Nuclear Regulatory Commission February 19, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on April 3-4, 2019. A sample of agenda items to be discussed during the public session includes: A discussion on medical-related events; a discussion on the ACMUI's recommendations and comments on revision 10 of the draft Yttrium-90 Microsphere Brachytherapy Sources and Devices TheraSphere[supreg] and SIR_Spheres[supreg] Licensing Guidance; a discussion on the summary of changes to the NRC's requirements regarding medical use of byproduct material; a discussion of the ACMUI's recommendations related to the appropriateness of the required reporting and notification of a medical event; a presentation from Lucerno Dynamics on the detection of nuclear medicine injection infiltrations; and a discussion on the ACMUI's recommendations and comments on the draft Germanium-68/Gallium-68 Pharmacy Grade Generator Licensing Guidance. The agenda is subject to change. The current agenda and any updates will be available at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc- collections/acmui/meetings/2019.html or by emailing Ms. Kellee Jamerson at the contact information below.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of March 4, 2019, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2018. This direct final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment Nos. 7 and 8 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1025 for the NAC International Multi-Purpose Canister (NAC-MPC) Storage System.