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Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public
comment.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) invites public
comment about our intention to request
the OMB’s approval for renewal of an
existing information collection that is
summarized below. We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal
Register under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the
requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR Part 36—Licenses
and Radiation Safety Requirements for
Irradiators.
2. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0158.
3. How often the collection is
required: Annually.
4. Who is required or asked to report:
Irradiator licensees licensed by NRC or
an Agreement State.
5. The number of annual respondents:
70 (10 NRC licensees and 60 Agreement
State licensees).
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 32,690.
7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 36 contains
requirements for the issuance of a
license authorizing the use of sealed
sources containing radioactive materials
in irradiators used to irradiate objects or
materials for a variety of purposes in
research, industry, and other fields. The
subparts cover specific requirements for
obtaining a license or license
exemption, design and performance
criteria for irradiators; and radiation
safety requirements for operating
irradiators, including requirements for
operator training, written operating and
emergency procedures, personnel
monitoring, radiation surveys,
inspection, and maintenance. 10 CFR
Part 36 also contains the recordkeeping
and reporting requirements that are
necessary to ensure that the irradiator is
being safely operated so that it does not
pose any danger to the health and safety
of the general public and the irradiator
employees.
Submit, by September 6, 2011,
comments that address the following
questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection be minimized,
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including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly available
documents, including the draft
supporting statement, at the NRC’s
Public Document Room, Room O–1F21,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. OMB
clearance requests are available at the
NRC Web site: https://www.nrc.gov/
public-involve/doc-comment/omb/
index.html. The document will be
available on the NRC home page site for
60 days after the signature date of this
notice. Comments submitted in writing
or in electronic form will be made
available for public inspection. Because
your comments will not be edited to
remove any identifying or contact
information, the NRC cautions you
against including any information in
your submission that you do not want
to be publicly disclosed. Comments
submitted should reference Docket No.
NRC–2011–0122. You may submit your
comments by any of the following
methods. Electronic comments: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket No. NRC–2011–0122. Mail
comments to NRC Clearance Officer,
Tremaine Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001. Questions
about the information collection
requirements may be directed to the
NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine
Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301–
415–6258, or by e-mail to
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day
of June, 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
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[Docket No. NRC–2011–0131]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to
submit an information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public
comment.
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The NRC invites public
comment about our intention to request
the OMB’s approval for renewal of an
existing information collection that is
summarized below. We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal
Register under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the
requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR Part 100, ‘‘Reactor
Site Criteria.’’
2. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0093.
3. How often the collection is
required: As necessary in order for the
NRC to assess the adequacy of proposed
seismic design bases and the design
bases for other site hazards for nuclear
power and test reactors constructed and
licensed in accordance with 10 CFR
parts 50 and 52 and the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended.
4. Who is required or asked to report:
Applicants and licensees for nuclear
power and test reactors.
5. The number of annual respondents:
Approximately 2 (6 responses in 3
years).
6. The number of hours needed
annually to complete the requirement or
request: 146,000 (73,000 hours per
applicant).
7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 100, ‘‘A
Reactor Site Criteria,’’ establishes
approval requirements for proposed
sites for the purpose of constructing and
operating stationary power and testing
reactors pursuant to the provisions of 10
CFR parts 50 or 52. These reactors are
required to be sited, designed,
constructed, and maintained to
withstand geologic hazards, such as
faulting, seismic hazards, and the
maximum credible earthquake, to
protect the health and safety of the
public and the environment. Nonseismic siting criteria must also be
evaluated. Non-seismic siting criteria
include such factors as population
density, the proximity of man-related
hazards, and site atmospheric
dispersion characteristics. NRC uses the
information required by 10 CFR Part 100
to evaluate whether natural phenomena
and potential man-made hazards will be
appropriately accounted for in the
design of nuclear power and test
reactors.
Submit, by August 30, 2011,
comments that address the following
questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
SUMMARY:
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3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection be minimized,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly available
documents, including the draft
supporting statement, at the NRC’s
Public Document Room, Room O–1F21,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20842. OMB
clearance requests are available at the
NRC Web site: https://www.nrc.gov/
public-involve/doc-comment/omb/
index.html. The document will be
available on the NRC home page site for
60 days after the signature date of this
notice. Comments submitted in writing
or in electronic form will be made
available for public inspection. Because
your comments will not be edited to
remove any identifying or contact
information, the NRC cautions you
against including any information in
your submission that you do not want
to be publicly disclosed. Comments
submitted should reference Docket No.
NRC–2011–0131. You may submit your
comments by any of the following
methods. Electronic comments: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket No. NRC–2011–0131. Mail
comments to NRC Clearance Officer,
Tremaine Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001. Questions
about the information collection
requirements may be directed to the
NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine
Donnell (T–5 F53), U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, by telephone at 301–
415–6258, or by e-mail to
INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day
of June 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–295 and 50–304; NRC–
2011–0145]
ZIONSOLUTIONS, LLC; Zion Nuclear
Power Station, Units 1 and 2
Exemption From Recordkeeping
Requirements
1.0
Background
Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS or
Zion), Unit 1, is a Westinghouse 3250
MWt Pressurized Water Reactor which
was granted Operating License No.
DPR–39 on October 19, 1973, and
subsequently shut down on February
21, 1997. Zion, Unit 2, is also a
Westinghouse 3250 MWt Pressurized
Water Reactor which was granted
Operating License No. DPR–48 on
November 14, 1973, and was shut down
on September 19, 1996. Zion is located
in Lake County, Illinois.
In February 1998, pursuant to Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) 50.82(a)(1)(i), the licensee certified
to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
that as of February 13, 1998, operations
had ceased at Zion, Units 1 and 2. The
licensee later certified, pursuant to 10
CFR 50.82(a)(1)(ii), that all fuel had
been removed from the reactor vessel of
both units, and committed to
maintaining the units in a permanently
defueled status. Therefore, pursuant to
10 CFR 50.82(a)(2), operations at Zion
are no longer authorized under the 10
CFR part 50 licenses.
On September 1, 2010, the facility
license was transferred from Exelon to
ZionSolutions for the express purpose of
expediting the decommissioning of the
site. ZionSolutions intends to use a
process that will reduce the laborintensive separation of contaminated
materials and transport the facility in
bulk to the EnergySolutions disposal
site in Utah. Preparations for
decontamination and dismantlement
have begun. Completion of fuel transfer
to the independent spent fuel storage
installation (ISFSI) is scheduled for
2014. Final site survey and license
reduction to the ISFSI is currently
planned for 2020.
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By letter dated February 28, 2011, as
supplemented on April 5, 2011,
ZionSolutions filed a request for NRC
approval of an exemption from the
record keeping requirements of 10 CFR
50.71(c); 10 CFR part 50, Appendix A
Criterion 1; 10 CFR part 50, Appendix
B Criterion XVII; and 10 CFR
50.59(d)(3).
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ZionSolutions requested a permanent
exemption from the record retention
requirements of: (1) 10 CFR part 50
Appendix A Criterion 1 which requires
certain records be retained ‘‘throughout
the life of the unit’’; (2) 10 CFR part 50
Appendix B Criterion XVII, which
requires certain records be retained
consistent with regulatory requirements
for a duration established by the
licensee; (3) 10 CFR 50.59(d)(3) which
requires certain records be maintained
until ‘‘termination of a license issued
pursuant to’’ 10 CFR part 50; and (4) 10
CFR 50.71(c) which requires certain
records to be maintained consistent
with various elements of the NRC
regulations, facility technical
specifications and other licensing bases
documents. The licensee is proposing to
eliminate the records when: (1) The
licensing basis requirements previously
applicable to the nuclear power units
and associated systems, structures, and
components (SSC) are no longer
effective (e.g., removed from the
Defueled Safety Analysis Report and/or
Technical Specifications by appropriate
change mechanisms); or (2) for SSCs
associated with safe storage of fuel in
the spent fuel pool (SFP), when spent
nuclear fuel has been completely
transferred from the SFP to dry storage,
and the spent fuel building is ready for
demolition and the associated licensing
bases are no longer effective.
The licensee did not request an
exemption associated with any record
keeping requirements for storage of
spent fuel at its future ISFSI under 10
CFR part 50 or the general license
requirements of 10 CFR part 72.
3.0 Discussion
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.12, the
Commission may, upon application by
any interested person or upon its own
initiative, grant exemptions from the
requirements of 10 CFR part 50 when (1)
the exemptions are authorized by law,
will not present an undue risk to public
health or safety, and are consistent with
the common defense and security; and
(2) when special circumstances are
present.
Decommissioning of the ZNPS has
begun and the nuclear reactor and
essentially all associated SSCs in the
nuclear steam supply system and
balance of plant that supported the
generation of power have been retired in
place and are being prepared for
removal. The SSCs that remain operable
are associated with the SFP and the
spent fuel building, needed to meet
other regulatory requirements, or
needed to support other site facilities
(e.g., radwaste handling, heating
ventilation and air conditioning, etc).
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. NRC-2011-0131]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and
solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC invites public comment about our intention to request
the OMB's approval for renewal of an existing information collection
that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
1. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR Part 100,
``Reactor Site Criteria.''
2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0093.
3. How often the collection is required: As necessary in order for
the NRC to assess the adequacy of proposed seismic design bases and the
design bases for other site hazards for nuclear power and test reactors
constructed and licensed in accordance with 10 CFR parts 50 and 52 and
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
4. Who is required or asked to report: Applicants and licensees for
nuclear power and test reactors.
5. The number of annual respondents: Approximately 2 (6 responses
in 3 years).
6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement
or request: 146,000 (73,000 hours per applicant).
7. Abstract: 10 CFR part 100, ``A Reactor Site Criteria,''
establishes approval requirements for proposed sites for the purpose of
constructing and operating stationary power and testing reactors
pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR parts 50 or 52. These reactors are
required to be sited, designed, constructed, and maintained to
withstand geologic hazards, such as faulting, seismic hazards, and the
maximum credible earthquake, to protect the health and safety of the
public and the environment. Non-seismic siting criteria must also be
evaluated. Non-seismic siting criteria include such factors as
population density, the proximity of man-related hazards, and site
atmospheric dispersion characteristics. NRC uses the information
required by 10 CFR Part 100 to evaluate whether natural phenomena and
potential man-made hazards will be appropriately accounted for in the
design of nuclear power and test reactors.
Submit, by August 30, 2011, comments that address the following
questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical
utility?
2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
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3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology?
The public may examine and have copied for a fee publicly available
documents, including the draft supporting statement, at the NRC's
Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20842. OMB clearance requests are
available at the NRC Web site: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC home
page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments
submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available for
public inspection. Because your comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against
including any information in your submission that you do not want to be
publicly disclosed. Comments submitted should reference Docket No. NRC-
2011-0131. You may submit your comments by any of the following
methods. Electronic comments: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
search for Docket No. NRC-2011-0131. Mail comments to NRC Clearance
Officer, Tremaine Donnell (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Questions about the information
collection requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer,
Tremaine Donnell (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, by telephone at 301-415-6258, or by e-mail
to INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of June 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-16670 Filed 7-1-11; 8:45 am]
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