[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62617-62618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26225]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0134]


Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental Review Interim 
Staff Guidance

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Interim staff guidance; withdrawal.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the 
withdrawal of several Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) documents associated 
with fuel cycle facilities. These documents are being withdrawn because 
the guidance contained in the documents have since been incorporated 
into NUREG-1520, ``Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle Facilities 
License Applications.''

DATES: The withdrawal of the Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and 
Environmental Review ISG documents were issued on December 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0134 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0134. Address 
questions about NRC dockets in Regulations.gov 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 ``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 ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first 
time that it is mentioned in this document. In addition, for the 
convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided in 
a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Fisher, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1456, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The NRC is withdrawing select Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and 
Environmental Review ISG documents because the content was incorporated 
in NUREG-1520, ``Standard Review Plan for Fuel Cycle Facilities License 
Applications'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML15176A258). The content in NUREG-
1520 supersedes the original ISG and therefore these documents are 
being withdrawn. In some instances, the ISG was incorporated in its 
entirety and at other times only sections that were still relevant at 
the date of publish were included. The following ISG documents are 
being withdrawn:
    FCSS-ISG-01, ``Qualitative Criteria for Evaluation of Likelihood'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML051520236), was incorporated in NUREG-1520, 
Chapter 3, Appendix B, ``Qualitative Criteria for Evaluation of 
Likelihood.''
    FCSS-ISG-03, ``Nuclear Criticality Safety Performance Requirements 
and Double Contingency Principle'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML050690302), 
was incorporated in NUREG-1520, Chapter 5, Appendix A, ``Nuclear 
Criticality Performance Requirements and Double-Contingency 
Principle.''
    FCSS-ISG-05, ``Additional Reporting Requirements of 10 CFR 70.74'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML053630228), is superseded by NUREG-1520, Chapter 
5, Section 5.4.1, ``Nuclear Criticality Safety; Acceptance Criteria; 
Regulatory Requirements.''
    FCSS-ISG-08, ``Natural Phenomena Hazards'' (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML052650305), was incorporated into NUREG-1520, Chapter 3, Appendix D, 
``Natural Phenomena Hazards.''
    FCSS-ISG-09, ``Initiating Event Frequencies'' (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML051520323), was incorporated into NUREG-1520, Chapter 3, Appendix C, 
``Initiating Event Frequency.''
    FCSS-ISG-10, ``Justification for Minimum Margin of Subcriticality 
for Safety'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML061650370), was incorporated into 
NUREG-1520, Chapter 5, Appendix B, ``Justification for Minimum Margin 
of Subcriticality for Safety.''

II. Availability of Documents

[[Page 62618]]



------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Document title                   ADAMS  accession  No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUREG-1520, Standard Review Plan for Fuel  ML15176A258
 Cycle Facilities License Applications.
FCSS-ISG-01, Qualitative Criteria for      ML051520236
 Evaluation of Likelihood.
FCSS-ISG-03, Nuclear Criticality Safety    ML050690302
 Performance Requirements and Double
 Contingency Principle.
FCSS-ISG-05, Additional Reporting          ML053630228
 Requirements of 10 CFR 70.74.
FCSS-ISG-08, Natural Phenomena Hazards...  ML052650305
FCSS-ISG-09, Initiating Event Frequencies  ML051520323
FCSS-ISG-10, Justification for Minimum     ML061650370
 Margin of Subcriticality for Safety.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of November 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Tiktinsky,
Acting Chief, Facility Licensing and Oversight Branch, Division of Fuel 
Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental Review, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2018-26225 Filed 12-3-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590-01-P