[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79044-79045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26876]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2020-0192]


Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey, 
and Determination of Radiological Criteria

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a draft 
report for comment, NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, ``Consolidated 
Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, Survey, and Determination 
of Radiological Criteria.'' NUREG-1757 has been revised to address 
lessons learned and experience gained from review of license 
termination plans, decommissioning plans, and final status surveys for 
licensees undergoing license termination since the last revision to the 
document in September 2006. This NUREG is intended for use by 
applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff.

DATES: Submit comments by February 8, 2021. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC 
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; 
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking Website:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0192. Address 
questions about Docket IDs 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.
     Mail comments to: Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 
TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, ATTN: Program Management, Announcements and Editing Staff.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 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 https://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]. NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, is 
located in ADAMS under Accession Number ML20273A010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Barr, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4015; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0192 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0192.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://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]. NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2, is 
located at ADAMS Accession Number ML20273A010.
     Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of public documents is currently closed. You may submit your request to 
the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the 
Federal Rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please 
include Docket ID NRC-2020-0192 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at 
https://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 into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    The NRC is issuing for public comment, Revision 2 to NUREG-1757, 
Volume 2, ``Consolidated Decommissioning Guidance, Characterization, 
Survey, and Determination of Radiological Criteria.'' NUREG-1757 has 
been revised to address lessons learned and experience gained from 
review of license termination plans, decommissioning plans, and final 
status surveys for licensees undergoing license termination. The NUREG 
has been updated to include new guidance related to dose modeling, as 
low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) criteria, surface water and 
groundwater characterization, use of engineered barriers, and 
radiological surveys (e.g., composite sampling, subsurface surveys, and 
surveys demonstrating indistinguishability from background).
    The NRC staff recognizes that the proposed revisions to NUREG-1757 
are significant advancements. Licensee may choose to take advantage of 
these advancements immediately. However, this draft NUREG-1757 is being 
published for comment, and the NRC staff may make revisions and 
corrections in the final document. Such changes from draft guidance 
would not be a change in position because a draft guidance document 
issued for comment does not constitute a staff position.
    This NUREG is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the 
NRC staff. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that 
NUREG-1757, Volume 2, Revision 2 is being issued as a draft report for 
comment.

    Dated: December 2, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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