[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 28, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47128-47129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-15213]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 75
[NRC-2019-0062]
RIN 3150-AK31
Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for
Advanced Reactors; Correction
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a final
rule in the Federal Register on March 30, 2026, to add a risk-informed,
performance-based, and technology-inclusive regulatory framework for
commercial nuclear plants. The final rule contained an error in the
amendatory instruction for the definition, ``Facilities'' in part 75,
``Safeguards On Nuclear Material--Implementation Of Safeguards
Agreements Between The United States And The International Atomic
Energy Agency.'' This document corrects the final rule by revising the
section that contains the error.
DATES: This rule is effective on July 28, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0062 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may
obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of
the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Electronically at https://www.regulations.gov. Search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0062. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Helen Chang; telephone: 301-415-3228;
email: [email protected].
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 ADAMS Public 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-
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4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marisol de Jesus, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1576, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC published a final rule in the
Federal Register on March 30, 2026 (91 FR 15696) to amend its
regulations by adding an alternative risk-informed, performance-based,
and technology-inclusive regulatory framework as an option for the
licensing and regulation of future commercial nuclear plants in chapter
I of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). These
changes included conforming changes to existing rule language. The
final rule inadvertently included an error in the amendatory
instruction for the term ``Facility'' in Sec. 75.4, ``Definitions''
that deleted paragraphs (1) through (5). This document corrects the
final rule by revising the section that contains the error.
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-2019-0062. 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-2019-0062); (2) click
the ``Subscribe'' button; and (3) enter an email address and click on
the ``Subscribe'' button.
Rulemaking Procedure
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)), an agency
may waive the normal notice and comment requirements if it finds, for
good cause, that they are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to
the public interest. As authorized by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), the NRC
finds good cause to waive notice and opportunity for comment on the
amendments because they will have no substantive impact and are of a
minor and administrative nature dealing with corrections to certain CFR
sections related only to management, organization, procedure, and
practice. Specifically, these amendments are to correct grammatical
errors and to revise cross-references to comply with the Office of the
Federal Register's Document Drafting Handbook. These amendments do not
require action by any person or entity regulated by the NRC. Also, the
final rule does not change the substantive responsibilities of any
person or entity regulated by the NRC. Furthermore, for the reasons
stated above, the NRC finds, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), that good
cause exists to make this rule effective upon publication of this
notice.
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 75
Criminal penalties, Intergovernmental relations, Nuclear energy,
Nuclear materials, Nuclear power plants and reactors, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Treaties.
For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization
Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553, the NRC is adopting
the following amendments to 10 CFR part 75.
PART 75--SAFEGUARDS ON NUCLEAR MATERIAL--IMPLEMENTATION OF
SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
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1. The authority citation for part 75 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 63, 103, 104,
122, 161, 223, 234, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2093, 2133, 2134, 2152,
2201, 2273, 2282, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec.
201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 135,
141 (42 U.S.C. 10155, 10161); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
Section 75.4 also issued under Nuclear Waste Policy Act secs.
135 (42 U.S.C. 10155, 10161).
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2. In Sec. 75.4, revise the definition for ``Facility'' as follows:
Sec. 75.4 Definitions.
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Facility means:
(1) A production facility or utilization facility as defined in
Sec. 50.2 of this chapter;
(2) A plant that converts nuclear material from one chemical form
to another (e.g., Uranium hexafluoride plant);
(3) A fuel fabrication plant;
(4) An enrichment plant or isotope separation plant for the
separation of isotopes of uranium or to increase the abundance of \235\
U.
(5) An installation designed to store nuclear material, such as an
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) or a monitored
retrievable storage installation (MRS) as defined in Sec. 72.3 of this
chapter; or
(6) Any plant or location where the possession of more than 1
effective kilogram of nuclear material is licensed pursuant to 10 CFR
part 40, 50, 53, 60, 61, 63, 70, 72, 76, or 150 of this chapter or an
Agreement State license.
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Dated: July 24, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tyler Hammock,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking Projects Branch 2, Office of Nuclear Materials
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2026-15213 Filed 7-27-26; 8:45 am]
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