Nuclear Regulatory Commission June 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2010-15888
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC invites public comment about our intention to request the OMB's approval for renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2010-15884
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. ch. 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on April 16, 2010.
Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide
Document Number: 2010-15883
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-30
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: 2010-15879
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-29
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Request for Comments on the Draft Policy Statement on the Protection of Cesium-137 Chloride Sources and Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: 2010-15734
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-29
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering adopting a statement of policy on the protection of cesium-137 chloride (CsCl) sources. This statement would provide the Commission's policy regarding secure uses of these sources at the present and express the Commission's potential actions in the event that changes in the threat environment necessitate these actions. The purpose of this policy statement is to delineate the Commission's expectations for security and safety of these sources. This draft policy statement is being issued for public comment.
Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
Document Number: 2010-15629
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Public Webinar To Discuss the Applicability of 10 CFR 73.55 Requirements to Part 50 Licensees With Facilities in Decommissioning or Decommissioned Status
Document Number: 2010-15627
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-06-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC will hold a public Webinar with 16 Part 50 licensees in decommissioning or decommissioned status affected by the current requirements in Title 10 of the Code of the Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 73.55 (March 27, 2009; 74 FR 13925) and the other stakeholders. The purpose of this Webinar is to discuss the applicability of those security requirements to licensees with facilities in decommissioning or decommissioned status.
Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Modification of Exemption From Certain U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Requirements for Special Nuclear Material for Energy Solutions LLC, Clive, UT
Document Number: 2010-15599
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared an Environmental Assessment for the issuance of an Order as authorized by Section 274f of the Atomic Energy Act that would modify an Order issued to EnergySolutions, LLC (formerly Envirocare of Utah, Inc.) on May 7, 1999 (64 FR 27826; May 21, 1999). In accordance with 10 CFR 51.33, the NRC prepared a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for this amendment, which was published for public review and comment on October 7, 2009 (74 FR 51622). The public comment period closed on November 6, 2009. NRC received 12 comments from 4 commenters. The Order responds to a request by EnergySolutions dated September 26, 2006, to amend the package mass limits contained in Condition 4 of their 2006 Order, and to add or revise other conditions. The May 7, 1999, Order exempted EnergySolutions from certain NRC regulations and permitted EnergySolutions, under specified conditions, to possess waste containing special nuclear material (SNM), in greater quantities than specified in 10 CFR Part 150 at its facility located in Clive, Utah, without obtaining an NRC license under 10 CFR Part 70. As discussed below, the Order has been amended four times since it was issued in 1999.
Final Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
Document Number: 2010-15592
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures
Document Number: 2010-15511
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Meeting
Document Number: 2010-15509
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-28
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Public Meetings for the General Electric-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment, LLC Proposed Laser-Based Uranium Enrichment Facility
Document Number: 2010-15445
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-25
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed General Electric-Hitachi (GEH) Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) Uranium Enrichment Facility. On June 26, 2009, GEH submitted a license application that proposes the construction, operation, and decommissioning of a laser-based uranium enrichment facility located near Wilmington, North Carolina. GEH proposes to locate the facility on the existing General Electric Company (GE) site near Wilmington, North Carolina (Wilmington Site).
Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-4018, “Constraint on Releases of Airborne Radioactive Materials To the Environment for Licensees Other Than Power Reactors,” Proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 4.20; Draft Regulatory Guide Issuance and Availability; Correction and Reopening of Comment Period
Document Number: 2010-15440
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-25
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
On April 20, 2010 (75 FR 20645), the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice of issuance and availability of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-4018, ``Constraint on Releases of Airborne Radioactive Materials to the Environment for Licensees Other than Power Reactors.'' This Federal Register Notice stated that DG-4018 was a proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 4.2; however, DG-4018 is a proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 4.20. Due to the typographical error, this is being reissued.
Office of New Reactors; Proposed Revision to Standard Review Plan Section 13.6.1, Revision 1 on Physical Security-Combined License and Operating Reactors
Document Number: 2010-15323
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' on a proposed Revision 1 to Standard Review Plan (SRP), Section 13.6.1 on ``Physical SecurityCombined License and Operating Reactors,'' (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML100350158). The Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response is revising SRP Section 13.6.1, which updates the initial issuance of this section, dated March 2007, to reflect the changes of the recently issued Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 73, Power Reactor Security Rule (published in the Federal Register (FR) on March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13926). The previous version of this SRP section was published in March 2007 as initial issuance (ADAMS Accession No. ML070720094).
Construction Reactor Oversight Process Request for Public Comment
Document Number: 2010-15321
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is reconsidering the Construction Reactor Oversight Process (cROP), including the construction assessment process, as presented in IMC 2505, ``Periodic Assessment of Construction Inspection Program Results,'' in order to propose policy options to the Commission to revise the oversight process. The staff proposal will include program oversight currently included as part of the Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) monitoring and closure processes, and evaluate the inclusion of objective performance monitoring elements such as construction program Performance Indicators (PIs) and a Significance Determination Process (SDP) analogous to those used in the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) for the current operating reactor fleet.
Office of New Reactors; Proposed Revision to Standard Review Plan Section 13.6.3, Revision 1 on Physical Security-Early Site Permit
Document Number: 2010-15319
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' on a proposed Revision 1 to Standard Review Plan (SRP), Section 13.6.3 on ``Physical SecurityEarly Site Permit,'' (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML100980132). The Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response is revising SRP Section 13.6.3, which updates the initial issuance of this section, dated March 2007, to reflect the changes of the recently issued Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 73, Power Reactor Security Rule (published in the Federal Register (FR) on March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13926). The previous version of this SRP section was published in March 2007 as initial issuance (ADAMS Accession No. ML070720310).
Office of New Reactors; Proposed Revision to Standard Review Plan, Section 13.6.2, Revision 1 on Physical Security-Design Certification
Document Number: 2010-15316
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants,'' on a proposed Revision 1 to Standard Review Plan (SRP), Section 13.6.2 on ``Physical SecurityDesign Certification,'' (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML100640121). The Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response is revising SRP Section 13.6.2, which updates the initial issuance of this section, dated March 2007, to reflect the changes of the recently issued Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 73, Power Reactor Security Rule (published in the Federal Register (FR) on March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13926). The previous version of this SRP section was published in March 2007 as initial issuance (ADAMS Accession No. ML070720289).
Requirements for Distribution of Byproduct Material
Document Number: 2010-15202
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-06-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to make requirements for distributors of byproduct material clearer, less prescriptive, and more risk-informed and up to date. The Commission is also proposing to redefine categories of devices to be used under exemptions, add explicit provisions regarding the sealed source and device registration process, and add flexibility to the licensing of users of sealed sources and devices. This action is primarily intended to make licensing processes more efficient and effective. These changes would affect manufacturers and distributors of sources and devices containing byproduct material and future users of some products currently used under a general or specific license.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2010-15196
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-23
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC invites public comment about our intention to request the OMB's approval for renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2010-15191
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-22
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance Process, Revision 2 Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2010-15023
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-22
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC is issuing a revision to its license renewal interim staff guidance (LR-ISG) process. This revision is entitled, ``License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance Process, Revision 2'' (revised LR-ISG process). The LR-ISG process describes the basic framework for developing and implementing interim changes to certain NRC license renewal guidance documents. These guidance documents facilitate the implementation of and NRC staff review of license renewal applications submitted in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 54, ``Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,'' and Part 51, ``Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions.'' An electronic copy of the revised LR-ISG process is available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML100920158. The revised LR-ISG process supersedes the document entitled, ``License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance Process, Revision 1'' (ML091950069) (the previous LR-ISG process).
Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
Document Number: 2010-15022
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-22
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: 2010-14748
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-17
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for FY 2010
Document Number: 2010-14069
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-06-16
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending the licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. The amendments are necessary to implement the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90), as amended, which requires the NRC to recover through fees approximately 90 percent of its budget authority in fiscal year (FY) 2010, not including amounts appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF), amounts appropriated for Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR), and amounts appropriated for generic homeland security activities. Based on the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2010, signed by the President on October 28, 2009, the NRC's required fee recovery amount for the FY 2010 budget is approximately $912.2 million. After accounting for billing adjustments, the total amount to be billed as fees is approximately $911.1 million.
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: 2010-14496
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability
Document Number: 2010-14339
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-06-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: MAGNASTOR System, Revision 1
Document Number: 2010-14334
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-06-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the NAC International Inc. (NAC) MAGNASTOR System listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 1 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number 1031. Amendment No. 1 to the MAGNASTOR System CoC will change Technical Specifications (TS) related to neutron absorber qualification and acceptance testing. Specifically, the amendment will revise TS 4.1.1.b and incorporate by reference into the MAGNASTOR CoC, Sections 10.1.6.4.5, 10.1.6.4.6, 10.1.6.4.7, and 10.1.6.4.8 of the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) regarding the acceptance testing of borated aluminum alloy and borated metal matrix composite neutron absorber material. The amendment will also include other changes in Appendices A and B of the TS to incorporate minor editorial corrections.
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: MAGNASTOR System, Revision 1
Document Number: 2010-14333
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-06-15
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage cask regulations by revising the NAC International, Inc. (NAC), MAGNASTOR System listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 1 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number 1031. Amendment No. 1 would modify the CoC to change the Technical Specifications (TS) related to neutron absorber qualification and acceptance testing. Specifically, the amendment would revise TS 4.1.1.b and incorporate by reference into the MAGNASTOR CoC, Sections 10.1.6.4.5, 10.1.6.4.6, 10.1.6.4.7, and 10.1.6.4.8 of the Final Safety Analysis Report regarding the acceptance testing of borated aluminum alloy and borated metal matrix composite neutron absorber material. The amendment would also include other changes in Appendices A and B of the TS to incorporate minor editorial corrections.
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