[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23513-23514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10169]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 72 and 73

RIN 3150-AI78
[NRC-2009-0558]


Public and Closed Meeting To Discuss Comments on Draft Regulatory 
Basis for Rulemaking Revising Security Requirements for Facilities 
Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) 
will participate in a public and closed meeting with affected 
stakeholders to discuss comments relevant to the staff's draft 
regulatory basis (previously referred to as the draft technical basis) 
for the forthcoming security rulemaking, ``Security Requirements for 
Radiological Sabotage,'' to revise the security requirements for 
facilities storing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive 
waste (HLW). This meeting is a follow-up to the NRC's notice of 
availability of the draft technical basis and solicitation of public 
comments (74 FR 66589; December 16, 2009) to confirm that an adequate 
regulatory basis exists to proceed with rulemaking to issue new risk-
informed and performance-based security regulations for SNF and HLW 
storage facilities. This portion of the meeting is open to the public 
and all interested parties may attend.
    The NRC is also presenting information on independent spent fuel 
storage installation (ISFSI) vulnerability studies and information on 
proposed new regulatory guide, Draft Guide-5033, ``Security Performance 
(Adversary) Characteristics for Physical Security Programs for 10 CFR 
[Title 10 of the

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Code of Federal Regulations] PART 72 Licensees.'' This portion of the 
meeting will be closed under Exemptions 3.b of the Commission's policy 
statement,\1\ due to the expected discussion of safeguards information.
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    \1\ ``Commission's Policy Statement on Enhancing Public 
Participation in NRC Meetings'' (67 FR 36920; May 28, 2002).

DATES: Date and Time for Closed Session: Monday, May 2, 2011, 9 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
    Date and Time for Open Session: Monday, May 2, 2011, 1:30 p.m. to 
5:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).

ADDRESSES: Public Meeting: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two 
White Flint North Building, Two White Flint North Auditorium, 11545 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Andrukat, Office of Nuclear 
Security and Incident Response, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3561; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The forthcoming rulemaking would revise 10 CFR part 72, ``Licensing 
Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-
Level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C 
Waste,'' and 10 CFR part 73, ``Physical Protection of Plants and 
Materials,'' that would apply during the storage of SNF at an ISFSI and 
the storage of SNF and HLW at a monitored retrievable storage 
installation.
    The NRC requires high assurance of adequate protection of public 
health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment 
for the secure storage of SNF and HLW. The NRC meets this strategic 
goal by requiring ISFSI licensees to comply with security requirements 
specified in 10 CFR part 73. Following the terrorist attacks of 
September 11, 2001, the NRC has continued to achieve this requisite 
high assurance for all facilities licensed to store SNF through a 
combination of these existing security regulations and the issuance of 
security orders to individual licensees.
    Based on the Commission's direction presented in SRM-SECY-10-0114 
(Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession 
No. ML103210025) and the comments received in response to the Federal 
Register notice published on December 16, 2009 (74 FR 66589; ADAMS 
Accession No. ML093340103), the staff is hosting this meeting to 
discuss our understanding of the comments received.
    The NRC notes that the public, licensees, certificate holders, and 
other stakeholders will have a future opportunity to comment on the 
proposed rulemaking when that document is published in the Federal 
Register.

Availability of Documents

    The following table indicates the related documents that are 
available to the public and how they may be obtained.

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                   Document                         PDR           Web               NRC Library (ADAMS)
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Draft Technical Basis, Revision 1 (December              X             X   ML093280743
 2009) [NRC-2009-0558].
Commission: SECY-10-0114 (August 26, 2010)...            X   ............  ML101960614
Commission: SRM-SECY-10-0114 (November 16,               X             X   ML103210025
 2010).
Commission: SECY-07-0148 (redacted) (August              X             X   ML080030050
 28, 2007).
Commission: SRM-SECY-07-0148 (December 18,               X             X   ML073530119
 2007).
Public Meeting Notice (March 20, 2011).......            X   ............  ML110880263
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    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
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, Public File Area O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
     NRC's ADAMS: Publicly available documents created or 
received at the NRC are available online in the NRC Library 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, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. A public meeting notice with attached agenda and 
maps to meeting location is available electronically in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML110880263.
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Public comments and 
supporting materials related to this notice can be found at http://www.regulations.gov by searching on Docket ID NRC-2009-0558.

Availability of Services

    The NRC provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with 
disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation 
to participate in this meeting (e.g., sign language), or need this 
meeting notice or other information from the meeting in another format, 
please notify the NRC meeting contact, Dennis Andrukat at 301-415-3561 
by April 11, 2011, so arrangements can be made.
    All expected attendees must register with the NRC meeting contact 
by close of business on April 18, 2011. Attendees planning to attend 
the closed portion must provide their full name, company/organization, 
last four of their social security number, phone number, 
acknowledgement of current access to Safeguards Information (SGI) or 
Classified Information, and basis for need-to-know in order to verify 
that they are cleared for access to SGI.
    No electronic devices will be allowed in the auditorium during the 
closed portion of the meeting, this includes cell phones, laptops, 
pagers, PDA's, etc. All attendees are to use rear auditorium entrance. 
The NRC is accessible to the White Flint Metro Station. Visitor parking 
near the NRC buildings is limited.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of April 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sandra L. Wastler,
Branch Chief, Materials, Waste and International Security Branch, 
Division of Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 
Response.
[FR Doc. 2011-10169 Filed 4-26-11; 8:45 am]
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