[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69122-69123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33202]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses, Dated October 1998
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the
availability of NUREG-1556, Volume 5, ``Consolidated Guidance about
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Self-Shielded
Irradiator Licenses,'' dated October 1998.
ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 5, may be obtained by writing to
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O.
Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also available from
the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road,
Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy of the document is also available
for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document
Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN
9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone: (301) 415-7874.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 1997 (62 FR 67100), NRC
announced the availability of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 5,
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance about Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses,'' dated October 1997,
and requested comments on it. This draft NUREG report was the fifth
program-specific guidance developed to support an improved materials
licensing process. The NRC staff considered all the comments, including
constructive suggestions to improve the document, in the preparation of
the final NUREG report.
The final version of NUREG-1556, Volume 5, is now available for use
by applicants, licensees, NRC license
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reviewers, and other NRC staff. It supersedes the guidance for
applicants and licensees previously found in Regulatory Guide 10.9,
``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Licenses for the Use of
Self-Contained Dry Source-Storage Gamma Irradiators,'' dated December
1988, and the guidance for licensing staff previously found in Policy
and Guidance Directive, FC 84-16, Revision 1, ``Standard Review Plan
for Applications for Use of Self-Contained Dry Source-Storage Gamma
Irradiators,'' dated January 26, 1989. In addition, this draft report
also contains information found in pertinent Technical Assistance
Requests and Information Notices. NRC staff will use this final report
in reviewing these applications.
Electronic Access
NUREG-1556, Volume 5, will also be available electronically
approximately 1 month after publication of this notice by visiting
NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear
Materials,'' and then ``NUREG-1556, Volume 5.''
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of
1996, NRC has determined that this action is not a major rule and has
verified this determination with the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of December, 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Donald A. Cool,
Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-33202 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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