98-13556. Public Meeting on Part 70 Rulemaking Activities

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13556]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 70


Public Meeting on Part 70 Rulemaking Activities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: NRC will host a public meeting in Rockville, Maryland to 
discuss issues associated with NRC 10 CFR Part 70 rulemaking 
activities. This meeting will provide information on the status of 
staff activities consistent with Commission direction in a Staff 
Requirements Memorandum (SRM) dated August 26, 1997.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for May 28, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 
p.m. The meeting is open to the public. Persons who wish to attend the 
meeting should contact Jim Hennigan at [phone] at least one week 
prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: NRC's auditorium at Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Visitor parking around the NRC building is 
limited; however, the meeting site is located adjacent to the White 
Flint Station on the Metro Red Line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lidia Roche, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555, telephone: [phone], fax: [phone], 
e-mail: [e-mail]. Copies of the documents referred to above can be 
obtained from the NRC public document room. In addition, you can view 
SECY-97-137 via the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/COMMISSION/
activities.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to provide 
information on the status of NRC staff activities pertaining to the 
revision of 10 CFR Part 70. The focus of the rulemaking under 
development is on the features recommended in SECY-97-137, ``Proposed 
Resolution to Petition for Rulemaking Filed by the Nuclear Energy 
Institute'' (June 30, 1997) which was approved by the Commission in an 
SRM dated August 26, 1997. The basic elements of the rule under 
development are 1) the performance of an Integrated Safety Analysis 
(ISA) by licensees authorized to possess Special Nuclear Material (SNM) 
in quantities sufficient to constitute a potential for a nuclear 
criticality; 2) the establishment of limits to identify the adverse 
consequences that the licensee must protect against; 3) the inclusion 
of the safety bases in the license; and 4) allowance for licensees to 
make certain change to their facilities without prior approval by NRC.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 15th day of May, 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-13556 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]
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