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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 93 / Monday, May 14, 2012 / Notices The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing for public comment a draft NUREG, NUREG–2125, ‘‘Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment (SFTRA).’’ SUMMARY: Submit comments by July 13, 2012. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related to this document by searching on https:// www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC–2012–0108. You may submit comments by the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2012–0108. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. • Fax comments to: RADB at 301– 492–3446. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Accessing Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John R. Cook, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 3318; email: John.Cook@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments emcdonald on DSK29S0YB1PROD with NOTICES A. Accessing Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012– 0108 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document by the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2012–0108. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:46 May 11, 2012 Jkt 226001 then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft NUREG is available electronically under ADAMS Accession No. ML12125A218. The draft NUREG will also be accessible through the NRC’s public site under draft NUREGs for comment. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2012– 0108 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. Discussion The NRC is responsible for issuing regulations (Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 71, ‘‘Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Waste,’’ dated January 26, 2004) for the packaging and transport of spent nuclear fuel (and other large quantities of radioactive material) that provide for public health and safety during transport. In September 1977, the NRC published NUREG–0170, ‘‘Final Environmental Statement on the Transportation of Radioactive Material by Air and Other Modes,’’ which assessed the adequacy of those regulations to provide safety assurance. In that assessment, the measure of safety was the risk of radiation doses to the public under routine and accident transport conditions, and the risk was PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28407 found to be acceptable. Since that time there have been two affirmations of this conclusion for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) transportation, each using improved tools and information. This report presents the results of a fourth investigation into the safety of SNF transportation. The risks associated with SNF transportation come from the radiation that the spent fuel emits, which is reduced—but not eliminated— by the transportation cask’s shielding, and from the possibility of the release of some quantity of radioactive material during a severe accident. This investigation shows that the risk from the radiation emitted from the cask is a small fraction of naturally occurring background radiation, and that the risk from accidental release of radioactive material is several orders of magnitude less. Because there have been only minor changes to the radioactive material transportation regulations between NUREG–0170 and this risk assessment, the calculated dose due to the radiation from the cask under routine transport conditions is similar to what was found in earlier studies. The improved analysis tools and techniques, improved data availability, and a reduction in the number of conservative assumptions has made the estimate of accident risk from the release of radioactive material in this study approximately five orders of magnitude less than what was estimated in NUREG–0170. The results demonstrate that the NRC regulations continue to provide adequate protection of public health and safety during the transportation of SNF. The staff is seeking any information that is germane to these results that the public may wish to offer. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of May, 2012. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Christian Araguas, Acting Chief, Rules, Inspections, and Operations Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. [FR Doc. 2012–11672 Filed 5–11–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2012–0109] Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting Systems for Nuclear Power Plants Nuclear Regulatory Commission. AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\14MYN1.SGM 14MYN1 28408 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 93 / Monday, May 14, 2012 / Notices Draft regulatory guide; request for comment. ACTION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG–5028, ‘‘Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting Systems for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ In DG–5028, the NRC proposes to endorse a revised American National Standards Institute (ANSI) document, ANSI N15.8–2009, ‘‘Methods of Nuclear Material Control—Material Control Systems—Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting Systems for Nuclear Power Plants.’’ SUMMARY: Submit comments by July 16, 2012. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. DATES: You may access information and comment submissions related to this document by searching on https:// www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC–2012–0109. You may submit comments by the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2012–0109. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–492–3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. • Fax comments to: RADB at 301– 492–3446. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Accessing Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. emcdonald on DSK29S0YB1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Jervey, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–251– 7401 or email: Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:46 May 11, 2012 Jkt 226001 I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments A. Accessing Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2012– 0109 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document by the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2012–0109. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. DG–5028 is located under ADAMS Accession Number ML113550061. The regulatory analysis may be found under ADAMS Accession Number ML113550062. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2012– 0109 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 II. Further Information The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public such information as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the NRC’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ‘‘Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ is temporarily identified by its task number, DG–5028. DG–5028 is proposed revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 5.29, dated June 1975. The NRC withdrew Regulatory Guide 5.29 Revision 1 in January 1998 (63 FR 2426; January 15, 1998), because the underlying basis standard, ANSI N15.8– 1974, ‘‘Methods of Nuclear Material Control—Material Control Systems— Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,’’ did not include direction to support accountability of partial fuel assemblies. ANSI revised ANSI N15.8 in February 2009. ANSI N15.8–2009 provides guidance on the fundamentals of an SNM control and accounting system, including criteria for the receipt, internal control, physical inventory, and shipment of SNM. Additionally, ANSI N15.8–2009 provides specific guidance on the control and accounting of 1) fuel rods that are separated from their parent assemblies; and 2) pieces of irradiated material that are separated as a result of fuel damage. In DG–5028, the NRC is proposing to endorse ANSI N15.8–2009 as an acceptable method for implementing material control and accounting requirements at nuclear power plants. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of May 2012. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas H. Boyce, Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2012–11585 Filed 5–11–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. MC2012–16 and CP2012–23; Order No. 1335] Product List Changes AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\14MYN1.SGM Postal Regulatory Commission. 14MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28407-28408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11585]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2012-0109]


Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting Systems for 
Nuclear Power Plants

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

[[Page 28408]]


ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) 
is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-5028, 
``Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting Systems for Nuclear 
Power Plants.'' In DG-5028, the NRC proposes to endorse a revised 
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) document, ANSI N15.8-2009, 
``Methods of Nuclear Material Control--Material Control Systems--
Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting Systems for Nuclear 
Power Plants.''

DATES: Submit comments by July 16, 2012. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is 
able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date. Although a time limit is given, comments and suggestions in 
connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed 
or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time.

ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related 
to this document by searching on https://www.regulations.gov under 
Docket ID NRC-2012-0109. You may submit comments by the following 
methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0109. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
     Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
    For additional direction on accessing information and submitting 
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Jervey, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, telephone: 301-251-7401 or email: Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments

A. Accessing Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0109 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
access information related to this document by the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web Site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0109.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC 
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. DG-5028 is located under 
ADAMS Accession Number ML113550061. The regulatory analysis may be 
found under ADAMS Accession Number ML113550062.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0109 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly 
disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as entering the comment submissions into 
ADAMS, and the NRC does not edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information in their comment submissions 
that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should 
state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such 
information before making the comment submissions available to the 
public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

II. Further Information

    The NRC is issuing for public comment a draft guide in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. This series was developed to describe and 
make available to the public such information as methods that are 
acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
NRC's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating 
specific problems or postulated accidents, and data that the staff 
needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    The draft regulatory guide, entitled, ``Special Nuclear Material 
Control and Accounting Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,'' is 
temporarily identified by its task number, DG-5028. DG-5028 is proposed 
revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 5.29, dated June 1975.
    The NRC withdrew Regulatory Guide 5.29 Revision 1 in January 1998 
(63 FR 2426; January 15, 1998), because the underlying basis standard, 
ANSI N15.8-1974, ``Methods of Nuclear Material Control--Material 
Control Systems--Special Nuclear Material Control and Accounting 
Systems for Nuclear Power Plants,'' did not include direction to 
support accountability of partial fuel assemblies. ANSI revised ANSI 
N15.8 in February 2009. ANSI N15.8-2009 provides guidance on the 
fundamentals of an SNM control and accounting system, including 
criteria for the receipt, internal control, physical inventory, and 
shipment of SNM. Additionally, ANSI N15.8-2009 provides specific 
guidance on the control and accounting of 1) fuel rods that are 
separated from their parent assemblies; and 2) pieces of irradiated 
material that are separated as a result of fuel damage. In DG-5028, the 
NRC is proposing to endorse ANSI N15.8-2009 as an acceptable method for 
implementing material control and accounting requirements at nuclear 
power plants.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of May 2012.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of Engineering, 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2012-11585 Filed 5-11-12; 8:45 am]
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