[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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Proposed Rules
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
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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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