[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78173-78174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32389]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

[NRC-2011-0087]
RIN 3150-AI96


Options for Developing the Regulatory Basis for Streamlining Non-
Power Reactor License Renewal and Non-Power Reactor Emergency 
Preparedness

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the 
Commission) will conduct a public meeting with affected stakeholders to 
discuss the proposed options for developing the regulatory basis for 
streamlining non-power reactor license renewal and non-power reactor 
emergency preparedness. This meeting is a follow-up to the NRC's public 
meeting held September 13, 2011 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to discuss 
establishing the technical basis for proposing rulemaking to streamline 
the non-power reactor license renewal process, options for reorganizing 
the structure of regulations that pertain to non-power reactors, and 
potential enhancements to emergency preparedness requirements. This 
meeting is open to the public.

DATES: Date and Time for Open Session: Monday, December 19, 2011, 1:30 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).

ADDRESSES: Public meeting: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One 
White Flint North Building, Room O13-B4, 11555 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Duane Hardesty, Project Manager, 
Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. 
Telephone: (301) 415-3724; fax number: (301) 415-1032; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 6, 2011, (Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML113400015) the NRC 
published a notice of public meeting (Category 2 Public Meeting to 
Discuss the Regulatory Basis for Streamlining the Non-power Reactor 
License Renewal) to be held December 19, 2011. Options being considered 
in the regulatory basis were provided as an attachment to the meeting 
notice.

I. Background

    In Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) SRM-SECY-08-0161 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML090850159) the Commission directed the staff to develop 
and submit for Commission review a long-term plan for an enhanced 
Research and Test reactor (RTR) license renewal process. The Commission 
advised that this long term plan should consider elements of the 
generic analysis approach, generic siting analysis, and the extended 
license term described in SECY-08-0161 (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML082550140) to establish a stable and predictable regulatory regime 
for RTRs.
    Based on the Commission's direction and the comments received 
during the public meeting held on September 13, 2011, (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML112710285), the staff is hosting the December 19, 2011 meeting to 
discuss the proposed options being considered in development of the 
regulatory basis for streamlining the non-power license renewal 
process. The NRC staff will also discuss possible changes to EP 
requirements for non-power reactors. The NRC notes that the public, 
licensees, certificate holders, and other stakeholders will have a 
future opportunity to comment on the regulatory basis document when it 
is published in the Federal Register.

II. Availability of Documents

    You can access publicly available documents related to this notice 
using the methods below.
    Please include Docket ID NRC-2011-0087 in the subject line of your 
comments. 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 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-
2011-0087. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 
telephone: (301) 492-3668; email: [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.
    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, O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(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 the 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 email to 
[email protected].
     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-2011-0087.

III. 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, Duane Hardesty at (301) 415-3724 
by December 16, 2011, so arrangements can be made.
    All expected attendees must register with the NRC meeting contact 
by close of business on December 16, 2011. All attendees are to use the 
main One White Flint visitor entrance. The NRC is accessible to the 
White Flint Metro Station. Visitor parking near the NRC buildings is 
limited.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of December, 2011.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jessie F. Quichocho,
Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2011-32389 Filed 12-15-11; 8:45 am]
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