[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79049-79050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31731]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2008-0427]


Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 3.12, 
Revision 1, ``General Design Guide for Ventilation Systems of Plutonium 
Processing and Fuel Fabrication Plants.''

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelisa L. Hicks, Regulatory Guide 
Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone 301-251-7448 or e-mail: [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 3.12, ``General Design Guide for 
Ventilation Systems of Plutonium Processing and Fuel Fabrication 
Plant,'' was issued with a temporary identification as Draft Regulatory 
Guide, DG-3034. This guide describes a method that the staff of the NRC 
considers acceptable for use in complying with Title 10, Sec.  
70.23(a)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 70.23(a)(3)), 
and 10 CFR 70.23(a)(4) on 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 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

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70.4, ``Definitions,'' must satisfy the provisions of 10 CFR 70.23, 
``Requirements for the Approval of Applications.'' The regulations at 
10 CFR 70.23(a)(3) and 10 CFR 70.23(a)(4) 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

    In July 2008, DG-3034 was published with a public comment period of 
60 days from the issuance of the guide. The public comment period 
closed on October 1, 2008. The comments and responses are available 
through the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS) under Accession No. ML102730465. Electronic copies of 
Regulatory Guide 3.12, Revision 1 are available through the NRC's 
public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. The regulatory analysis may be found in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML102730449.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) located at Room O1-F21, 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 1-800-397-4209, 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 10th day of December, 2010.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John N. Ridgely,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2010-31731 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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