[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36629-36630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16239]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2016-0095 and NRC-2016-0227]
Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses
and Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution Licenses
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 5, ``Consolidated Guidance about
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Self-Shielded
Irradiator Licenses,'' and Volume 8, ``Consolidated Guidance about
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Exempt Distribution
Licenses.'' NUREG-1556, Volumes 5 and 8 have been revised to include
information on
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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, Volumes 5 and 8, Revision 1, were published in June
2018.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket IDs NRC-2016-0095 (Volume 5, Revision
1) and NRC-2016-0227 (Volume 8, 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-2016-0095 or NRC-2016-
0227. 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 5 and 8, Revision 1, are located at ADAMS Accession
Numbers ML18176A007 and ML18158A165, 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 5 and 8, 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 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 5, Revision 1 in the Federal
Register on January 27, 2017 (82 FR 8630) and Volume 8, Revision 1 in
the Federal Register on February 8, 2017 (82 FR 9756). Both of these
volumes were published for a public comment period that was at least 37
days. The public comment period closed for Volume 5 on March 10, 2017
and for Volume 8 on March 17, 2017. Public comments and the NRC staff
responses to the public comments for NUREG-1556, Volume 5, Revision 1
are available under ADAMS Accession No. ML18157A285. Public comments
and the NRC staff responses to the public comments for NUREG-1556,
Volume 8, Revision 1 are available under ADAMS Accession No.
ML17235B228.
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 25th day of July, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State and Tribal
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2018-16239 Filed 7-27-18; 8:45 am]
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