[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14796]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Chapter I

[NRC-2023-0058]


Required Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Laboratories by 
Licensees, Applicants, and Suppliers To Verify the Effective 
Implementation of Their Quality Assurance Programs

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory Issue Summary; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2024-02, ``Required Assessment of U.S. 
Department of Energy Laboratories by Licensees, Applicants, and 
Suppliers to Verify the Effective Implementation of Their Quality 
Assurance Programs.'' RIS 2024-02 clarifies the agency's regulatory 
position regarding the required assessment of U.S. Department of Energy 
national laboratories by licensees, applicants, and vendors to verify 
the effective implementation of the laboratories' quality assurance 
programs.

DATES: RIS 2024-02 is available as of July 8, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to NRC-2023-0058 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-2023-0058. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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 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]. 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: 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 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
     NRC's Public Website: This RIS is also available on the 
NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/reg-issues (select 2024, scroll to Document Number RIS-24-02, 
and select the date 06/05/2024).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Clark, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-6447, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a notice of opportunity 
for public comment on this RIS in the Federal Register on October 6, 
2023 (88 FR 69555). The agency did not receive any comments. RIS 2024-
02, ``Required Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Laboratories by 
Licensees, Applicants, and Suppliers to Verify the Effective 
Implementation of Their Quality Assurance Programs'' is available in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML23342A179.
    This RIS 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.
    As noted in the Federal Register on May 8, 2018 (83 FR 20858), this 
document (like other draft and final Regulatory Issue Summaries) 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.

    Dated: July 1, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lisa Regner,
Chief, Generic Communications and Operating Experience Branch, Division 
of Reactor Oversight, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2024-14796 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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