[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17450-17451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08190]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2013-0185 and NRC-2014-0005]
Program-Specific Guidance About Irradiator Licenses and Program-
Specific Guidance About Academic, Research and Development, and Other
Licenses of Limited Scope, Including Electron Capture Devices and X-Ray
Fluorescence Analyzers
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: NUREG; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued
Revision 1 to NUREG-1556, Volume 6, ``Consolidated Guidance about
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About 10 CFR part 36
Irradiator Licenses,'' and Volume 7, ``Consolidated Guidance about
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Academic, Research
and Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope, Including
Electron Capture Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers.'' NUREG-1556
Volumes 6 and 7 have been revised to include information on updated
regulatory requirements, safety culture, security of radioactive
materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes in
regulatory policies and practices. These volumes are intended for use
by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.
DATES: NUREG 1556, Volume 6, Revision 1, was published in January,
2018, and Volume 7, Revision 1, was published in February, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC 2013-0185 (Volume 6, Revision
1) and NRC-2014-0005 (Volume 7, Revision 1) when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding these documents. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to these documents
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0185 or NRC-2014-
0005. Address questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
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].
NUREG-1556, Volumes 6 and 7, Revision 1, are located at ADAMS Accession
Numbers ML18026A698 and ML18065A006, respectively. These documents are
also available on the NRC's public website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/ under ``Consolidated
Guidance About Materials Licenses (NUREG-1556).''
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony McMurtray, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2746; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC issued revisions to NUREG-1556, Volumes 6 and 7, to provide
guidance to existing materials licensees covered under these types of
licenses and to applicants preparing an application for one of these
types of materials licenses. These NUREG volumes also provide the NRC
staff with criteria for evaluating these types of license applications.
The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that the
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NUREG-1556 volumes listed in this Federal Register notice were issued
as final reports.
II. Additional Information
The NRC published notices of the availability of the draft report
for comment versions of NUREG-1556, Volume 6, Revision 1 in the Federal
Register on August 30, 2013 (78 FR 53791) and Volume 7, Revision 1 in
the Federal Register on January 27, 2014 (79 FR 4361). Both of these
volumes were published for a 30-day public comment period. The public
comment period closed for Volume 6 on September 30, 2013 and for Volume
7 on February 26, 2014. Public comments and the NRC staff responses to
the public comments for NUREG-1556, Volume 6, Revision 1 are available
under ADAMS Accession No. ML16103A250. Public comments and the NRC
staff responses to the public comments for NUREG-1556, Volume 7,
Revision 1 are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML16308A182.
III. Congressional Review Act
These NUREG volumes are rules as defined in the Congressional
Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and
Budget has not found these NUREG revisions to be major rules as defined
in the Congressional Review Act.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of April, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kevin Williams,
Acting Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State and
Tribal Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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