[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67100-67101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33420]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance About Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses; Availability of Draft
NUREG
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the
availability of and requesting comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 5,
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance about Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses,'' dated October 1997.
NRC is using Business Process Redesign (BPR) techniques to redesign
its materials licensing process, as described in NUREG-1539,
``Methodology and Findings of the NRC's Materials Licensing Process
Redesign.'' A critical element of the new process is consolidating and
updating numerous guidance documents into a NUREG-series of reports.
This draft NUREG report is the fifth program-specific guidance
developed to support an improved materials licensing process.
It is intended for use by applicants, licensees, NRC license
reviewers, and other NRC personnel. It combines and updates 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.
This draft report takes a risk-informed, performance-based approach
to licensing self-shielded irradiators, i.e., it reduces the amount of
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information needed from an applicant seeking to possess and use a
relatively safe device. These self-shielded irradiators contain sealed
sources of radioactive material and incorporate features engineered to
enhance their safety. NRC's considerable experience with these
licensees indicates that radiation exposures to workers are generally
low, if the irradiators operate as designed and workers follow basic
safety procedures.
This draft report is strictly for public comment and is NOT for use
in preparing or reviewing applications for self-shielded irradiators
until it is published in final form. It is being distributed for
comment to encourage public participation in its development.
DATES: The comment period ends March 23, 1998. Comments received after
that time will be considered if practicable.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Chief, Rules and Directives
Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of Administration,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Hand
deliver comments to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between
7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Federal workdays. Comments may also be
submitted through the Internet by addressing electronic mail to
[email protected]
Those considering public comment may request a free single copy of
draft NUREG-1556, Volume 5, by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, ATTN: Mrs. Patricia C. Vacca, Mail Stop TWFN 8F5,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Alternatively, submit requests through the
Internet by addressing electronic mail to [email protected] A copy of draft
NUREG-1556, Volume 5, 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: Mrs. Patricia C. Vacca, Mail Stop TWFN
8-F5, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of
Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-7908; electronic
mail address: [email protected]
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of December 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Larry W. Camper,
Chief, Medical, Academic, and Commercial Use Safety Branch, Division of
Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-33420 Filed 12-22-97; 8:45 am]
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