[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19499-19500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05786]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 70

[NRC-2024-0051]


Regulatory Guide: Standard Format and Content of Safety Analysis 
Reports for Uranium Enrichment Facilities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.25, Revision 1, ``Standard Format and Content 
of Safety Analysis Reports for Uranium Enrichment Facilities.'' This RG 
Revision is being withdrawn because it only refers to NUREG-1520, 
``Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a 
Fuel Cycle Facility,'' which provides guidance on the subject matter to 
applicants and NRC staff reviewers.

DATES: The effective date of the withdrawal of RG 3.25, Revision 1, is 
March 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0051 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-2024-0051. 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, at 301-415-4737, or by email to 
[email protected].
    NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of 
publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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

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a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Poy, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-3175, email: 
[email protected]; or 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: 

Discussion

    The NRC is withdrawing RG 3.25, Revision 1, ``Standard Format and 
Content of Safety Analysis Reports for Uranium Enrichment Facilities.'' 
RG 3.25, Revision 1, provided guidance on the standard format and 
content of a safety analysis report (SAR) for uranium enrichment 
facilities and related documents submitted as part of an application to 
construct or modify and operate a nuclear fuel cycle facility. This RG 
revision endorsed the standard format and content for SARs and 
integrated safety analysis (ISA) summaries described in NUREG-1520, 
``Standard Review Plan for the Review of a License Application for a 
Fuel Cycle Facility,'' as a process that the NRC staff found acceptable 
for meeting the regulatory requirements. Applicants use NUREG-1520 
while developing fuel cycle facility applications, and NRC staff use 
NUREG-1520 while reviewing these applications.
    NUREG-1520 provides current guidance to applicants and NRC staff 
reviewers on the acceptable content and format of SARs and ISA 
summaries. Therefore, the NRC determined that RG 3.25, Revision 1 is no 
longer needed to simply refer to NUREG-1520 and is being withdrawn. 
Revision 0 of RG 3.25 is also still available but is not the most 
recent acceptable guidance for developing and reviewing these license 
applications.
    The withdrawal of RG 3.25, Revision 1, does not alter any prior or 
existing NRC licensing approval or the acceptability of licensee 
commitments to RG 3.25, Revision1. Although RG 3.25, Revision 1 is 
withdrawn, current licensees may continue to use it and withdrawal does 
not affect any existing licenses or agreements. However, RG 3.25, 
Revision 1 should not be used in future requests or applications for 
NRC licensing actions. The NRC is considering the withdrawal of RG 
3.25, Revision 0.

Additional Information

    As noted in the Federal Register on December 9, 2022 (87 FR 75671), 
this document is being published in the ``Rules'' section of the 
Federal Register to comply with publication requirements under chapter 
I of title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides

    A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the 
NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. 
Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. 
Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to 
the ``Regulatory Guide'' series.

    Dated: March 14, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2024-05786 Filed 3-18-24; 8:45 am]
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