the proposed regulations. This notice is 
announcing the availability of the draft guidance for public comment.

DATES: Submit comments by February 11, 2011. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
is able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date.

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID: NRC-2010-0340 in the subject line 
of your comments. For instructions on submitting comments and accessing 
documents related to this action, see Section I, ``Submitting Comments 
and Accessing Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 
this document. You may submit comments by any one of the following 
methods.
    Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
search for documents filed under Docket ID: NRC-2010-0340. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, telephone (301) 492-
3668; e-mail [email protected]. 
    Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 
Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-
B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax comments to: RADB at (301) 492-3446.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Clyde Ragland, Office of Nuclear 
Security, and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-7008, e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Submitting Comments and Accessing Information

    Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be posted 
on the NRC Web site and on the Federal rulemaking Web site http://www.regulations.gov. Because your comments will not be edited to remove 
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against 
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be 
publicly disclosed. The NRC requests that any party soliciting or 
aggregating comments received from other persons for submission to the 
NRC inform those persons that the NRC will not edit their comments to 
remove any identifying or contact information, and therefore, they 
should not include any information in their comments that they do not 
want publicly disclosed.
    You can access publicly available documents related to this 
document using the following methods:
    NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have 
copied for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Room 
O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland.
    NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): 
Publicly available documents created or received at the NRC are 
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this page, the public can gain 
entry into ADAMS, which provides text and image files of NRC's public 
documents. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems 
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC's PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. The draft implementation guidance is available 
electronically under ADAMS Accession Number ML101800231.
    Federal Rulemaking Website: Public comments and supporting 
materials related to the implementation guidance, including the draft 
implementation guidance, can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by 
searching on Docket ID: NRC-2010-0340. Documents related to the 
proposed rule can be found by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0163.

Discussion

    The NRC recently published a proposed rule that would revise and 
amend the security regulations pertaining to the transport of spent 
nuclear fuel. The proposed rule was published on October 13, 2010 (75 
FR 62695), and the public comment period runs through January 11, 2011. 
Documents related to the proposed rule can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID: NRC-2009-0163.
    In conjunction with the proposed rule, the NRC has revised NUREG-
0561, ``Physical Protection of Shipments of Irradiated Reactor Fuel.'' 
This document provides guidance to a licensee or applicant for 
implementation of proposed 10 CFR 73.37, ``Requirements for Physical 
Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit.'' and proposed 10 CFR 
73.38, ``Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Irradiated 
Reactor Fuel in Transit.'' It is intended for use by applicants, 
licensees, and NRC staff. Revised NUREG-0561 describes methods 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing the proposed rules. The 
approaches and methods described in the document are provided for 
information only. Methods and solutions different from those described 
in the document are acceptable if they meet the requirements in 
proposed 10 CFR 73.37 and 10 CFR 73.38 as applicable. Revised NUREG-
0561 is available electronically under ADAMS Accession Number 
ML101800231, and can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by 
searching on Docket ID: NRC-2010-0340.
    At this time, the NRC is announcing the availability for public 
comment of NUREG-0561, Revision 2, ``Physical

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Protection of Shipments of Irradiated Reactor Fuel.'' The document 
provides guidance on implementing the provisions of proposed 10 CFR 
73.37, ``Requirements for Physical Protection of Byproduct Material'' 
and proposed 10 CFR 73.38, ``Personnel Access Authorization 
Requirements for Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit.''

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of October 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert K. Caldwell,
Chief, Fuel Cycle and Transportation Security Branch, Division of 
Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
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