[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2026)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29922-29923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10224]


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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 98 / Thursday, May 21, 2026 / 
Proposed Rules

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 30, 31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 70 and 150

[NRC-2025-1205]
RIN 3150-AL49


Modernizing NRC Regulations for Byproduct Material Use

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a 
document that was published in the Federal Register on May 18,2026, 
regarding the proposed amendment to its regulations for the licensing 
of byproduct material, some source material, and some special nuclear 
material. This action is necessary to include the Accession Number to 
Form 1003 in the Availability of Documents section of the proposed 
rule.

DATES: The correction takes effect on May 21, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID NRC-2025-1205, 
at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted 
using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individuals listed 
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for 
alternate instructions. Do not include any personally identifiable 
information (such as name, address, or other contact information) or 
confidential business information that you do not want publicly 
disclosed. All comments are public records; they are publicly displayed 
exactly as received, and will not be deleted, modified, or redacted. 
Comments may be submitted anonymously.
    Follow the search instructions on https://www.regulations.gov to 
view public comments.
    You can read a plain language description of this proposed rule at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC-2025-1205. For additional 
direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see 
``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy McKenna, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register (FR) on May 18, 
2026, in FR Doc. 2026-09877, on page 28937, in the Availability of 
Documents section, correct the table to include Document ``NRC Form 
1003, Registration Certificate--Use of Byproduct Material Under 
Standard General License.'' Insert the following table below:

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                                               ADAMS accession No./Web
                  Document                      link/ Federal Register
                                                       citation
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Interim Staff Guidance Reciprocity.........  ML25316A025.
Office Of Nuclear Material Safety and        ML25316A026.
 Safeguards Interim Staff Guidance NMSS-ISG-
 04 Guidance for the Implementation of
 10CFRPart31 Subpart C Standard General
 Licenses.
Final rule, ``Requirements for Expanded      72 FR 55864.
 Definition of Byproduct Material,'' dated
 October 1, 2007.
Final rule, ``Exemptions From Licensing,     72 FR 58473.
 General Licenses, and Distribution of
 Byproduct Material: Licensing and
 Reporting Requirements,'' dated October
 16, 2007.
Final rule, ``Standards for Protection       58 FR 67657.
 Against Radiation; Removal of Expired
 Material,'' dated December 22, 1993.
Decommissioning Financial Assurance          ML21235A480.
 Requirements for Sealed and Unsealed
 Radioactive Materials--Regulatory Basis.
PRM-30-66 Petition for Rulemaking, Revision  ML17173A063.
 of 10 CFR 30 Appendix B, April 14, 2017.
SECY-23-0062, Enclosure 1--Proposed Rule     ML23010A171.
 Federal Register Notice for
 Decommissioning Financial Assurance for
 Sealed and Unsealed Radioactive Materials,
 July 24, 2023.
Final rule, ``Distribution of Source         78 FR 32310.
 Material to Exempt Persons and to General
 Licensees and Revision of General License
 Exemptions,'' dated May 29, 2013.
Final rule, ``Safety Requirements for        55 FR 843.
 Industrial Radiographic Equipment,'' dated
 January 10, 1990.
Final rule, ``Licenses for Industrial        62 FR 28948.
 Radiography and Radiation Safety
 Requirements for Industrial Radiographic
 Operations,'' dated May 28, 1997.
Notification of interpretation,              86 FR 29173.
 ``Industrial Radiographic Operations and
 Training,'' dated June 1, 2021.
Final rule, ``Licenses and Radiation Safety  65 FR 20345.
 Requirements for Well Logging,'' dated
 April 17, 2000.
Final rule, ``Consumer Products Containing   48 FR 12331.
 Small Quantities of Radioactive Material;
 Modified Reporting and Recordkeeping
 Requirements,'' dated March 24, 1983..
PRM-30-66, ``Request of the Organization of  ML17173A063.
 Agreement States for the NRC to Amend
 Appendix B, `Quantities of Licensed
 Material Requiring Labeling,''' dated
 April 14, 2017.
PRM-34-6, ``Petition for Rulemaking on       ML053190112.
 behalf of the Organization of Agreement
 States (AOS), Barbara Hamrick to amend 10
 CFR part 34,'' dated November 3, 2005.
NUREG-1556, ``Consolidated Guidance About    https://www.nrc.gov/reading-
 Materials Licenses''.                        rm/doc-collections/nuregs/
                                              staff/sr1556/index.
NUREG-1717, ``Systematic Radiological        ML011980433 (Package).
 Assessment of Exemptions for Source and
 Byproduct Materials,'' June 2001.
NUREG-1757, ``Consolidated Decommissioning   ML063000243.
 Guidance,'' Volume 1, Revision 2,
 September 2006.

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Regulatory Analysis for the Proposed Rule--  ML26125A393.
 Modernizing NRC Regulations for Byproduct
 Material Use.
Redline Strikeout Document--Proposed Rule--  ML25323A157 (Package).
 Modernizing NRC Regulations for Byproduct
 Material Use.
Revision to policy statement, ``Agreement    82 FR 48535.
 State Program Policy Statement;
 Correction,'' dated October 18, 2017.
Regulatory basis; request for comment,       87 FR 25157.
 ``Decommissioning Financial Assurance for
 Sealed and Unsealed Radioactive
 Materials,'' dated April 28, 2022.
Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory          58 FR 51735.
 Planning and Review,'' October 4, 1993.
Executive Order 14154, ``Unleashing          90 FR 8353.
 American Energy,'' January 29, 2025.
Executive Order 14192, ``Unleashing          90 FR 9065.
 Prosperity Through Deregulation,''
 February 6, 2025.
Executive Order 14270, ``Zero-Based          90 FR 15643.
 Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American
 Energy,'' April 15, 2025.
Burden Tables Modernizing Regulations for    ML25323A164.
 Byproduct Material use.
Supporting Statement Modernizing             ML25322A158.
 Regulations for Byproduct Material Use.
NRC Form 1003, Registration Certificate--    ML26022A316.
 Use of Byproduct Material Under Standard
 General License.
Presidential Memorandum, ``Plain Language    63 FR 31885.
 in Government Writing,'' dated June 10,
 1998.
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    The NRC may post materials related to this document, including 
public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2025-1205. In addition, the 
Federal rulemaking website allows members of the public to receive 
alerts when changes or additions occur in a docket folder. To 
subscribe: (1) navigate to the docket folder (NRC-2025-1205); (2) click 
the ``Subscribe'' button; and (3) enter an email address and click on 
the ``Subscribe'' button.

    Dated: May 19, 2026.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Araceli Billoch Colon,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of 
Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2026-10224 Filed 5-20-26; 8:45 am]
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