Regulatory Guide: “Physical Inventories and Material Balances at Fuel Cycle Facilities”, 45074-45075 [2017-20694]

Download as PDF asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES 45074 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 27, 2017 / Notices Production and Utilization Facilities.’’ This RG provides licensees and applicants with a method the NRC staff considers acceptable for use in complying with the regulations on the content of emergency plans for research and test reactors and other non-power production and utilization facilities. DATES: Revision 2 of RG 2.6 is available on September 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017–0056 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2017–0056. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. Revision 2 of RG 2.6 and the regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession numbers ML17263A472 and ML16035A477 respectively. • 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. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and the NRC’s approval is not required to reproduce them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey Wertz, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301– 415–0893, email: Geoffery.Wertz@ nrc.gov; or Stanley Gardocki, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–415–1067, email: Stanley.Gardocki@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:59 Sep 26, 2017 Jkt 241001 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. Revision 2 of RG 2.6 was issued with a temporary designation of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG–2004. The purpose of issuing this RG is to provide licensees and applicants with a method that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable for use in complying with the regulations on the content of emergency plans for research and test reactors and other non-power production and utilization facilities licensed under part 50 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities.’’ II. Additional Information The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG–2004 in the Federal Register on February 24, 2017, (82 FR 11660) for a 60-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on April 25, 2017. The NRC received one public comment on DG– 2004. That comment and the NRC’s response to it are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17137A099. Revision 2 of RG 2.6 addresses new issues identified since the guide was last revised in March 1983. This revision endorses the latest version of a consensus standard developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and American Nuclear Society (ANS), ANSI/ANS–15.16–2015, ‘‘Emergency Planning for Research Reactors.’’ The NRC also expanded the scope of the guide to address non-power facilities under 10 CFR part 50, other than research and test reactors. Other changes to RG 2.6 include editorial changes and the current program guidance for RGs. Revising this regulatory guide to adopt, in whole or in part, a consensus standard is consistent with the NRC policy of evaluating the latest versions of national consensus standards to determine their suitability for endorsement by regulatory guides. This approach also complies with the NRC’s Management Directive 6.5, ‘‘NRC Participation in the Development and PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Use of Consensus Standards’’ (ADAMS Accession No. ML16193A497), and is in accordance with Public Law 104–113, ‘‘National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995.’’ Copies of ANSI/ANS–15.16–2015 may be purchased from the ANS Web site (https://www.new.ans.org/store/); or by writing to: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, Illinois 60526, U.S.A., telephone: 1–800–323–3044. III. Congressional Review Act This regulatory guide is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act. IV. Backfitting The regulatory positions in this guidance document demonstrate the method that the NRC staff finds acceptable for an applicant or holder of a license under 10 CFR part 50 for a research and test reactor and other nonpower production or utilization facility to meet the requirements of the underlying NRC regulations. The issuance of this RG is not backfitting, as that term is defined in 10 CFR 50.109, ‘‘Backfitting,’’ because non-power facilities licensed under 10 CFR part 50 are not included within the scope of entities protected by 10 CFR 50.109. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of September 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas H. Boyce, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2017–20693 Filed 9–26–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2017–0057] Regulatory Guide: ‘‘Physical Inventories and Material Balances at Fuel Cycle Facilities’’ Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 0 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 5.88, ‘‘Physical Inventories and Material Balances at Fuel Cycle Facilities.’’ This regulatory guide (RG) describes approaches and methods that the staff considers acceptable for licensees and SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\27SEN1.SGM 27SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 27, 2017 / Notices applicants to use when developing material control and accounting (MC&A) system capabilities. This RG pertains to the performance, evaluation, and reporting of physical inventories and material balances at fuel cycle facilities. Revision 0 to RG 5.88 is available on September 27, 2017. DATES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017–0057 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2017–0057. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Document collection 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 ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document. Regulatory Guide 5.88 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17167A292. The regulatory analysis supporting Revision 1 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15268A457. • 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. ADDRESSES: asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenn Tuttle, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 301–415–7230, email: Glenn.Tuttle@nrc.gov; or Mekonen Bayssie, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 301–415–1699, email: Mekonen.Bayssie@nrc.gov. Both are staff members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:59 Sep 26, 2017 Jkt 241001 I. Discussion The NRC is issuing a new guide in the NRC’s ‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. Revision 0 of RG 5.88 was issued with a temporary identification of draft Regulatory Guide, DG–5056. The new RG provides updated guidance for uranium enrichment facilities as well as other type of facilities by incorporating relevant guidance from three NUREGs without making substantive changes to that guidance. The RG is titled ‘‘Physical Inventories and Material Balances at Fuel Cycle Facilities,’’ provides guidance for meeting the nuclear material control and accounting (MC&A) requirements in part 74 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material,’’ that cover these topics. Regulatory Guide 5.88 updates and combines in one document guidance previously provided by RG 5.13, ‘‘Conduct of Nuclear Material Physical Inventories,’’ published in November 1973; and RG 5.33, ‘‘Statistical Evaluation of Material Unaccounted For,’’ published in June 1974. Due to several rulemakings that occurred from 1985 to 2002 which significantly amended the MC&A requirements, the above regulatory guides became outdated as they no longer cite the correct sections of the regulations. Accordingly, RG 5.13 and RG 5.33 are being withdrawn concurrent with the issuance of RG 5.88, which provides the correct citations to the 10 CFR part 74 regulations. The NRC’s guidance on the MC&A requirements pertaining to the performance, evaluation, and reporting of physical inventories and material balances at fuel cycle facilities is also provided in the following NUREGs that were issued in conjunction with the 1985–2002 MC&A rulemakings: • NUREG–1280, ‘‘Standard Format and Content Acceptance Criteria for the Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Reform Amendment,’’ applicable to facilities using formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material (SNM). • NUREG–1065, ‘‘Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45075 (FNMC) Plan Required for LowEnriched Uranium Facilities,’’ applicable to fuel fabrication facilities using low-enriched uranium. • NUREG/CR–5734, ‘‘Recommendations to the NRC on Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan Required for Low-Enriched Uranium Enrichment Facilities,’’ applicable to uranium enrichment plants. The RG 5.88 incorporates guidance from these NUREGs that relates to physical inventories and material balances for strategic SNM. In addition to providing guidance on these topics, the NUREGs listed above cover other MC&A requirements as well. Accordingly, these NUREGs are not being withdrawn. II. Additional Information The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG–5056 in the Federal Register on February 24, 2017 (82 FR 11661) for a 60-day public comment period. The public comment period closed on April 25, 2017. There were no public comments received on DG–5056. III. Congressional Review Act This RG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act. IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality Issuance of RG 5.88 in final form would not constitute backfitting as defined in 10 CFR 70.76. As discussed in the ‘‘Implementation’’ section of RG 5.88, the NRC has no current intention to impose this guidance on holders of part 70 licenses. Additionally, RG 5.88 incorporates relevant guidance from NUREG–1280, NUREG–1065, and NUREG/CR–5734 without making substantive changes to that guidance. Accordingly, the issuance of RG 5.88 does not constitute a ‘‘new’’ or ‘‘different’’ staff position within the definition of ‘‘backfitting’’ in 10 CFR 70.76. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of September, 2017. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thomas H. Boyce, Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 2017–20694 Filed 9–26–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P E:\FR\FM\27SEN1.SGM 27SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45074-45075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20694]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2017-0057]


Regulatory Guide: ``Physical Inventories and Material Balances at 
Fuel Cycle Facilities''

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Revision 0 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 5.88, ``Physical Inventories and 
Material Balances at Fuel Cycle Facilities.'' This regulatory guide 
(RG) describes approaches and methods that the staff considers 
acceptable for licensees and

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applicants to use when developing material control and accounting 
(MC&A) system capabilities. This RG pertains to the performance, 
evaluation, and reporting of physical inventories and material balances 
at fuel cycle facilities.

DATES: Revision 0 to RG 5.88 is available on September 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0057 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0057. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Document collection 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 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document. Regulatory Guide 5.88 is available in ADAMS under Accession 
No. ML17167A292. The regulatory analysis supporting Revision 1 is 
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15268A457.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenn Tuttle, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, 301-415-7230, email: 
Glenn.Tuttle@nrc.gov; or Mekonen Bayssie, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, 301-415-1699, email: Mekonen.Bayssie@nrc.gov. Both are staff 
members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    The NRC is issuing a new guide in the NRC's ``Regulatory Guide'' 
series. This series was developed to describe and make available to the 
public information regarding methods that are acceptable to the NRC 
staff for implementing specific parts of the agency's regulations, 
techniques that the NRC staff uses in evaluating specific issues or 
postulated events, and data that the NRC staff needs in its review of 
applications for permits and licenses.
    Revision 0 of RG 5.88 was issued with a temporary identification of 
draft Regulatory Guide, DG-5056. The new RG provides updated guidance 
for uranium enrichment facilities as well as other type of facilities 
by incorporating relevant guidance from three NUREGs without making 
substantive changes to that guidance.
    The RG is titled ``Physical Inventories and Material Balances at 
Fuel Cycle Facilities,'' provides guidance for meeting the nuclear 
material control and accounting (MC&A) requirements in part 74 of title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Material Control and 
Accounting of Special Nuclear Material,'' that cover these topics.
    Regulatory Guide 5.88 updates and combines in one document guidance 
previously provided by RG 5.13, ``Conduct of Nuclear Material Physical 
Inventories,'' published in November 1973; and RG 5.33, ``Statistical 
Evaluation of Material Unaccounted For,'' published in June 1974.
    Due to several rulemakings that occurred from 1985 to 2002 which 
significantly amended the MC&A requirements, the above regulatory 
guides became outdated as they no longer cite the correct sections of 
the regulations. Accordingly, RG 5.13 and RG 5.33 are being withdrawn 
concurrent with the issuance of RG 5.88, which provides the correct 
citations to the 10 CFR part 74 regulations.
    The NRC's guidance on the MC&A requirements pertaining to the 
performance, evaluation, and reporting of physical inventories and 
material balances at fuel cycle facilities is also provided in the 
following NUREGs that were issued in conjunction with the 1985-2002 
MC&A rulemakings:
     NUREG-1280, ``Standard Format and Content Acceptance 
Criteria for the Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Reform 
Amendment,'' applicable to facilities using formula quantities of 
strategic special nuclear material (SNM).
     NUREG-1065, ``Acceptable Standard Format and Content for 
the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan Required for Low-
Enriched Uranium Facilities,'' applicable to fuel fabrication 
facilities using low-enriched uranium.
     NUREG/CR-5734, ``Recommendations to the NRC on Acceptable 
Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental Nuclear Material 
Control (FNMC) Plan Required for Low-Enriched Uranium Enrichment 
Facilities,'' applicable to uranium enrichment plants.
    The RG 5.88 incorporates guidance from these NUREGs that relates to 
physical inventories and material balances for strategic SNM. In 
addition to providing guidance on these topics, the NUREGs listed above 
cover other MC&A requirements as well. Accordingly, these NUREGs are 
not being withdrawn.

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-5056 in the 
Federal Register on February 24, 2017 (82 FR 11661) for a 60-day public 
comment period. The public comment period closed on April 25, 2017. 
There were no public comments received on DG-5056.

III. Congressional Review Act

    This RG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not 
found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.

IV. Backfitting and Issue Finality

    Issuance of RG 5.88 in final form would not constitute backfitting 
as defined in 10 CFR 70.76. As discussed in the ``Implementation'' 
section of RG 5.88, the NRC has no current intention to impose this 
guidance on holders of part 70 licenses. Additionally, RG 5.88 
incorporates relevant guidance from NUREG-1280, NUREG-1065, and NUREG/
CR-5734 without making substantive changes to that guidance. 
Accordingly, the issuance of RG 5.88 does not constitute a ``new'' or 
``different'' staff position within the definition of ``backfitting'' 
in 10 CFR 70.76.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of September, 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2017-20694 Filed 9-26-17; 8:45 am]
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