Nuclear Regulatory Commission August 24, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Extension of Call for Nominations for the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes
Document Number: 2017-17957
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-08-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
A call for nominations was published by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the Federal Register on June 22, 2017, for the positions of Agreement State representative, nuclear medicine physicist, and Health Care Administrator on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI). The nomination period ended on August 21, 2017. This notice confirms a 45-day extension of the nomination period until October 5, 2017, for only the Health Care Administrator position.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards for Nuclear Materials Outside Reactor Cores
Document Number: 2017-17934
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-08-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-3053, ``Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards for Nuclear Materials Outside Reactor Cores.'' This DG would be published as Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.71. The proposed revision would provide methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for criticality safety standards used with nuclear materials outside reactor cores. The revision would provide up- to-date guidance based on changes to American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS)-8 standards. The revision would also endorse International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard 7753:1987, ``Nuclear EnergyPerformance and Testing Requirements for Criticality Detection and Alarm Systems.''
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
Document Number: 2017-17015
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2017-08-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
We are publishing our semiannual regulatory agenda (the Agenda) in accordance with Public Law 96-354, ``The Regulatory Flexibility Act,'' and Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' The Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which we have recently completed action or have proposed or are considering action. We have completed 10 rulemaking activities since publication of our last Agenda on December 23, 2016 (81 FR 94894). This issuance of our Agenda contains 34 active and 24 long-term rulemaking activities: 3 are Economically Significant; 8 represent Other Significant agency priorities; 45 are Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; and 2 are Administrative rulemaking activities. In addition, 3 rulemaking activities impact small entities. We are requesting comment on the rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda.
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