[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 30, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-29490]
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[Federal Register: November 30, 1994]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Availability of the License Application Review Plan for a
Geologic Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive
Waste--Draft Review Plan
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the
availability of NUREG-1323, ``The License Application Review Plan for a
Geologic Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive
Waste--Draft Review Plan.''
ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1323 can be purchased from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box
37082, Washington, DC 20013-7082. Copies are also available from the
National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road,
Springfield, VA 22161. A copy of NUREG-1323 is available for public
inspection and/or copying at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L
Street (Lower Level), N.W., Washington, DC 20555-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne E. Garcia, High-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch,
Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11545 Rockville Pike, MD
20852. Telephone: (301) 415-6631.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The License Application Review Plan (LARP)
provides guidance to the NRC staff who will review the U.S. Department
of Energy's (DOE's) license application to construct a mined geologic
repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level
radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The LARP is intended to
ensure the quality and uniformity of the staff reviews and establishes
the appropriate review priorities, and presents a well-defined base
from which to evaluate proposed changes in the scope and requirements
of staff reviews. Because it is a public document, it will also make
available to DOE and other interested parties information on the
staff's review process so that they may better understand the review
strategies, procedures, and acceptance criteria that the staff will
use.
In developing the LARP at this time, there are numerous benefits to
be realized by the NRC staff. First, the LARP will help structure and
coordinate the staff's efforts to develop a well-integrated review
capability supported by the staff's independent technical assessment
capability and the results of NRC-sponsored research. Second,
identifying technical issues most important to geologic repository
performance will help focus and prioritize the prelicense application
reviews, independent technical assessment capabilities, and research
needed by the staff. Third, the regulatory and technical basis for the
staff's pre-license application reviews and guidance will be improved
due to the focus on regulatory and technical issues.
The LARP is divided into three parts. Part A contains the License
Application Review Strategy, which gives general guidance to the staff
in conducting its license application reviews. Part B contains eight
individual review plans, to be used by the staff to review general
information in the license application. Part C contains 89 individual
review plans, distributed among ten chapters, which the staff will use
to review the Safety Analysis Report, the principal part of the license
application in which DOE provides the information needed to demonstrate
compliance with the technical requirements of 10 CFR Part 60. The
organization of the individual review plans in Parts B and C is
consistent with the organization of the license application as
specified in the draft regulatory guide ``Format and Content for the
License Application for the High-Level Waste Repository.'' Finally,
each individual review plan has a standard format consisting of the
following seven sections:
(1) Applicable [10 CFR Part 60] Regulatory Requirements;
(2) Review Strategy;
(3) Review Procedures and Acceptance Criteria;
(4) Implementation;
(5) Example Evaluation Findings; and
(6) References.
This draft version, designated Revision 0, represents the staff's
initial efforts in developing the LARP. Beginning with this version,
the staff anticipates issuing a revision to the draft LARP each year
through 2000, culminating with the issuance of the LARP in 2001. Each
revision of the draft LARP will contain the work completed by the staff
during that particular year. Revision 0 and subsequent revisions of the
draft LARP are preliminary documents and, as such, are subject to
change.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of November 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joseph J. Holonich,
Chief, High-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch, Division
of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 94-29490 Filed 11-29-94; 8:45 am]
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