[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 17 (Friday, January 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01880]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0095]
Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiators
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its
licensing guidance for materials licenses for self-shielded
irradiators. The NRC is requesting public comment on draft NUREG-1556,
Volume 5, Revision 1, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses:
Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiators.'' The
document has been updated from the original version to include
information on safety culture, security of radioactive materials,
protection of sensitive information, and changes in regulatory policies
and practices. This document is intended for use by applicants,
licensees, and the NRC staff.
DATES: Submit comments by March 10, 2017. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practicable to do so, but the NRC is
only able to assure consideration of 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-2016-0095. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H8, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celimar Valentin-Rodriguez, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7124; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0095 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
obtain publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0095.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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]. The
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 5, Revision 1, is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML17017A119.
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-2016-0095 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 publicly disclosed in your comment
submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS, and 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. Further Information
This NUREG provides guidance and assists applicants and licensees
in preparing applications for materials licensees for self-shielded
irradiators. This NUREG also provides NRC reviewers criteria for
evaluating such a license application. The purpose of this notice is to
provide the public an opportunity to review and comment on draft NUREG-
1556, Volume 5, Revision 1, ``Consolidated Guidance About Materials
Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiators.''
These comments will be considered in the final version or subsequent
revisions.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of January 2017.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Director, Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal and Rulemaking
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2017-01880 Filed 1-26-17; 8:45 am]
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