Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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 212, ``Qualifications Investigation Professional, Technical, and Administrative Positions.''

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 Form 536, ``Operator Licensing Examination Data.''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) ``Use of the Decommissioning Trust Fund During Operations for Major Radioactive Component Disposal.'' The purpose of this proposed ISG is to provide the NRC staff's regulatory position to licensees of nuclear power reactors regarding the use of funds from the decommissioning trust fund dedicated to the radiological decommissioning of a reactor facility for the disposal of major radioactive components (MRCs) while the facility is in an operational status. This proposed ISG may be used in connection with requests for exemption from NRC regulations related to the withdrawal of funds from reactor decommissioning trust funds (DTFs).

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG- 0090, Volume 45, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2022.'' The report describes those events that the NRC or an Agreement State identified as abnormal occurrences (AOs) during fiscal year (FY) 2022, based on the criteria defined by the Commission. The report describes eight events at Agreement State-licensed facilities and one event at an NRC-licensed facility.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of July 17, 2023, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2023. The direct final rule amended the TN Americas LLC, NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 3 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1042.

On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) solicited comments on draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-8061, ``Release of Patients Administered Radioactive Material.'' The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on June 20, 2023. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.

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, ``Notices of Enforcement Discretion (NOEDs) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (NRC Enforcement Policy).''

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-3057, ``Weather- Related Administrative Controls at Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations.'' This DG is a proposed new regulatory guide (RG) 3.77 and provides licensees with methods that the NRC staff considers acceptable for specific or general licensees of an independent spent fuel storage installation and certificate of compliance holders to comply with protection against environmental conditions and natural phenomena.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2023, regarding an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for the consideration of renewal of Facility License No. R-33, held by the GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC, for the continued operation of the Nuclear Test Reactor. This action is necessary to correct the radioactivity concentration units used.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a new Order superseding a previously issued Order to Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) on December 3, 2014 (2014 Order), as supplemented by NRC letters to WCS from 2016 to 2022. The current and past NRC Orders are associated with an exemption from NRC regulations, which requires persons who own, acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, or transfer Special Nuclear Material (SNM) to obtain an NRC license pursuant to the NRC requirements. The current action is in response to a request by WCS dated June 30, 2022. In the letter, WCS requested permission to: (1) move the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Waste from the WCS Federal Waste Facility (FWF) disposal cell to the WCS Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) Bin Storage Area (BSA)-1 Enclosure; (2) prepare the LANL Waste for shipment in the TSDF BSA-1 Enclosure; and (3) temporarily store the LANL Waste in the TSDF BSA-1 Enclosure.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a license amendment application from Cimarron Environmental Response Trust (CERT or the applicant) for the Cimarron Facility, located in the city of Guthrie, which is in Logan County, Oklahoma. The license authorizes Possession of Byproduct, Source, and Special Nuclear Material (SNM-928). In this amendment request, CERT requests approval of its proposed Facility Decommissioning Plan (DP), Revision 3 for the Cimarron Facility. The requested license amendment is necessary for CERT to complete the remaining decommissioning activities needed for the NRC to release the Cimarron site for unrestricted use. The requested license amendment is also necessary to ultimately terminate SNM-928; however, license termination is a separate action that requires a separate application from CERT and a separate NRC finding that the site is suitable for release. Because the license application contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI), an order imposes procedures to obtain access to this type of information for contention preparation.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DANU-ISG-2022- 06, Chapter 12, ``Post-Construction Inspection, Testing, and Analysis Program.'' The purpose of this proposed ISG is to provide guidance to assist the NRC staff in determining whether an application for a non- light water reactor (non-LWR) design that uses the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) process meets the minimum requirements for construction permits, operating licenses, manufacturing licenses, standard design approval, or design certifications.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DANU-ISG-2022- 01, ``Review of Risk-Informed, Technology Inclusive Advanced Reactor ApplicationsRoadmap.'' The purpose of this proposed ISG is to provide guidance to assist the NRC staff in determining whether an application for a non-light water reactor (non-LWR) design that uses the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) process meets the minimum requirements for construction permits, operating licenses, combined licenses, manufacturing licenses, standard design approval, or design certifications.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DANU-ISG-2022- 05, Chapter 11, ``Organization and Human-System Considerations.'' The purpose of this proposed ISG is to provide guidance to assist the NRC staff in determining whether an application for a non-light water reactor (non-LWR) design that uses the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) process meets the minimum requirements for construction permits, operating licenses, combined licenses, manufacturing licenses, standard design approval, or design certifications.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on its draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DANU-ISG-2022- 04, Chapter 10, ``Control of Occupational Dose.'' The purpose of this proposed ISG is to provide guidance to assist the NRC staff in determining whether an application for a non-light water reactor (non- LWR) design that uses the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) process meets the minimum requirements for construction permits, operating licenses, manufacturing licenses, standard design approval, or design certifications.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is soliciting public comment on its draft Regulatory Guide (DG-1404), ``Guidance for a Technology-Inclusive Content of Application Methodology to Inform the Licensing Basis and Content of Applications for Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Non-Light-Water Reactors.'' This DG is a proposed new regulatory guide to provide guidance to assist interested parties and prospective applicants for the development of content for major portions of their safety analysis reports required in applications for licenses, certifications, and approvals by the NRC to ensure that non-light water reactor (non-LWR) facility designs using the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) process meet the minimum requirements for construction permits, operating licenses, combined licenses, manufacturing licenses, standard design approval, or design certifications.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) received and is considering approval of an application filed by Vistra Operations Company LLC (VistraOps) and Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp. (collectively, the applicants) on April 14, 2023, as supplemented by letter dated April 20, 2023. The application seeks NRC approval of the indirect transfer of control of Facility Operating License Nos. NFP-87 and NFP-89 for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Comanche Peak), respectively, and its generally licensed independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI); the indirect transfer of control of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-66, NPF-73, and NPF-3 for Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Beaver Valley), and Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 (Davis- Besse), respectively, and Facility Operating License No. NPF-58 for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1 (Perry), and their associated generally licensed ISFSIs (collectively, the EH Facilities); and the direct transfer of the operating authority for the EH Facilities to VistraOps. The NRC is also considering amending the licenses for administrative purposes to reflect the proposed transfer. The application contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI).

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing limited revisions to its policy statement on reporting abnormal occurrences (AO) to Congress. The proposed revisions are to the medical event criteria for determining events that are significant from the standpoint of public health or safety.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an amendment to Combined License (COL) NPF-92, issued to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), and Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, MEAG Power SPVM, LLC, MEAG Power SPVJ, LLC, MEAG Power SPVP, LLC, Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia (collectively, SNC), for construction and operation of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Unit 4, located in Burke County, Georgia.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an Order approving the indirect transfer of several licenses for Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (Westinghouse). Westinghouse is the holder of special nuclear materials (SNM) license number SNM-1107, which authorizes the possession and use of SNM at the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins, South Carolina. Westinghouse is also the holder of several export licenses as noted in the Order. The Order approves the indirect transfer of control of these licenses resulting from the acquisition of Westinghouse's intermediate parent company, Brookfield WEC Holdings Inc., by Watt New Aggregator L.P., in which Brookfield Corporation will hold a controlling 51 percent interest and Cameco Corporation will hold the remaining 49 percent interest. The Order became effective upon issuance.

Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.