Draft Program-Specific Guidance About Academic, Research and Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope Including Electron Capture Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers, 4361-4362 [2014-01487]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 17 / Monday, January 27, 2014 / Notices your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely 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 that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely 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 NUREG provides guidance to an applicant in preparing a broad scope license application and provides the NRC with criteria for evaluating a license application. The purpose of this notice is to provide the public with an opportunity to review and provide comments on draft NUREG–1556, Volume 11, Revision 1, ‘‘Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope.’’ These comments will be considered in the final version or subsequent revisions. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of January, 2014. For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Laura A. Dudes, Director, Division of Materials Safety and State Agreements, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs. [FR Doc. 2014–01490 Filed 1–24–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [NRC–2014–0005] Draft Program-Specific Guidance About Academic, Research and Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope Including Electron Capture Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comments. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:16 Jan 24, 2014 Jkt 232001 Submit comments by February 26, 2014. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is only able to assure consideration of comments received on or before this date. DATES: You may submit comment by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject): • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0005. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: 3WFN–06– A44MP, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Accessing Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AGENCY: SUMMARY: licensing guidance for academic, research and development, and other licenses of limited scope including electron capture devices and X-ray fluorescence analyzers. The NRC is requesting public comment on draft NUREG–1556, Volume 7, Revision 1, ‘‘Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Academic, Research and Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope Including Electron Capture Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers.’’ The document has been updated from the previous revision to include safety culture, security of radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information, and changes in regulatory policies and practices. This document is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff and will also be available to Agreement States. Tomas Herrera, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 7138; email: Tomas.Herrera@nrc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4361 I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments A. Accessing Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014– 0005 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access publicly-available information related to this action by the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0005. • 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/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. The draft NUREG–1556, Volume 7, Revision 1, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14015A110. • 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. The draft NUREG–1556, Volume 7, Revision 1, is also available on the NRC’s public Web site on the: (1) ‘‘Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses (NUREG–1556)’’ page at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/; and the (2) ‘‘Draft NUREG-Series Publications for Comment’’ page at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doccomment.html#nuregs. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2014– 0005 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 that you do not want publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely 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 that E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1 4362 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 17 / Monday, January 27, 2014 / Notices they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely 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 NUREG provides guidance to an applicant in preparing an academic, research and development, and other licenses of limited scope application for use of unsealed radioactive materials in laboratory studies or similar activities, veterinary uses of licensed materials, and small sealed sources such as in electron capture devices and X-ray fluorescence analyzers. The NUREG also provides the NRC with criteria for evaluating a license application. The purpose of this notice is to provide the public with an opportunity to review and provide comments on draft NUREG–1556, Volume 7, Revision 1, ‘‘Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Academic, Research and Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope Including Electron Capture Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers.’’ These comments will be considered in the final version or subsequent revisions. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of January, 2014. For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Laura A. Dudes, Director, Division of Materials Safety and State Agreements, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs. [FR Doc. 2014–01487 Filed 1–24–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–335, 50–389, 50–250, and 50–251; NRC–2014–0012] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES License Nos. DPR–67, NPF–16, DPR– 31, and DPR–41; Florida Power & Light Company, St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2, Turkey Point Nuclear Generating, Units 3 and 4 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Director’s decision; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is giving notice that the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has issued a director’s decision with regard to a SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:16 Jan 24, 2014 Jkt 232001 petition dated April 23, 2012, filed by Mr. Thomas King (the petitioner). ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014–0012 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access publicly-available information related to this action by the following methods: • Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2014–0012. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. • 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/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. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document (if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. • 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a Director’s Decision on a petition filed by Mr. Thomas King (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the petitioner’’). The petition, dated April 23, 2012, (ADAMS Accession No. ML13295A021), concerns the operation of the St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2, and the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Units 3 and 4 (St. Lucie and Turkey Point plants), which are operated by Florida Power & Light Company (the licensee). The petitioner requested that the NRC take immediate enforcement action in the form of shutting down or prohibiting the restart of the St. Lucie and Turkey Point plants until a criminal investigation of the AMES Group, LLC (AMES, a contractor that performed work for the licensee at the St. Lucie and Turkey Point plants) is complete and everything has been verified safe. The petitioner requested that the NRC prevent the St. Lucie and Turkey Point plants from starting up until the licensee’s contractor is cleared, all PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 documents and work performed on safety-related equipment at both plants is independently verified, and all critical work and motor-operated valve testing is redone. As the basis for the request, the petitioner stated that the licensee was in violation of its policies and procedures on contractor trustworthiness and that work on safetyrelated equipment may have been done by unqualified contractor employees. The NRC sent a copy of the proposed director’s decision to the petitioner and the licensee for comment on November 1, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13198A110). The NRC requested that the petitioner and the licensee provide comments within 30 days on any part of the proposed director’s decision which they considered to be erroneous or on any issues in the petition that were not addressed. The NRC did not receive comments. The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation denied the petitioner’s request to shut down or prevent restart of the St. Lucie and Turkey Point plants. The NRC staff found no basis for taking enforcement action against the licensee based on the petitioner’s concerns. The NRC did not substantiate the petitioner’s concern that AMES had sought to misrepresent the capabilities of its technicians to NRC licensed facilities. The NRC did not substantiate that the contractor willfully submitted falsified training and qualification documents for any AMES employee for consideration by the licensee. The director’s decision (DD– 14–01) under § 2.206 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Requests for Action Under This Subpart,’’ explains the reasons for this decision. The complete text of the Director’s Decision is available online in the NRC Library at https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm.html by searching for ADAMS Accession No. ML13329A091. It is also available for inspection at the NRC’s Public Document Room located at One White Flint North, Room O1– F21, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The NRC will file a copy of the Director’s Decision with the Secretary of the Commission for the Commission’s review in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206. As provided for by this regulation, the Director’s Decision will constitute the final action of the Commission 25 days after the date of the decision unless the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the Director’s Decision in that time. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of January 2014. E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4361-4362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01487]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2014-0005]

Draft Program-Specific Guidance About Academic, Research and
Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope Including Electron
Capture Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its
licensing guidance for academic, research and development, and other
licenses of limited scope including electron capture devices and X-ray
fluorescence analyzers. The NRC is requesting public comment on draft
NUREG-1556, Volume 7, Revision 1, ``Consolidated Guidance about
Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Academic, Research
and Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope Including Electron
Capture Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers.'' The document has
been updated from the previous revision to include safety culture,
security of radioactive materials, protection of sensitive information,
and changes in regulatory policies and practices. This document is
intended for use by applicants, licensees, and the NRC staff and will
also be available to Agreement States.

DATES: Submit comments by February 26, 2014. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC
is only able to assure consideration of comments received on or before
this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comment by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0005. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules,
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: 3WFN-06-A44MP, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
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: Tomas Herrera, Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs; U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
7138; email: Tomas.Herrera@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments

A. Accessing Information

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0005 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may
access publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0005.
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. The draft NUREG-1556, Volume
7, Revision 1, is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14015A110.
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.
The draft NUREG-1556, Volume 7, Revision 1, is also available on
the NRC's public Web site on the: (1) ``Consolidated Guidance About
Materials Licenses (NUREG-1556)'' page at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/; and the (2) ``Draft NUREG-
Series Publications for Comment'' page at https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment.html#nuregs.

B. Submitting Comments

Please include Docket ID NRC-2014-0005 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 that you do not want publicly disclosed in your comment
submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely 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 that

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they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely 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 NUREG provides guidance to an applicant in preparing an
academic, research and development, and other licenses of limited scope
application for use of unsealed radioactive materials in laboratory
studies or similar activities, veterinary uses of licensed materials,
and small sealed sources such as in electron capture devices and X-ray
fluorescence analyzers. The NUREG also provides the NRC with criteria
for evaluating a license application. The purpose of this notice is to
provide the public with an opportunity to review and provide comments
on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 7, Revision 1, ``Consolidated Guidance
about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Academic,
Research and Development, and Other Licenses of Limited Scope Including
Electron Capture Devices and X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzers.'' These
comments will be considered in the final version or subsequent
revisions.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of January, 2014.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Laura A. Dudes,
Director, Division of Materials Safety and State Agreements, Office of
Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-01487 Filed 1-24-14; 8:45 am]
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