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while allowing flexibility in disposal
options.
One high priority task (Task 2) in the
Strategic Assessment was to address the
challenge of alternative disposal of Very
Low-Level Waste (VLLW), in
accordance with § 20.2002 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), in non-traditional LLRW facilities
such as Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act facilities, as well as the
regulatory review and approval needed
for such disposal. In response to
stakeholder input regarding the 2007
assessment, the NRC determined that
the process for authorizing these
disposals needed more consistency and
clarity. The NRC committed to
addressing these concerns through the
development of new regulatory
guidance.
On August 31, 2009, the NRC issued
interim staff procedure, ‘‘Review,
Approval, and Documentation of LowActivity Waste Disposals in Accordance
with 10 CFR 20.2002 and 10 CFR
40.13(a)’’ (ADAMS Accession No.
ML092460058). Prior to its issuance,
there had been no single procedure
covering safety and security reviews, the
preparation of an environmental
assessment, and coordination with
internal and external stakeholders for
alternative disposal requests.
Accordingly, this document was
developed and issued to provide
consistency and guidance for NRC
staff’s review of alternative disposal
requests received from licensees,
applicants, and other entities for
alternative disposal of licensed material.
In addition, the NRC determined that
this guidance would be finalized after it
had been implemented and used for
more alternative disposal requests.
In order to set the direction for the
NRC’s LLRW regulatory program in the
next several years, including the
alternative disposal request review
process, the NRC decided to conduct a
new evaluation of the NRC’s LLRW
program (referred to as a Programmatic
Assessment). The results of this
assessment were published in October
2016, in SECY–16–0118, ‘‘Programmatic
Assessment of Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Regulatory Program’’ (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15243A192). The
objectives of the 2016 assessment were
similar to the objectives of the 2007
Strategic Assessment. Both assessments
also have considered future needs and
changes that may occur in the nation’s
commercial LLRW management system.
One of the high priority tasks (Task 5)
included within Enclosure 1 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML15243A205) of the
Programmatic Assessment was to
address the challenge of alternative
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disposal of VLLW by finalizing the draft
guidance document. Per the
Programmatic Assessment, this final
draft would be published for public
comment, then issued as a final
document.
Accordingly, the purpose of this draft
revision to the guidance is to improve
the alternative disposal process by
providing more clarity, consistency, and
transparency to the process. In addition,
this draft revision to the guidance also
clarifies the meaning of disposal relative
to 10 CFR 20.2002 authorizations to
include recycling and reuse of materials.
The draft revision to the guidance is
available for public comment as
ADAMS Accession No. ML16326A063.
The NRC is interested in receiving
comments related to the draft revision to
the guidance from stakeholders,
including professional organizations,
licensees, Agreement States, and
members of the public. Comments will
be considered to determine if additional
changes to the draft revision to the
guidance and the alternative disposal
request process are needed.
During the comment period, the NRC
will conduct a public meeting at the
NRC’s Headquarters that will explain
the draft revision to the guidance and
address questions. Information
regarding the public meeting will be
posted on the NRC’s public meeting
Web site at least 10 calendar days before
the meeting. The NRC’s public meeting
Web site is located at https://
www.nrc.gov/public-involve.html.
The NRC will also post the meeting
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Docket ID NRC–2017–0198. The NRC
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III. Requested Information and
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The NRC staff will treat all public
feedback as public comments on the
draft revision to the guidance and
consider them as it finalizes the revision
to the guidance.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day
of October 2017.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea Kock,
Deputy Director, Division of
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards.
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Quality Assurance Program Criteria
(Design and Construction)
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 5
to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.28, ‘‘Quality
Assurance Program Criteria (Design and
Construction).’’ This regulatory guide
(RG 1.28) updates the guidance to
endorse, with clarification or
exceptions, multiple revisions of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers standard NQA–1 titled
‘‘Quality Assurance Requirements for
Nuclear Facility Applications.’’ The
proposed revision describes methods
that the NRC considers acceptable for
establishing and implementing a quality
assurance (QA) program for the design
and construction of nuclear power
plants and fuel reprocessing plants.
DATES: Revision 5 to RG 1.28 is available
on October 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2017–0079 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
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email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
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document.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Discussion
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 5 of RG 1.28 was issued with
a temporary identification of Draft
Regulatory Guide, DG–1326. This
revision of the guide (Revision 5)
updates the guidance to endorse, with
clarification or exceptions, multiple
revisions of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers standard NQA–1
titled ‘‘Quality Assurance Requirements
for Nuclear Facility Applications.’’
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of the
availability of DG–1326 in the Federal
Register on March 27, 2017 (82 FR
15242), for a 60-day public comment
period. The public comment period
closed on May 26, 2017. Public
comments on DG–1326 and the staff
responses to the public comments are
available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML17207A289.
III. Congressional Review Act
This RG is a rule as defined in the
Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C.
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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
This RG 1.28 describes methods that
the NRC considers acceptable for
establishing and implementing a QA
program for the design and construction
of nuclear power plants and fuel
reprocessing plants. Issuance of this RG
does not constitute backfitting as
defined in § 50.109 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
(the Backfit Rule) and is not otherwise
inconsistent with the issue finality
provisions in part 52. As discussed in
the ‘‘Implementation’’ section of this
RG, the NRC has no current intention to
impose this guidance on holders of
current operating licenses or combined
licenses.
This RG may be applied to
applications for operating licenses,
combined licenses, early site permits,
and certified design rules docketed by
the NRC as of the date of issuance of
this RG, as well as future applications
submitted after the issuance of the
regulatory guide. Such action would not
constitute backfitting as defined in the
Backfit Rule or be otherwise
inconsistent with the applicable issue
finality provision in part 52, inasmuch
as such applicants or potential
applicants are not within the scope of
entities protected by the Backfit Rule or
the relevant issue finality provisions in
part 52.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day
of October, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Edward O’Donnell,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and
Generic Issues Branch, Division of
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research.
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Quality Assurance Program Criteria (Design and Construction)
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing
Revision 5 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.28, ``Quality Assurance Program
Criteria (Design and Construction).'' This regulatory guide (RG 1.28)
updates the guidance to endorse, with clarification or exceptions,
multiple revisions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
standard NQA-1 titled ``Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear
Facility Applications.'' The proposed revision describes methods that
the NRC considers acceptable for establishing and implementing a
quality assurance (QA) program for the design and construction of
nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing plants.
DATES: Revision 5 to RG 1.28 is available on October 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0079 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-2017-0079. 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
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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. The RG is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML17207A293.
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 NRC approval is not
required to reproduce them.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Ferguson, Office of New
Reactors, telephone: 301-415-6638, email: Ashley.Ferguson@nrc.gov, and
Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-
415-7000, email: Stephen.Burton@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
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 5 of RG 1.28 was issued with a temporary identification of
Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1326. This revision of the guide (Revision
5) updates the guidance to endorse, with clarification or exceptions,
multiple revisions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
standard NQA-1 titled ``Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear
Facility Applications.''
II. Additional Information
The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-1326 in the
Federal Register on March 27, 2017 (82 FR 15242), for a 60-day public
comment period. The public comment period closed on May 26, 2017.
Public comments on DG-1326 and the staff responses to the public
comments are available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17207A289.
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
This RG 1.28 describes methods that the NRC considers acceptable
for establishing and implementing a QA program for the design and
construction of nuclear power plants and fuel reprocessing plants.
Issuance of this RG does not constitute backfitting as defined in Sec.
50.109 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), (the
Backfit Rule) and is not otherwise inconsistent with the issue finality
provisions in part 52. As discussed in the ``Implementation'' section
of this RG, the NRC has no current intention to impose this guidance on
holders of current operating licenses or combined licenses.
This RG may be applied to applications for operating licenses,
combined licenses, early site permits, and certified design rules
docketed by the NRC as of the date of issuance of this RG, as well as
future applications submitted after the issuance of the regulatory
guide. Such action would not constitute backfitting as defined in the
Backfit Rule or be otherwise inconsistent with the applicable issue
finality provision in part 52, inasmuch as such applicants or potential
applicants are not within the scope of entities protected by the
Backfit Rule or the relevant issue finality provisions in part 52.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day of October, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Edward O'Donnell,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division
of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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