[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35137-35138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14666]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 72 and 73

[NRC-2009-0558]


Vulnerability and Threat Information for Facilities Storing Spent 
Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will discuss with 
affected stakeholders vulnerability and threat information associated 
with the forthcoming security rulemaking to revise Title 10 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (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 73, 
``Physical Protection of Plants and Materials.'' This information will 
be used to inform the regulatory basis for the rulemaking which will 
issue new risk-informed and performance-based security regulations for 
Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) and High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) storage 
facilities. The draft regulatory basis was published for comment in the 
Federal Register (FR) on December 16, 2009 (74 FR 66589).
    This meeting will be closed under exemptions 3.a and 3.b of the 
Commission's policy statement \1\, due to the expected discussion of 
classified information.
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    \1\ ``Commission's Policy Statement on Enhancing Public 
Participation in NRC Meetings,'' (67 FR 36920), May 28, 2002.

DATES: Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) (Closed 
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to Public--Requires Access to Classified Information)

ADDRESSES: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 
Commissioners' Conference Room, O-1 G16, 11555 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 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 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation 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 stakeholder requests from the NRC sponsored May 2, 
2011, open and closed public meetings (ADAMS Package Accession No. 
ML111450161), the staff is hosting this meeting to enhance stakeholder 
understanding of the security assessments used to inform the draft 
regulatory basis and to enhance staff understanding of the comments 
received. The meeting will discuss classified national security 
information.
    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 FR.

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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                                                 Public
                 Document                    Document Room         Web         Electronic  Reading Room  (ADAMS)
                                                 (PDR)
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Draft Technical Basis, Revision 1                        X                X   ML093280743
 (December 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)                      X                X   ML080030050
 (August 28, 2007).
Commission: SRM-SECY-07-0148 (December 18,               X                X   ML073530119
 2007).
Public Meeting Notice for May 2, 2011                    X   ...............  ML110880263
 (March 30, 2011).
Meeting Summary Package for May 2, 2011                  X   ...............  ML111450161
 meeting.
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    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the following methods:
    NRC's PDR: The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, 
publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public File Area O-1 
G21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 
20852-2738.
    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,

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301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    Federal Rulemaking 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 July 5, 2011, so that arrangements can be made.
    All expected attendees must register with the NRC meeting contact 
by close of business on July 12, 2011. Attendees must provide their 
full name, company/organization, last four of social security number, 
phone number, acknowledgement of current access to Classified 
Information (minimum ``L'' clearance), and basis for need-to-know in 
order to verify that attendees are cleared for access to the 
information.
    No electronic devices will be allowed in the Commissioners' 
Conference Room during the meeting, this includes cell phones, laptops, 
pagers, PDAs, etc. No food or drink is allowed in the Commissioners' 
Conference Room.
    All attendees are to use the One White Flint North temporary 
entrance located on Marinelli Street. The NRC is accessible to the 
White Flint Metro Station. Visitor parking near the NRC buildings is 
limited. Parking is available at the White Flint Metro Station using 
the Metro Smart Card.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of June 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sandra L. Wastler,
Branch Chief, Division of Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security 
and Incident Response.
[FR Doc. 2011-14666 Filed 6-15-11; 8:45 am]
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