Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG- 0090, Volume 44, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2021.'' The report describes those events that the NRC or an Agreement State identified as abnormal occurrences (AOs) during fiscal year (FY) 2021, based on the criteria defined by the Commission. The report describes six events at Agreement State-licensed facilities and two events at NRC-licensed facilities.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production or Utilization Facilities.''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material.''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``NRC Forms 542 and 542A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Index and Regional Compact Tabulation and Continuation Page.''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``NRC Forms 540 and 540A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page.''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 5 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.82, ``Water Sources for Long-Term Cooling Following a Loss-of-Coolant Accident.'' This revised guidance updates the guidance for sumps and suppression pools that provide water sources for emergency core cooling, containment heat removal, or containment atmosphere cleanup systems. It also provides guidelines for evaluating the adequacy and the availability of the sump or suppression pool for long-term recirculation cooling following a loss-of-coolant accident, and the use of containment accident pressure in determining the net positive suction head for the emergency core cooling and containment heat removal pumps.

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 NRC's 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 13 rulemaking activities since our complete Agenda was issued online at the Office of Management and Budget's website at https://www.reginfo.gov on December 10, 2021. This issuance of our Agenda contains 28 active and 21 long-term rulemaking activities: 3 are Economically Significant; 14 represent Other Significant agency priorities; 30 are Substantive, Nonsignificant rulemaking activities; and 2 are Administrative rulemaking activities. In addition, 5 rulemaking activities impact small entities. We are requesting comment on the rulemaking activities as identified in this Agenda. The NRC's last Agenda was issued for public comment on January 31, 2022.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), NUREG- 2248, ``Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility In Richland County, South Carolina'' for Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC's (WEC) license renewal application to renew its special nuclear material (SNM) license SNM- 1107 to continue to operate its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) for an additional 40 years. The CFFF is located in Hopkins, South Carolina, and manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial nuclear power plants. If the WEC's license renewal request is granted, as proposed, the license would be effective for 40 years from the date the NRC approves the renewal.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering issuing an export license amendment (XW008/06) requested by Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. (DSSI). On January 31, 2022, DSSI filed an application with the NRC for a license authorizing the renewal and amendment of an existing license to export low-level radioactive material to Canada. The NRC is providing notice of the opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition to intervene on DSSI's application.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 798, ``Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement.''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing exemptions from NRC regulations and associated license amendment related to requests from Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) and US Ecology, Inc. (USEI). WEC requested NRC approval for an alternate disposal and related exemptions for specified low-activity radioactive waste from the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) in Hopkins, South Carolina containing byproduct material and special nuclear material (SNM) under License Number SNM-1107. Additionally, the NRC is approving exemptions requested by USEI from the applicable licensing requirements to allow USEI to receive and dispose of the material from CFFF without an NRC license. The USEI disposal facility, located near Grand View, Idaho, is a Subtitle C Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste disposal facility permitted by the State of Idaho to receive low-level radioactive waste. Approval of the alternate disposal request from WEC and the exemptions and license amendment requested by WEC, and associated exemptions requested by USEI would allow WEC to transfer the specific waste from CFFF to USEI for disposal.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to an October 28, 2021, request from Exelon Generation Company, LLC to allow the submittal of sufficient Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Units 2 and 3, subsequent license renewal applications no later than 3 years prior to expiration of the existing renewed operating licenses and still place the licenses in timely renewal under NRC regulations. On February 1, 2022, Exelon Generation Company, LLC was renamed Constellation Energy Generation, LLC.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Safeguards on Nuclear Material, Implementation of US/IAEA Agreement.''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG- 2246, ``Fuel Qualification for Advanced Reactors.'' The purpose of this NUREG report is to provide a fuel qualification assessment framework for use by applicants for proposed advanced reactors using fuel designs and operating environments that differ from traditional light water reactor fuel. Specifically, the framework provides objective criteria, derived from regulatory requirements, that when satisfied, would support regulatory findings for licensing.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on April 5, 2022. A sample of agenda items to be discussed during the public session includes: An overview of fiscal year (FY) 2021 medical related events; an overview of how to minimize institutional approaches to reducing medical events; an overview of two yttrium-90 microsphere technologies; an overview on non-medical events for FYs 2020 and 2021; updates on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Radioisotope Measurement Assurance Program; a discussion on the current ACMUI reporting structure; and an update on Medical Team activities. The agenda is subject to change. The current agenda and any updates will be available on the ACMUI's Meetings and Related Documents web page at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/ meetings/2022.html or by emailing Mr. Don Lowman at the contact information below. Purpose: Discuss issues related to 10 CFR part 35 Medical Use of Byproduct Material. Date and Time for Open Session: Tuesday, April 5, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) related to a request for alternate disposal, exemptions, and associated license amendment for the disposition of waste containing byproduct material and special nuclear material (SNM) from the Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC's (WEC) Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) in Hopkins, South Carolina, under License Number SNM- 1107. The material would be transported to and disposed of at the US Ecology, Inc. (USEI) disposal facility located near Grand View, Idaho, a Subtitle C Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste disposal facility permitted by the State of Idaho to receive low- level radioactive waste. The NRC is also considering the related action of approving corresponding exemptions to USEI, allowing them to accept and dispose the material on their site. Approval of the alternate disposal request from WEC, the exemptions requested by WEC and USEI, and a conforming license amendment to WEC would allow WEC to transfer specific waste from CFFF for disposal at USEI.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepts and dockets an application for the renewal of Facility Operating License R- 130, submitted by Regents of the University of California (the licensee) dated June 11, 2018, as supplemented on July 6, 2020. The renewed license would authorize the licensee to operate University of CaliforniaDavis McClellan Nuclear Research Center (MNRC) Training, Research, Isotope, General Atomics (TRIGA) nuclear reactor at a maximun steady-state thermal power of 1.0 megawatts (MW) for an additional 20 years from the date of issuance. The University of California Davis MNRC TRIGA nuclear reactor is located on the former McClellan Airforce Base, approximately 8 miles northeast of Sacramento, California. Because this application contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI), an order imposes procedures to obtain access to SUNSI for contention preparation.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepts and dockets a license amendment application for Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2515, submitted by Interim Storage Partners, LLC (ISP) for the WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF), located in Andrews County, TX, dated January 24, 2022. The requested amendment proposes administrative changes to the license to clarify the schedule for submitting certain required license amendment requests.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an application from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E, the licensee) requesting an amendment to Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2514 for the Humboldt Bay Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located in Humboldt County, California. The requested amendment proposes to delete and make administrative changes to certain license conditions, revise certain technical specifications that are no longer applicable to the Humboldt Bay ISFSI, and add a new administrative technical specification concerning the processing of administrative changes to Humboldt Bay ISFSI's quality assurance program.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has received an application from Sensor Concepts and Applications, Incorporated (SCA or the licensee) to renew Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2017. The renewed license would authorize the applicant to continue to use SNM in greater than critical mass quantities for research and development of radiation detection instrumentation at its location in Glen Arm, Maryland as well as other locations selected by the United States Department of Defense. This license renewal, if approved, would authorize SCA to continue licensed activities for 10 years beyond its current license.