[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29721-29722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13893]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance About 10 CFR Part 36 Irradiator Licenses, Dated January 1999
AGENCY: 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 6, ``Consolidated Guidance about
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Part 36 Irradiator
Licenses,'' dated January 1999.
ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 6, may be obtained by writing to
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, PO
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, E-mail:
slm2@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 23, 1998 (63 FR 20224), NRC
announced the availability of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 6,
``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific
Guidance about Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses,'' dated March 1998,
and requested comments on it. This draft NUREG report was the sixth
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.
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The final version of NUREG-1556, Volume 6, is now available for use
by applicants, licensees, NRC license reviewers, and other NRC staff.
It supersedes the guidance for applicants and licensees previously
found in Draft Regulatory Guide DG-0003, ``Guide for the Preparation of
Applications for Licenses for Non-Self-Contained Irradiators,'' dated
January 1994, and the guidance for licensing staff previously found in
NMSS Policy and Guidance Directive, FC 84-23, ``Standard Review Plan
for Licenses for the Use of Panoramic Dry Source-Storage Irradiators,
Self-Contained Wet Source-Storage, and Panoramic Wet Source-Storage
Irradiators,'' dated December 27, 1984. In addition, this 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 6, will also be available electronically
approximately 1 month after publication of this notice by visiting
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/NUREGS/SR1556/V6/index.html.
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 3rd day of May, 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Chief, Rulemaking and Guidance Branch, Division of Industrial
and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS.
[FR Doc. 99-13893 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
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