[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25612]
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Vol. 78
Friday,
No. 217
November 8, 2013
Part II
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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10 CFR Parts 40, 70, 72, et al.
Proposed Guidance for Fuel Cycle Facility; Material Control and
Accounting Plans and Completing NRC Form 327 and Amendments to Material
Control and Accounting Regulations; Proposed Rules
Federal Register / Vol. 78 , No. 217 / Friday, November 8, 2013 /
Proposed Rules
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
10 CFR Parts 40, 70, 72, 74, and 150
[NRC-2013-0195]
RIN 3150-AI61
Proposed Guidance for Fuel Cycle Facility; Material Control and
Accounting Plans and Completing NRC Form 327
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft NUREGs; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is making
available for public comment the following draft NUREGs: NUREG-1280,
Revision 2, ``Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Material
Control and Accounting (MC&A) Plan Required for Strategic Special
Nuclear Material;'' NUREG-2159, ``Acceptable Standard Format and
Content for the Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Plan Required
for Special Nuclear Material of Moderate Strategic Significance;''
NUREG-1065, Revision 3, ``Acceptable Standard Format and Content for
the Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Plan Required for Special
Nuclear Material of Low Strategic Significance;'' NUREG-2158 (formerly
NUREG/CR-5734), ``Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the
Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Plan Required for Low Enriched
Uranium Enrichment Facilities;'' and NUREG/BR-0096, Revision 2,
``Instructions and Guidance for Completing Physical Inventory Summary
Reports.'' The NUREGs support a proposed rule (RIN 3150-AI61; NRC-2009-
0096) amending the NRC's MC&A regulations applicable to various types
of special nuclear material (SNM). The proposed rule is being published
in the Proposed Rule section of this issue of the Federal Register.
DATES: Submit comments by February 18, 2014. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC
staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or
before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0195. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: 3WFN-06A-44MP, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Pham, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9132, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments
A. Accessing Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0195 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this notice. You may
access publicly available information by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0195.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the
reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided in a table in Section
III, ``Availability of Documents,'' of this document.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2013-0195 in the subject line of your
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in you
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
Draft NUREGs 1280, 2159, and 1065 provide fuel cycle licensees
(i.e., those authorized to hold strategic SNM, SNM of moderate
strategic significance, and SNM of low strategic significance,
respectively) guidance to facilitate compliance with applicable
provisions in part 74 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR), ``Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear
Material.'' Draft NUREG-2158 provides similar guidance to the subset of
licensees authorized to hold SNM of low strategic significance who
engage in uranium enrichment operations. Except for NUREG-2159--which
is a new NUREG for any future licensees and applicants who may request
authorization to hold SNM of moderate strategic significance--the
NUREGs would revise existing guidance. The NUREGs are being revised to
incorporate the proposed changes and enhancements to 10 CFR part 74.
Generally, the four draft guidance documents discuss acceptable
methods licensees and applicants may use to prepare and implement their
MC&A plans, and how the NRC will review and inspect these plans.
Additionally, these four draft NUREGs address: (1) The proposed general
performance objectives; (2) the proposed MC&A program capabilities to
meet those objectives; and (3) the incorporation of checks and balances
to detect falsification of data and reports that could conceal the
theft or diversion of SNM. The SNM licensees can find instructions on
the following in NUREG/BR-0096: (1) Using NRC Form 327 to report
inventory differences (IDs)
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and (2) associated information needed to evaluate IDs. Such IDs may
result from the physical inventories required by 10 CFR 74.31(c)(5),
74.33(c)(4), 74.43(c)(7), or 74.59(f). We are revising NUREG/BR-0096 to
update and clarify its terms.
III. Availability of Documents
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Document ADAMS Accession No.
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NUREG-1280, Revision 2, ``Acceptable Standard ML13253A308
Format and Content for the Material Control
and Accounting (MC&A) Plan Required for
Strategic Special Nuclear Material''.
NUREG-2159, ``Acceptable Standard Format and ML13253A310
Content for the Material Control and
Accounting (MC&A) Plan Required for Special
Nuclear Material of Moderate Strategic
Significance''.
NUREG-1065, Revision 3, ``Acceptable Standard ML13253A305
Format and Content for the Material Control
and Accounting (MC&A) Plan Required for
Special Nuclear Material of Low Strategic
Significance''.
NUREG-2158, (formerly NUREG/CR-5734) ML13253A309
``Acceptable Standard Format and Content for
the Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)
Plan Required for Low Enriched Uranium
Enrichment Facilities''.
NUREG/BR-0096, Revision 2, ``Instructions and ML13253A303
Guidance for Completing Physical Inventory
Summary Reports''.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this September 17, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marissa G. Bailey,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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