[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 130 (Friday, July 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 40868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14543]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0170]


Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental 
Nuclear Material Control Plan Required for Special Nuclear Material of 
Moderate Strategic Significance

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG-
2159, Revision 1, ``Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the 
Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan Required for Special Nuclear 
Material of Moderate Strategic Significance.'' This NUREG provides 
information to facilitate compliance with NRC regulations applicable to 
the fundamental nuclear material control plans required of certain 
types of licensees.

DATES: NUREG-2159, Revision 1 is available on July 8, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0170 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0170. 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.
     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 Public Document Room (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. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Ani, telephone: 301-415-7336, 
email: [email protected] and Glenn Tuttle, telephone: 301-415-7230, 
email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    NUREG-2159, Revision 1, (ADAMS Accession No. ML22143A963) provides 
guidance to facilitate compliance with applicable provisions in Subpart 
D of Part 74 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
``Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material.'' NUREG-
2159, Revision 1, provides guidance for fuel cycle and other licensees 
and applicants who may request authorization to hold special nuclear 
material of moderate strategic significance. Generally, this guidance 
document discusses acceptable methods licensees and applicants may use 
to prepare and implement their fundamental nuclear material control 
plans, and how the NRC will review and inspect these plans.

II. Additional Information

    Draft NUREG-2159, Revision 1, was published in Federal Register on 
September 23, 2021 (86 FR 52926) with a 60-day public comment period. 
The NRC received a request for an extension of the public comment 
period, granted that request, and extended the comment period by an 
additional 14 days, ending on December 3, 2021 (86 FR 61795, November 
8, 2021). The NRC received four comment submissions from individual 
commenters during the comment period. All of these submissions were 
from members of the nuclear industry representing different 
organizations. In summary, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 
incorporated the comments from Centrus/American Centrifuge Operating 
(Centrus) and Global Nuclear Fuel--Americas (GNF-A), and X-Energy 
endorsed the NEI's consolidated comments. The four comment submissions 
can be found in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML21337A083 (NEI), 
ML21300A135 (Centrus), ML21347A942 (GNF-A), and ML21344A034 (X-Energy). 
The NRC responses to these public comments can be found in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML22080A123. This document explains the changes made to 
the draft version in response to the public comments.

III. Congressional Review Act

    This NUREG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not 
found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.

    Dated: July 1, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James L. Rubenstone,
Chief, Material Control and Accounting Branch, Division of Fuel 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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