[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71676-71677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27302]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0217]
Monitoring Criteria and Methods To Calculate Occupational
Radiation Doses
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-8060, ``Monitoring
Criteria and Methods to Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses.'' This
DG is proposed Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 8.34 of the same
name. This proposed revised guidance describes an approach that is
acceptable to the staff of the NRC to meet the NRC regulations for
monitoring and determining the dose to occupationally exposed
individuals.
DATES: Submit comments by January 31, 2022. 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. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in
connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed
or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.
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-2021-0217. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individuals 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 accessing information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Garry, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2766,
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email: [email protected], and Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-2493, email:
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0217 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding 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-2021-0217.
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]. 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.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), 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-2021-0217 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 posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enters 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 submissions into ADAMS.
II. Additional Information
The NRC is issuing for public comment a DG in the NRC's
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe
methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the agency's regulations, to explain techniques that the staff
uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to
describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
This DG, titled ``Monitoring Criteria and Methods to Calculate
Occupational Radiation Doses,'' is temporarily identified by its task
number, DG-8060.
The DG is a proposed Revision 1 to RG 8.34 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML21068A160). The proposed revision of RG 8.34 (Revision 1) describes
acceptable methods for calculating the total effective dose equivalent.
Revision 1 also provides acceptable methods for:
Performing prospective dose evaluations,
monitoring of unintended doses,
monitoring dose from hot particles,
assessing dose from wound injuries,
calculating soluble uranium intakes, and
processing of dosimetry devices.
On October 25, 2013 (78 FR 64030), the NRC staff issued DG-8031,
``Monitoring Criteria and Methods to Calculate Occupational Radiation
Doses,'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML13168A095), for public comment. DG-8031
was the proposed Revision 1 to RG 8.34. The NRC staff has elected not
to finalize DG-8031 and is issuing DG-8060 as a replacement. The staff
notes that DG-8060 considers and addresses technical issues and public
comments related to the issuance of DG-8031.
The staff is also issuing for public comment a draft regulatory
analysis (ADAMS Accession No. ML21068A161). The staff develops a
regulatory analysis to assess the value of issuing or revising a
regulatory guide as well as alternative courses of action.
III. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality
DG-8060, if finalized, would not constitute backfitting as defined
in sections 50.109, 70.76, 72.62, or 76.76 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), all titled ``Backfitting,'' and as
described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, ``Management of
Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and Information
Requests'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML18093B087); would not affect the
issue finality of any approval issued under 10 CFR part 52, ``Licenses,
Certificates, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants''; and would not
constitute forward fitting as that term is defined and described in MD
8.4. As explained in DG-8060, applicants and licensees are not required
to comply with the positions set forth in DG-8060.
Dated: December 13, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs, Management Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2021-27302 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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