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NU1mO-0936 Vol.10, No. 3 n-NRC Regulatory Agenda Quarterly Report July-Sept;mber 1991 Manuscript Completed: October 1991 I) te Published: October 1991 Division of Freedom of Inform 9 tion and l'ublications Sy vices OfUce of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 p......,,*,
TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION I - RULES (A) Rules on which fina'_ action has been taken since June 28, 1991 Pace Revisions to Precedures to Issue Orders (Part 2)................
1 Quality Management Prrgram and Misadministrations (Parts 2, 35).................................................
2 Operator's Licenses ' Parts 2, 55)...............................
3 Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (Part 23)......................
4 Standards for Protection Against Radiation:
Monitoring Reports Statement (Part 20)...................................
5 Cheng' 'a immercial Telephone Number for Region V (Pa-ta 21, 73)............................................
6 Noti eno.s of Incidents (Parts 20, 30, 31, 34, 39, 40, 70)...
7 Criteria :Anr Procedures for the Reporting of Defects and Cond..ti~'a of Construction Permits (Parts 21, 50).............
8 Fitness-for-Duty Programs:
Nuclear Power Plant Personnel (Part 26).....................................................
9 Decommissioning Regulations:
Recordkeeping and Termination for Decommisrioning, Documentation Additions (Parts 30, 40, 50, 70, 72).
10 Timeliness 3 16uct of Decommissioning of Material-Faciliti its 30, 40, 70, 72).............................
11 Willful Mis'ymuct by Unlicensed Persons (Parts 30, 40, 50, 60, 61, 70, 72, 110, 150).....................................
13 Monitoring the Effectiveness of Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants (Part 50)...............................................
13-Emergency Response Data System (Part 50)........................
-14 Environmental Review for Renewal of Operating Licenses (Part 51)..............
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PAGE Revision of Foo Schedules:
100% Fee Recovery (Parts 52, 71,
- 170, 171).....................................................
16 Imports from South Africa (Part 110)............................
17 (D) Proposed Rules Procedures Involving the Eq'al Access to Justice Act:
Implementation (Parts 1, 2)...................................
19 Revisions to Procedures to Issue Orders:
Challenges to Orders that are Made Immediately Effective (Part 2)...........
21 Material Control and Accounting Requiremento for Uranium Enrichment Facilities Producing Special Nuclear Material of Low Strategic Significance (Parts 2, 40, 70, 74)...........
22 Uranium Enrichment Regulations (Parts 2, 40, 50, 51, 70, 75, 110, 140, 150, 170)...........................................
24 Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal (Parts 2, 50, 54, 140)......
25 DOE-L or DOE-Q Reinvestigation Program for NRC-R Access Authorization Renewal Requirements (Part 11)..................
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Salary Offset Procedures for Collecting. Debts Owed by Federal Employees to the Federal Government (Parts 15, 16)............
28 Licenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Large Irradiators (Parts 19, 20, 21, 30, 36, 40, 51, 70, 170).......
29 Disposal of Waste Oil by Incineration from Nuclear Power Plants (Part 20)..............................................
31 Access Authorization Reinvestigation Program for Licensee Personnel (Part 25)........................................i..
33 Primary Reactor Containment Leakage Testing for Water-Cooled Power Reactors (Part 50)......................................
35 Codes and Standards for Nuclear Power Plants (ASME Code, 1986/1987/1988 Addenda, 1989 Edition (Part 50)................
37 Decommissioning Funding for Prematurely Shutdown Power Reactors (Part 50)............................................
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EAGE License Renewal for Nuclear Power Plants; Scope of Environmental Effects (Part 51)...............................
40 Minor Amendments to the Physical Protection Requirements (Parts 70, 72, 73, 75)........................................
41 Transportation Regulations.
Compatibility With the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Part 71)...........
43 Criteria for an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence (Part 140).....
45 Reasserting NRC's Solo Authority for Approving Onsite Low-Level Waste Disposal in Agreement States (Part
~50).......
46 NP.C Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR) (48 CFR Cha Parts 1-52).......................................pter 20, 47 (C) Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking Radioactive Waste Below Regulatory Concern; Generic Rulemaking (Parts 2, 20).................................................
49 Comprehensive Quality Assurance in Medical Use and a Standard of Care (Part 35).............................................
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Medical Use of Byproduct Material:
Trainin Criteria (Part 35).......................g and Experience 51 Acceptance of Products Purchased for Use in Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Systems, and Components (Part 50)...........
52 Import and Export of Radioactive _ Wastes (Part 110).......-.......
53 (D) Unpublished Rules Revised Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings (Parts 0, 1,
2, 9,
50)........................................
55 Availability of Official Records (Part 2).......................
56 Discrimination on the Basis of Sex (Parts 2, 19)................
58 Revision of Definition of Meeting (Part 9)......................
59 Revision of Specific Exemptions (Part 9)........................
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Clarification of Statutory Authority for Purposes of Criminal Enforcement (Parts 11, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 50, 52, 53, 55, 60, 61, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,-
75, 95, 110, 140, 150)........................................
61 Residual Radioactivity Criteria for Unrestricted Release of Lands and Structures (Part 20)................................
63 Low-Level Waste Manifest'Information and Reporting (Parts 20, 61)................................................
65 Fitness-for-Duty Programs for Category I Material Licensees and Transporters (Part 26)....................................
67 Timeliness in Decommissioning of Material Facilities (Parts 30, 40, 70, 72)........................................
69 Decommissioning Recordkeeping and License Termination:
Documentation Additions (Parts 30, 40, 50, 70, 72)............
71 Requirements for Possession of Industrial Devices (Part 31)......
73 Restrict Maximum Air Gap Between the Radioactive Source and the Detector for General Licenas Devices (Part 31, 32)........
74 Radiography and Radiation Safety Res irements for Radiography 75*
operations (Part 34)..............
Use of Radiopharmaceuticals for Medical Research, Use of Biologics Containing Byproduct Material, and Compounding Radiopharmaceuticals (Part 35)................................
76 Iridium-192 Wirt for Inttrstitial Treatment of Cancer (Part 35).....................................................
77 Codes and Standards for Nuclear Power Plants (ASME Code,Section XI, Division 1, Subsection IWE and Subsection IWL)
(Part 50).....................................................
78 Change to Part 50 to Update Source Term and Replace Dose Calculation (Part 50).........................................
80 Training of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel (Part 50).............
82 Change to Part 100 to Add Site Criteria, Update Appendix-A and Remove Dose Calculations;' Interim Change to Part 50 to Add Source Term and Dose Calculations (Parts 50, 100).........
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Emergency Telecommunications System Upgrade (Part 50)...........
87 Clarification of Er3rgency Preparedness Regulations (Part 50)...
88 Emergency Planning Regulations for Part 52 Licensing (Part 50).....................................................
89 Amendment to 10 CFR 51.51 and 51.52, Tables S-3 and S-4, Addition of Radon ~2 and Technetium-99 Radiaticn Values, and Addition of Appendix D,
" Table S-3 Explanatory Analysis" (Part 51)...........................................
90 Repository Operations Criteria (Part 60)........................
92 Elimination of Inconsistencies Between NRC Regulations and EPA HLW Standards (Part 60)...................................
93 Conforming Guidance on Low Level Wasto Disposal Facilities with 10 CFR Part 61 (Part 61).................................
95 Physical Protection of Special Nuclear Materials in Transit (Parts 70, 73)................................................
96 Reinvestigation of Individuals Granted Unescorted Access to Nuclear Power Plants (Part 73)................................
97 Night Firing Qualifications for Security Guards at Nuclear Power Plants (Part 73)........................................
99 Day Firing Qualifications and Physical Fitness Programs for Security Personnel at Category I Fuel Cycle Facilities (Part 73).....................................................
100 Seismic and Geological Siting Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants (Part 100).............................................
102 Import and Export of Nuclear Equipment and Material (Part 110).................................................... 103 vii
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SECTION II - PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING (A) Petitions incorporated into final rules or petitions denied since June 28, 1991 PAGE 105 Sierra Club, North Carolina Chapter (PRM-61-1).................
(B) Petitions incorporated into proposed rules None (C) Petitions pending staff review The Rockefeller University (PRM-20-17)..........................
107 The Rockefeller University (PRM-20-18)..........................
108 109 GE Stockholders' Alliance (PRM-20-19)...........................
Carol S.
- Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
(PRM-20-20)........................
110-General Electric Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation (PRM-30-59)'................................
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Amersham Corporation (PRM-35-8).................................
112 American College of Nuclear Physicians and the Society of Nuclear Medicine (PRM-35-9)...................................
113 Free Environment, Inc., et al.
(PRM-50-20)......................
115 The Ohio Citizens for Responsible Energy (PRM-50-53)............
117 Public Citizen (PRM-50-54)......................................
119 Yankee Atomic Electric Company (PRM-50-55)......................
120 Department of Energy (PRM-60-3).................................
121 States of Washington and Oregon (PRM-60-4)......................
122 (D) Petitions with deferred action None vill J
Preface The Regulatory Agenda is a quarterly compilation of all rules on which the NRC has recently completed action, or has proposed action, or is considering action, and of all petitions for rulemaking that the NRC has received that are pending disposition.
QIganization of the Menda The agenda consists of two sections that have been updated through September 30, 1991.
Section I,
" Rules," includes (A) rules on which final action has been taken since June 28, 1991, the closing date of the last NRC Regulatory Agenda; (B) rules published previously as proposed rules on which the Commission has not taken final action; (C) rules published as advance notices of proposed rulemaking for which neither a proposed nor final rule has been issued; and (D) unpublished rules on which the NRC expects to take action.
Section II, " Petitions for Rulenaking," includes (A) petitions denied or incorporated into final rules since Juno _28, 1991; (B) petitions incorporated into proposed rules; (C) petitions pending staff review, and (D) petitions with deferred action.
In Section I of the agenda, the rules are ordered from the lowest to the highest part within Title 10, Chapter I, of the Code of Federal Regulations (Title 10).
If more than one rule appears under the same part, the rules are arranged within that part by dato of most recent publication.
If a rule amends multiple parts, the rule is listed under the lowest affected part.
In Section II of the agenda, the petitions are ordered from the lowest to the highest part of Title 10 and are identified with a petition for rulemaking (PRM) number.
If more than one petition appears under the same CFR part, the petitions are arranged by PRM numbers in consecutive order within that part of Title 10.
A Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) has been added to each rulemaking agenda entry.
This identification number will make it easier for the public and agency officials to track the j
publication history of regulatory actions.
I The dates listed under the heading " Timetable" for scheduled i
action by the Commission or the Executive Director for Operations (EDO) on particular rules or petitions are considered tentative and are not binding on the Commission or its staff.
They are included for planning purposes only.
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4 Regulatory Agenda is published to provide the public early notice and opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process.
However, the NRC may consider or act on any rulemaking proceeding even if it is not included in this Regulatory Agenda.
Rulemakinas Anproved_hy the Executive Director for Operations (EDO)
The Executive Director for Operations initiated a procedure for the review of the regulations being prepared by staff offices that report to hiu to ensure that staff resources were being allocated to achieve most effectively NRC's regulatory priorities.
This procedure requires EDO approval before staff resources may be expended on the development of any new rulemaking.
Furthermore, all existing rules must receive EDO approval prior to the commitment of additional resources.
Those unpublished rules whose further development has been terminated will be noted in this edition of the agenda and deleted from subsequent editions.
Rules whose termination was directed subsequent to publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking will be removed from the agenda after publication of a notice of withdrawal. -Rules and Petitions for Rulemaking that appear on the agenda for the first time are identified by an asterisk (*).
Public ParticipatiQn in Rulemakina Comments on any rule in the agenda may be sent to the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Docketing and Service. Branch.
Comments may also be hand delivered to One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30 a.m.
and 4:15 p.m.,
Federal workdays.
Comments received on rules for which the comment period has closed will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance.of consideration cannot be given except as to comments received on or before the-closure dates specified in the agenda.
The agenda and any comments received on any rule-listed.in the agenda are available for public inspection, and copying for a fee, at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC,- between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
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bdditional Rulernakina Information For further information concerning NRC rulemaking procedures or the status of any rule listed in this agenda, contact Batty-Golden, Regulations Specialist, Regulatory Publications Urnnch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publicatious Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Telephone (301) 492-4268 (persens outkide the Washington, DC metropolitan area may call toll-free:
800-368-5642).
For further information on the subst:ntive content of any rule listed in the agenda, contact the individual listed under the heading " Agency Contact" for that rule.
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Revisions to Procedures to Issue Orders RIN:
3150-AD53 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 2 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's procedures for issuing orders to include persons not licensed by the Commission but who are otherwise subject to the Commis-sion's jurisdiction.
The final rule more accurately reflects the Commission's existing statutory authority i
to issue orders.
The final rule also identifies the types of Commission orders to which hearing rights attach.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 08/15/91 56 FR 40664 Final Action Effective 09/16/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Mary E. Wagner Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of the General Counsel Washington, DC 20555 301 492-1683 1
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TITLE:Quality Management Program and Misadministrations RIN:
3150-AC65 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 35 j
ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's regulations concerning the administration of byproduct material for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
The final rule requires Part 35-licenseca to establish and implement a written basic quality assurance program to prevent, detect, and correct the cause of errors in the administration of byproduct material.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 07/25/91 56 FR 34104 Final Action Effective 01/27/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:-
Anthony Tse Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3797 2
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Operator's Licensen RIN:
3150-AD55 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 55 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to require that compliance with the conditions and cutoff levels of fitness-for-duty programs (10 CFR Part 26) be a condition of an operator license or a senior-operator license.
This amendment gives operators full notice of the gravity of any violation of the cutoff levels for substances described in Part 26 and reflects enforce-ment sanctions for operators who violate these cutoff levels.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 07/15/91 56 FR 32066 Final Action Effective 08/14/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
David J.
Lange Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3172 1
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' TITLE:Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act RIN:
3150-AD71 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 13 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to impicment the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986.
Tne Act authorizes certain Federal agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to impose, through administrative adjudication, civil penalties and assessments against any person who makes, submits, or presents a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or written statement to the agency.
These regulations establish the procedure the Commission will follow in i
implementing the provisjons of the Act and specifies the hearing and appeal rights of persons subject to penalties and assessments under the Act.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 09/18/91 56 FR 47132 Final Action Effective 10/18/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
John Cho Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Coonsel Washington, DC 20555.
301 492-7535 4
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Standards for Protection Against Radiation:
Honitoring Reports Statement RIN:
3150-AD96 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 20 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's regulations concerning the submittal of radiation exposure monitoring reports.
The final rule citanges the address to which the licensee submits reports on an individual's exposure to radiation and radioactive material to the NRC.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 07/15/91 56 FR 32071 Final Action Effective 07/15/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5041 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Michael T.
Lesar Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Adninistration Washington, DC 20555 301 492-7758 5
TITLE:Change in Commercial Telephone Number for Region V RIN:
3150-AE01 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 21; 10 CFR 73 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to indicate a change in the commercial telephone number for the NRC's Region V office located in Walnut: Creek, California.
TIMFTABLE:
Final Action Published 08/21/91 56 FR 41448 Final Action Effective 09/02/91-LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42.USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
David L. Meyer Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Administration Washington, DC 20555 301 492-7086 l
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Notifications of Incidents RIN:
3150-AC91 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 34; 10 CFR 39; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 70 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends 10 CFR 20.403(a) and (b) to revise the licensees' reporting requirements for material licensees and research and test reactors.
In addition, new sections have been developed and added to Parts 30, 40, and 70.
The final rule also made minor conforming amendments to Parts 31, 34, and 39.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 08/16/91 56 FR 40757 Final Action Effective 10/15/91 e
LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Joseph J. Mate Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3795 7
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TITLE:Critoria and procedures for the Reporting of Defects and Conditions of Construction Permits RIN:
3150-AA68 CFR CITATION:
10 C*R 21; 10 CPR 50 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends Part 21 and 550.55(e), both of which require the reporting cf safety defects-by oper-ating license (OL) holders and construction permit (CP) holders.
In addition, Part 21 requires reporting of safety defects by non-licensee vendors.
The final 1 rule (1) reduces duplicate evaluation-and reporting of safety defects; (2) establishes a consistent threshold for safety defect reporting in Part 21 and:
550.55(e); (3) establishes a consistent, uniform content of reporting under Part 21 and S50.55(o); and (4) establishes consistent time-framos for reporting of defects in Part 21 End 550.55(e).
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 07/31/91 56 FR 36081 Final Action Effective 10/29/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2282; 42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5846 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
William R. Jones Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data Washington, DC 20555 301 492-4442 l
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TITLE:
Fitness-for-Duty Programs:
Nuclear Power Plant Personnel RIN:
3150-AD61 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 26 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to clarify the Commission's intent concerning the unacceptability of taking action againsc an individual based solely on preliminary drug test results.
The final rule informs licenseo management that preliminary test results cannot be used as a basis for management action absent corroborative evidence of impairment or safety hazard.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 08/26/91 56 FR 41922 Final Action Effective 09/25/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5842; 42 USC 5846 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Loran Bush Nuclear-Regulatory-Commission
-Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, DC 20555 301 492-0944-9
TITLE:Decommissioning Regulations:
Recordkeeping and Termination for Decommissioning, Documentation Additions RIN:
"150-AD67 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 72 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule, in conjunction with the decom-missioning rule published on June 27, 1988 (53 FR 24018), would have modified the Commission's decommissioning regulations to make them more specific and more easily implemented.
This rule was incorporated int 7 RIN 3150-AD98 (Decommissioning Recordkeeping and License Termination:
Documentation Additions).
TIMETABLE:
Terminatef 09/30/91 LEGAL AUTHORITi.
42 USC 22Dh; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
Yes AGENCY CONTACT:
Carl Feldman Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3883 4
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Timeliness in Conduct of Decommissioning of Material Facilities j
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3150-AD66 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 72 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rulo would have amended the Commission's regulations'to require decontamination and decommissioning of Taterial facilities within a fixed period of time after cessation of operations.
This-rule was incorporated into RIN 3150-AD85 (Timeliness in Decommissioning of Materials-Facilities).
TIMETABLE:
Terminated 09/30/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESc AND OTHER ENTITIES: 'No AGENCY CONTACT:
Paul Kovach Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3729 11
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Willful Misconduct by Unlicensed Persons 4
RIN:
3150-AD38 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 60; 10 CFR 61;'
10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 72; 10 CFR 310; 10 CFR 150 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's-regulations to put unlicensed persons on notice that they may be held accountable for willfully causing violations of the Commission's requirements or for other willful misconduct that arises out of activities within the Commission's jurisdiction and places in question the NRC's reasonabl9 assurance that licensed activities will be conducted in a manner that provides adequate protection to the public health and safety.
This rule was publishod as a combined rule with RIN 3150-AD53,
" Revisions to Procedures to Issue Orders."
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 08/15/91 56 FR 40664 Final Action 2ffectiva 09/16/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS A11D OTHER ENTITIES:
No i(GENCY CONTACT:
Geoffrey Cant Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Enforcement Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3283 12 l
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Monitoring the Effectiveness or Waintenance at Nuclear l
Power Pl.nts RIN:
3150-AD00 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 l
ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's regulations to require commercial nuclear power plant licenaces to monitor the effectiveness of maintenance activities for safety significant plant equipment in order to minimize the likelihood of failures and events caused by the lack of effective maintenence.
The final rule requires that licensees monitor.the performance or condition of certain structures, systems, and components, TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 07/10/91 56 FR 31306 Final Action Effective 07/10/96 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5842 EFFECTS Cd SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES: No AGENCY CONTACT:
Robert Riggs Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3732 J
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Emergency Response Data System RIN:
3150-AD32 CFR CITATICli:
10 CFR 50 ABSTRACT:
The final rule amends the Commission's regulations by requiring the implementation of the NR2-approved Emer-i gency Response Data System (ERDS) at all licensed nuclear power plants.
The Emergency Response Data System is a licensee-activated computer data link between the electronic data systems at licensed nuclear power facilities and a contral computer in the NRC Operations Center.
The final rule requires that the licensees provide the requiree hardware and software to transmit the data in a format specified by the NRC.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published 08/13/91 56 FR 40178 Final Action Effective 09/12/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2131; 42 USC 2133; 42 USC 2134; 42 USC 2135; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2233; 42 USC 2236; 42 USC 2239; 42 USC 2282; 42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5843; 42 USC 5846
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No AGENCY CONTACT:
Markley Au Nuclear Regulatory Commiccion Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3749 2
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Environmental Review for Renewal of Operating Licenses RIN:
3150-AD94 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 51 l
ASSTRACT:
The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) would have amended the commission's regulations to add provisions concerning the scope of environmental effects which would be addressed by the Commission in conjunction with applications for license renewal for nuclear power plants.
This rulemaking item has been incorporated into RIN 3150-AD63 (License Renewal for Nuclear Power Plants; Scope of Environmental Effects).
TIMETABLE:
Terminated 09/30/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5842 EFFCCTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Donald P. Cleary Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3936 15
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3150-AD87 CPR CITATION:
i 10 CPR 52; 10 CPR 71; 10 CFR 170; 10 CFR 171 AUSTRACTI Tho Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 requires the NRC to collect approximately 100 percent of its i
budget authority through foes for the next five fiscal yonra (FY 199'-1995).
Tho law specifies that cnnual fees shall be established by rule to recover the portion of the NRC budgot that is not recovered from appropriations rocoived from the Nuclear Waste Fund and monies recovered through foes assessed under Part 170 for licensing and inspection activities.
This rulomaking effort is required to comply-with Pub. L.
101-500.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Publiehod 17/10/91 56 FR 31472 Final Action Effactivo 08/09/91 F
LEGAL AUTil0P'.TY:
42 USC 220** 42 1.,SC 5841; Pub. L. 101-508 EFFECTS OM SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
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C. James lloiloway, Jt, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Offico of the Controller Washington, DC 20555 301 492-4301 l
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10 CFR 110 ABSTRACT The final rule amends the Commission's regulations on the import of source material or special nucicar material from South Africa to permit uranium manufactured or produced in South Africa to be imported in the United States.
This rule conforms the Commission's regulations to Exocutive Order 12769 which terminatos the prohibition on nuclear trade with South Africa in sections 309 and.311 of the Comprohansive Anti-Aparthold Act of 1986.
2 TIMETABLE:
Final Action Publishod 08/13/91 56 FR 38335 Final Action Effective 08/13/91 LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 1
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Procedures Involving the Equal Access to Justica Act:
Implomontation RIN 3150-AA01 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 1; 10 CFR 2 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule world in, didy.or the payment of foes 1emort the Equal Access to Justico Act (EAJA) b) provi and expensos to cortain olivil',o individuals and businesses that provail Lt;joncy adjudications when the agency's position is do'cormined not to have boon substantially justified.
~this proposed regulation is modeled after rules issued by the Administrative Conferenco of the United States (ACUS) and has boon modified to-conform to NRC's ontablished rules of prac-tice.
The proposed rule would further the EAJA's intent to develop government-wide, " uniform" agency regulations and would describo NRC proceduros and requirements for the filing and disposition of EAJA applications.
A draft final rule was sont to the Commission in June 1982, but Commission action was suspended pending a decision by the Comptroller General on the availability of funds to pay awards to intervonor parties.
This issue was also the subject of litigation in Business and Professional People or Epblic Intersst v. NRC, 793 F.2d 1366 (D.C. Cir. 1986).
Additionally, in August 1985, the President signed into law, Pub. L. No. 99-80, an enactment renewing and revising the EAJA after its expiration under a statutory sunset requirement.
The rule is being roevaluated to determine the agency adjudications that fall within the EAJA's coverage.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published 10/28/81 46 FR 53189 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 11/28/81 Next Action Undotormined I
LEGAL AUTHORITY:
5 USC 504 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No 19
TITLE Proceduren Involving the Equal Accoon to Justico Act:
Implomontation AGLliCY ColMACT:
John Cho Ituoloar Regulatory Comminolon offico of the General Counsel Washington, DC '0555 301 492-1505 1
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i 3150+AD60 CFR CITATIOlit 10 CFR 2 ABSTRACT The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regu-lations governing orders to provide for the expeditious consideration of challenges to orders that are made i
immediately offectivo.
The proposed amsndments specif-ically allow challengos to the-immediate effectiveness of an order to be mado at the outset of a proceeding and provido proceduros for the expedited consideration atid-disposition of those challongos.
The proposed-amendments would also rcquire that challongos to the merits of an immediately offectivo order bo heard expeditiously, except where good causo cxists for dolay.
TIMETABLE Proposed Action Published 07/05/90 55 FR 27645 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 09/04/90 Final Action Published 12/00/91 1
LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS Oli SMALL BUSI!1ESS AllD OTHER EliTITIES:
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AGEllCY CO!1 TACT i
John Cho Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Office of the Conoral Counsel Washington, DC 20555 301 492-1585 21 f
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Material control and Accounting Requirements for Uranium Enrichment Facilities Producing Special Nuclear Material of Low Strategic Significance i
RIN:
3150-AD56 1
CPR CITATION:
10 CPR 2; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 74 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to establish matorial control and accounting requirements for special nuclear material of low strategic significance at uranium enrichment plants, including requirements to dotect and prevent enrichment abovo a specified maximum.
On January 31, 1991, Louisiana Energy Systems applied for a license to construct and operato a gas contrifuge plant that-would produce low-onriched uranium for the commercial market.
Such a plant would bo licensed chiefly under Parts 40 and 70.
Although the plant would be authorized to produco only low-enriched uranium, the interests of the common defense and security of the United States domand that the NRC regulate the plant so as to assure with highest confidence that no contrifuge machino is used to produce uranium in an onrichment higher than that authorized.
This is a now and unique problem never before faced by the NRC.
Accordingly, no existing NRC regulation is explicitly designed to deal with the problem.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 07/30/90 Proposed Action to Commission (SECY-90-277) 08/09/90 Proposed Action Published 12/17/90 55 FR 51726 Proposed Action Comment Porlod Ends 03/04/91 Final Action to EDO 07/31/91 Final Action to Commission (SECY-91-230) 08/07/91 Final Action Published 11/00/91 i
LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
No 22
TITLE Material control and Accounting Requiremonto for Uranium Enrichment l'acilition Producing Special Nuclear Material of Low Strategic Significance AGENCY CONTACT Gordon Gunderson Huclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 4
301 492-3803 5
TITLE Uranium Enrichment Regulations RIN:
3150-AD90 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 51; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 75; 10 CFR 1101 10 CFR 140; 10 CFR 150; 10 CFR 170 AllSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations governing the licensing of uranium onrichment facilities to conform to the Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal PoWor Production Incontivos Act of 1990, which amended the Atomic Energy Act (the Act).
The principal amendment changed the_ definition of a production facility to exclude uranium enrichment.
Licensing of uranium enrichment plants will be performed pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 40 and 70, rather than 10 CFR Part 50.
A now Section 193 of the Act revised the requirements for licensing of enrichment facilities with respect to environmental review, adjudicatory hearings, inspection and operation, insurance and decommlauloning, and indemnification.
The proposed rule presents a number of administrative and conforming changes to 10 CPR Chapter I necessary to implement the requirements of the Act.
TIMETABLE Proposed Action to EDO 07/12/91 Proposed Action to Commission (SECY-91-219) 08/13/91 Proposed Action Published 09/16/91 56 FR 46739 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 12/02/91 Final Action Published 05/07/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
Sections 53, 63, 161b, 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT Charlos W. Nilson Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3834 24
TITLE:
Nuclear Power Plant License Ronoval RIN:
3150-AD04 CPR CITATION:
10 CFR 2; 10 CPR 50; 10 CFR 54; 10 CFR 140 ABSTRACT:
This rulemaking is scheduled for completion prior t-the anticipated submittal of licenso renewal applications for Yankee Rowo and Monticello.
The rule will provido the basis for development and review of those two " load plant" applications and the concurrent development of implomonting regulatory guidance.
Timely completion of the rulo in critical for establishing standards for continued safe operation of power reactors during the licenso renewal term and providing the regulatory stability desired by utilities in datormining whether to prepara for licenso renewal or pursue alternativo sourcos of gonorating capacity.
Licenso renewal rulomaking to provido regulatory requirements for extending nuclear power plant licenson beyond 40 years was initiated in response to the Cummission's 1986 and 1987 policy and planning guidance.
Current regulatory provisions permit licenso renewal but do not provido requirements for the form and content of a license renewal application nor tho standards of acceptability against which the application will be reviewed.
TIMETABLE:
ANPRM Published 08/29/88 53 FR 32919 ANPRM Comment Foriod Ends 10/28/88 Proposed Action Published 07/17/90 55 FR 29043 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 10/15/90' Final Action to ACRS 03/08/91 Final Action to CRGR 03/22/91 Final Action to EDO 05/15/91 Final Action to Commission (SECY-91-138) 05/15/91 Final Action Approved with Changes 06/28/91 Revised Final Action to Commission 10/18/91 Final Action Published 12/00/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SHALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
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George Sego Nuclear Regulatory Commisalon office of Nuclear Regulatory Research i
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- DOE-L or DOE-Q Reinvestigation Program for NRC-R Access Authorization Ronewal Requirements RIN 3150-AE03 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 11 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the commission's regulations to allow an exception to NRC-R access authorization renewal requirements.
The proposed rule would allow acceptanco of the DOE-L or DOE-Q Reinvestigation Program for NRC-R access authorization renewal requironents and clarify for the licensoo the documentation required by the NRC when an exception is used.
The proposed rule is intended to reduce administrativo and investigative costs to the licensco and administrative costs to the Federal government.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Approved by EDO 09/18/91 Proposed Action Published 09/30/91 56 FR 49435 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 10/30/91 Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Rocio Castanoira Nuclear Regulatory Commission Offico of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Washington, DC 20555 301 492-0392 27 4
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3150-AD44 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 15; 10 CFR 16 ABSTRACT The proposed rule would anend the Commission's regulations to establish collection procedures enabling the NRC to recover certain debts (by deductions from pay) which are owed by Federal employees to the NRC and other Federal agencies.
The proposed rule is necessary to conform NRC regulations to the Debt Collection Act of 1982 which requires each agency to establish a salary offset program for the collection of those debts.
The proposed action is intended to allow the NRC to improve its collection of debts due to the United States.
Because the proposed regulation is necessary to implement the Debt collection Act of 1982, there is no suitable alternative to rulemaking for this action.
The proposed rule has no impact on the public.
TIMETABLE Proposed Action-Published 09/26/90 55 FR 39285 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 10/26/90 Final Action to EDO Week of 09/29/91 Final Action Published 10/16/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
5 USC 5514; 31 USC 3711; 31 USC 3716; 31 USC 37',7; 31 USC 3718; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT Diane B. Dandois Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Controller j
Washington, DC 20555 301 492-7550 28
TITLE Licensos and Radiation safoty Requirements for Large Irradiators RIN:
3150-AC98 CPR CITATION:
10 CFR 19; 10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 21; 10 CFR 301 10 CFR 36; 10 CFR 40; 10 CPR 51; 10 CFR 70; 10 CPR 170 ABSTRACT The proposed rule would develop regulations to specify radiation safety requirements and licenso requirements for the uso of licensed radioactive materials in large irradiators.
Irradiators uso gamma radiation to irradiato products to change their characteristics in somo way.
The requirements would apply to largo panoramic irradiators (those in which the radioactivo sources and the material being irradiated are in a room that is accessible to personnel while the source is shielded) and cortain largo, self-contained irradiators in which the sourco always romains under water.
The i
rule would not cover small, self-contained irradiators, instrument calibrators, medical usos of sealed sources (such as tolotherapy), or non-destructive testing (such as industrial radiography).
The alternativo to a regulation is continuing to license irradiators on a case-by-case basis using licenso conditions.
The formalization would make the NRC's requirements bottor understood and possibly speed the licensing of irradiators.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to ACRS 01/18/89 Offico Concurrence on Proposed Action Completed 03/06/89 Proposed Action to EDO 07/19/89 Proposed Action to Commission (SECY-89-249) 08/15/89 Revised Proposed Action to Commission (SECY-90-211) 06/14/90 Proposed Action Published 12/04/90 55 FR 50008 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 03/04/91 Proposed Action Comment Period Extended to 04/15/91 Final Action to EDO 01/31/92 Final Action to Commission 02/17 92
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1 TITLELicenses and Radiation Safety Requirements for Large Irradiators LEGAL AUTilORITY 42 USC 2073; 42 USC 2093; 42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2233; 42 USC 2273; 42 USC 5842 EFFECTS ON SMALL DUSINESS AllD OTHER ENTITIESt Yes AGENCY CONTACT Stephen A. McGuire Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3757 T
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TITLE Disposal of Wasto Oil by Incineration from Huclear Power Plants RIN:
3150-AC14 CFR CITATION:
10 CPR 20 I
ABSTRACT!
The proposed rule, which was initiated in partial response to a petition filed by Edison Electric Instituto and Utility Nuclear Wasto Management Group (PRM 20-15, dated July 31, 1984), would amend NRC regulations to allow onsite incineration of wasto oli at nuclear power plants subject to specified conditions.
Currently, the only approved disposal method for low-level, radioactivo1y contaminated vasto oil from nuclear power plants involvos absorption or solidification, transportation to, and burial at a licensed disposal sito.
Thore is a clear nood to allow, for very low activity lovel wastos, the use of alternativo disposal methods which are moro cost effective from a radiological health and safety standpoint and which conserve the limited disposal
'pacity of low-level waste burial sitos.
d increased savings to both the public and the industry could tharoby be achieved without imposing additional risk to the public health and safoty.
Alternativos to this rulemaking action are to maintain the status quo or to wait until the Environmental Protection Agoney develops standards on acceptable lovcis of radioactivity which may be reloaned to the environment on an unrestricted basis.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 06/21/88 Proposed Action Published 08/29/88 53 FR 32914 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 10/28/88 Final Action to Offices for Concurrence 12/15/89 Final Action to EDO 10/05/90 Revised Final Action to EDO 03/21/91 Final Action to Commission Undetermined Final Action Published Undotermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2167; 42 USC 2073 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No 31
TITLEDisposal of Wasto 011 by Incineration from Nuclear Power Plants AGENCY CONTACT 4 Catherito n. Mattsen Nucionr acquiatory commission office of Nuc1 car Regulatory Research i
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Access Authorization noinvestigation Program for Licensoo Personnel RIN:
3150-AD86 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 25 4
ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would establish a reinvestigation program for 11conoco personnel with HRC "Q" and "L"
access authorizations.
The amendment is necessary to ensure uniformity in the investigativo requirements for "Q" and "L" access authorizations.
Currently, NRC requires a reinvestigation ovary five years for its employoon, consultants, exports, and panol members with "Q" and "L" access authorization, but no routino reinvestigation for liconaco personnel with the samo level of access authorizations.
A recommendation was mado in the 1988 GAO Roport, "NRC's Security Clearanco Program can Do Strengthonod," and ampliriod in 1989 hearings before Congransman Synar, that NRC have a reinvestigation program for itu "L" cleared employoos, consultants, experts, and panel members.
The rationale behind that recommandation applies equally to cleared licensoo personnel.
There is no alternativo to rulomaking that would accomplish the requiremont of a reinvestigation program for licensoo personnel with "Q"
or "L" access authorization.
The proposed rule would require that licensoo personnel whose access authorizations were granted five or more years ago bo subject to a reinvestigation similar in scopo to that required for NRC employcos.
This will have no known impact on tho public because only licensoo personnel who require access to classified National Security Information or Restricted Data for a period of five years or more will be affected.
The proposed rulo would affect approximately 31 licenseon or liconno applicantu who have personnel with such access authorisations.
The impact on these licensees will bo limited because (1) not all employees requiring accoas to classified information require the access for a continuous period excooding five years, and (2) many of the peoplo ubi would be affected by this rule are covered by a JOE reinvestigation program for its contractors and those reinvestigations would be acceptable as mooting NRC's requirements.
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'd vision Roview 01/15/91 Final Action 21,5 Of fico Concur;;4irlo on Final Action Completed 02/28/92 Final Action to 010 03/21/92 Final Actiots Jubilahnd 04/15/92 i
LEGAL AUrl!ORITY:
42 USC 21658: 4l2 tf00 2201; 42 USC 2273; 42 USC 5841; E.O.
10865; I!.O. 32356 EFFECTS ON SMALA ilUSEMESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACTr, Duano G. 1!idd Nuclear Rugulatory Commission Offico of Administration Washington, DC 20555 301 492-4127 r
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3150-AA86 CPR CITATION:
10 CPR 50, Appendix J ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would update and reviso the 1973 critoria for prooporational and periodic pressure testing for leakage of primary containment boundarios of water-cooled power reactors.
Problems have developed in application and interpretation of the existing rule.
Those result from changes in testing technology, test critoria, and a relevant national standard that noods to be recognized.
The proposed revisions would make the rulo current and improvo its unofulness.
The revision is urgently nooded to resolvo continuing conflicts betwoon licensoos and NRC inspectors over interpretations, currout regulatory practico which is no longer being reflected accurately by the existing rule, and endorsemont in the existing regulation of an obsoleto national standard that was replaced in 1981.
The benefits anticipated include elimination of inconsistencies and obsolete requirements, and the addition of greator usefulness and a higher confidence in the leak-tight integrity of containment system boundarios under post-loss of coolant accident conditions.
The majority of the effort nooded by NRC to issue the rule has already boon exponded.
A detailed analysis of costs, benefits, and occupational exposures is available in the Public Document Room, and indicates possible savings to i
industry of $14 million to $300 million and an increase in occupational exposure of less than 1 percent per year per plant due to increased testing.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published 10/29/86 51 FR 39538 Proposed Action Comment Period Extended 04/24/87 52 FR 2416 CRGR Briefings 10/24/90, 01/23/91, 02/12/91 ACRS Review 05/09/91 Final-Action to EDO 10/15/91 Final Action to Commission 11/15/91 Final Action Published 12/16/91 35
TITLE:Primary Reactor Containment Leakago Testing for Wator-I Cooled Power Reactors LEGAL AUT110RITY:
42 USC 2133; 42 USC 2134; 42 USC 5041 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES: No AGENCY CONTACT Gunter Arndt Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-1814 1
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Codes and Standards for Nuclear power Plants (ASME Code, 1986/1987/1988 Addenda, 1989 Edition)
RIN:
3150-AD05 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would incorporate by reference the 1986 Addenda, the 1987 Addenda, the 1988 Addenda, and the 1989 Edition of Section III, Division 1, and Section XI, Division 1, with a specified modification, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Doller and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME Code).
Also, the proposed amendment would impose augmented examination of reactor vessel shell welds and would separate the requirements for inservice testing from those for inservice inspection by placing the requirements for inservice testing in a separate paragraph.
The ASME Code provides rules for tha construction of light-water-reactor nuclear power plant components in Section l
III, Division 1, and provides rules for the inservice inspection and inservice tecting of those components in Section XI, Division 1.
The proposed rule would update the existing reference to the ASME Code and wculd thereby permit the use of improved methods for the construction, inservice inspection, and inservice testing of nuclear power plant components.
Incorporating by reference the latest addenda of the ASME Code would save appli-cants / licensees and the NRC staff both time and effort by providing uniform detailed critoria against which the staff could review any single submission.
In addition, the proposed rule would require licensees to augment their reactor vessel examination by imple-menting the expanded reactor vessel shell weld exami-nations specified in the 1989 Edition of Section XI and would clarify the existing requirements in the regulation for inservice inspection and inservice testing.
This action will be handled as a routine updating of 10 CFR 50.55a of the NRC regulations. -There is no reasonable alternative to rulemaking action.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Submitted for Division Review 09/27/88 Proposed Action to CRGR 10/09/90 37
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TIMETABLE:
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Proposed Action to EDO 01/14/91 Proposed A'Leion Published 01/31/91 56 FR 3796 Proposed A'lcion Comment Period Ends 04/16/91 Final Action Submitted for Division RevioW 09/24/01 Final Action to CRGR 11/13/91 Final Action to EDO 11/29/91 Final Action Published 12/30/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201, 42 USC 5841-EFFECTS ON SMALL DUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIESt-Ho AGENCY CONTACT Gilbert C. Millman Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3848 1
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Decommissioning Funding for Prematurely Shutdown Power Roactors RIN:
3150-AD89 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 ADSTRACT The proposed rule would amond the commission's regulations on the timing of the collection of funds for decommissioning for those nuclear power reactors that have shut down before the expected end of their oporating lives.
The proposed rule would require that the NRC evaluato decommissioning funding plans for power reactors that shut down promaturely on a cano-by-case basis.
TIMETABLE Proposed Action Publishod 08/21/91 56 FR 43.493 Proposed Action comment Period Ends 11/04/91 Completo Analysis of Comments 01/06/92 Recommendation to commission 02/07/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL DUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
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AGENCY CONTACT:
Robert Wood Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Roactor Regulation Washington, DC 20555 301 492-1255 39
TITLEtLicense Renewal for Nuclear Power Plants; Scope of i
Environmental Effects i
RIN 3150-AD63 CFR CITATION:
1 10 CFR 51 ABSTRACT The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to establish now requiromonts for environmental review of applications for renewal of nuclear powor_ plant operatinq licenses.
The proposed _
rule would define the number and scor of environmental issues which would nood to be addressed as part of a licenso renewal application.
TIMETADLE ANPRM to EDO-5/30/90 ANPRM to Commission' (SECY-90-208) 06/08/90 ANPRM Published 07/23/90 55 FR 29964 ANPRM Comment Porlod Ends 10/22/90 Proposed Action to CRGR 05/14/91 Proposed Action to EDO 06/19/91 Proposed Action to commission 06/28/91 Proposed Action Published 09/17/91 56 FR 47016 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 12/16/91 Final Action Published 06/00/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5842 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS ANO OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT I
Donald P. Cleary Nuclear Regulatory Commission Offico of Nuclear Regulatory.Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3936 I
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TITLE!Minor Amendments to the Physical Protection Requirements HIN:
3150-AD03 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 72; 10 CFR 73; 10 CFR 75 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations dealing with physical protection requirements that are out of date, susceptiblo to differing interpretationr., or in need of clarification.
These problems were identified by a systematic review of the agoney's safeguards regulations and guidanco-documents conducted by the Safeguards Interoffico Review Group (SIRG).
In addition, the staff had identified other areas in the regulations where minor changos are warranted.
In responso to thoso efforts, specific amendments to the regulations are being proposed.
The proposed changes would:
(1)-add dof'nitions for common terms not currently defined; (2) delete action datos that no longer apply; (3) correct outdated torms and cross referencos;.(4) clarity wording that is susceptible to differirg interpretations;.(5) correct typographical orrors; and (6) make other minor changos.
The alternative to rulemaking would be to allow the status quo to continue.
Thoso-minor amendments affect the public, i ndustry and the NRC only in so far_as they make the regulations easier to understand, impluinont, and enforce.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 06/27/89 Proposed Action Published 08/15/89 54 FR 33570 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 09/29/89 Fina; Action for Office Roview 05/13/91 Final Action to EDO 11/29/91 Final Action Published 01/24/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 U3d 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL LUSINEAD AND OTilER ENTITIES:
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his)or Amendments to the Physical Protection Requirements AGENCY CONTACT:
Stanley P. Turel Huc1 car Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Wa'. ington, DC 20555 301 492-3739 d
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TITLE:
Transportation Rogulations:
Compatibility With tac International Atomic Energy Agency IIAEA)
RIN:
3150-AC41 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 71 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would, in conjunction with a _
corresponding rule change by the U.S. Department of Transportation, make the Urdtea States Federal regulations for the safe' transportation of radioactive material consistent with those of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)._ The IAEA regulations can be-found in IAEA Safety Series No.
6,
" Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material," iw'5 Edition.
Consistency in transportation rsgulat ions throughout the world facilitates the fret novament of radioactive materials between countries f:r redical, research, industrial,-and nuclear fuel ejo e purposes.
Consistency of transportation regulations tnroughout the world also contributes to safety by concontra41ng the efforts of the world's exparts on a' single se; of safety standards and guidance (those of the IAEA) from which individual _ countries can develop their domestic regulations.
In addition, the accident experience of every country that bases its domestic regulations on those of the IAEA can be applied by every other country with consistent regulations to improve its safety program.
The action will_be handled'as-a routine updating of NRC transportation regulations.
There is no reasonable alternative to rulemaking action.
These
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changes-should result in a minimal increase in costs-to affected licensees.
Proposed changes to 10 CFR.Part 71, based on current IAEA regulations,-have been. issued for public comment.
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TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published 06/08/88 53 FR 21550 Proposed Action Comment-Period Extended-to 03/06/89 53 FR 51281-
-Proposed Action Comment Period Extended to 60' days-t after-publication of DOT' proposed _ rule 04/04/89 54 FR 13528 DOT Proposed Rule Published 11/14/89 54 FR 47454 Proposed Action-Comment Period Ends 02/09/90 Final Action to EDO Undetermined Final Action to Commission Undetermined-Final Action Published 1Undeternined 43
TITLE:
Transportation Regulations:
Compatibility With the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2073; 42 USC 2093; 42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2233; 42 USC M J; 42 USC 5842 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Donald R. Hopkins Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3784 44
TITLE:
Criteria for an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence RIN:
3150-AB01 CPR CITATION:
10 CFR 140 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would revise the criteria for an ex-traordinary nuclear occurrence (ENO) to eliminate the problems that were encountered in the Three Mile Island ENO determination.
It is desirable to get revised criteria in place in the event they are needed.
There are no alternatives to this rulemaking, as the current ENO criteria are already embodied in Subpart E of 10 CFR Part 140.
The only way to modify these criteria, as this rule seeks to do, is through rulemaking.
There is no safety impact on public health or safety.
The ENO criteria provide legal waivers of defenses.
Industry (insurers and utilities) claims that a reduction in the ENO criteria could cause increases in insurance premiums.
The final rule will also be responsive to PRM-140-1.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published 04/09/85 50 FR 13978 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 09/06/85 Final Action For Division Review 02/17/87 Office Concurrence on Final Action Completed 11/25/87 Final Action to EDO Undetermined Final Action to Commission Undetermined Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2210; 42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5842 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Alan K. Roecklein Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 ~
301 492-3740' 45
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TITLE:
j Reasserting NRC's Sole Authority for Approving onsite Low-Level Waste Disposal in Agreement States RIN:
3150-AC57 CPR CITATION:
10 CFR 150 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would establish-NRC as the io,'.e-authority for approving onsite disposal of very low-level waste-at all NRC-licensed reactors and at Part 70 facilities.
There is a-need to amend S 150.15 to authorize one agency (the NRC) to regulate all onsite disposal of very low-level waste in order to provide a comprehensive regulatory review, to ensure that sufficient records of disposals are recained,Eto avoid unnecessary duplication of effort, and to provide greater assurance that the site can be released for unrestricted use upon decommissioning.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed-Action-to EDO 06/10/88 Proposed Action Published 08/22/88 53 FR:31880 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 10/21/88 Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2021; 42 USC-5841:
EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No-AGENCY CONTACT:
Harry S. Tovmassian Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 i
301 492-3634 o
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TITLE:
NRC Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR)
RIN:
3150-AC01 CFR CITATION:
48 CFR Chapter 20, Parts 1-52 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to establish provisions unique to the NRC concerning the acquisition of goods and services.
The NRC Acquisition Regulation is necessary to implement and supplement the government-wide Federal Acquisition Regulation.
This action is necessary to ensure that i
the regulations gove):ning the procurement of goods and j
services within the liRC satisfy the needs of the agency.
The NRC Acq'Jisition Regulation implements the Federal Acquisition Regulation within the agency and includes additional policies, procedures, solicitation provisions, or contract clauses needed to meet specific NRC needs.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published 10/02/99 54 FR 40420 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 12/01/89 Final Action Published 01/00/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
41 USC 401 et seq.; 42 USC 2201 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
. William H. Foster Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Administration Washington, DC 20555 301 492-7348 47
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Radioactive Waste Below Rogulatory Concern; Generic Rulemaking RIN:
3150-AC35 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 20 ABSTRACT:
The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) sought comments on a proposal to amend NRC regulations to address disposal of radioactive wastes that contain sufficiently low quantities of radionuclides that their disposal does not need to be regulated as radioactive.
The NRC has already published a policy statement providing guidance for filing petitions for rulemaking to exempt individual waste streams (August 29, 1986; 51 FR 30839).
It is believed that generic rulemaking.
could provide a more efficient and effective means of dealing with disposal of wastes below regulatory concern.
Generic rulemaking would supplement the policy statement which was a response to Section 10 of the Low-Level-Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (Pub. L.99-240).
The public was asked to comment on 14 questions.
The ANPRM requested public comment on several alternative approaches the NRC could take.
The evaluation of public comment together with the results from a research contract and a Below Regulatory Concern consensus building effort trill help to determine whether and how NRC should proceed on the matter.
TIMETABLE:
ANPRM Action Published 12/02/86 51 FR 43367 ANPRM Comment Period Ends 03/02/87 51 FR 43367 Proposed Action Published Undetermined Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
Pub.
L.99-240 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
Undetermined AGENCY CONTACT:-
James C.
Malaro Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3764 49 j
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TITLE:
Comprehensive Quality Assurance in Medical Use and a Standard of Caro RIN:
3150-AC42 CFR c:TATION:
. CFR 35 ABSTRACT:
The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) would amend the Commission's regulations to require a comprehensive quality assurance program for medical licensees using byproduct materials.
The purpose of this rulemaking action ic to address each source of error that can lead to a misadministration.
An ANPRM was published to request public comment on the extent to which, in addition to the basic quality assurance procedures (being addressed by another rulemaking action, entitled " Basic Quality Assurance Program for Medical Use of Byproduct Material"), a more compre-hensive quality assurance requirement is needed and invites advice and recommendations on about 20 ques-tions that will have to be addrussed in the rulemaking process.
TIMETABLE:
ANPRM Action Published 10/02/87 52 FR 36949 ANPRM Comment Period Ends 12/31/87 52 FR 36949 Options Paper to Offices for Concurrence 05/13/88 Options Paper on QA Rulemaking to EDO 05/26/88 Revised Options Paper on Rulemaking to EDO 05/31/88 Option Paper Completed (SECY-88-156) 06/03/88 Staff Requirements Memorandum Issued 07/12/88 Proposed Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Anthony Tse Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3797 50 1
TITLE:
Medical Use of Byproduct Material:
Training and Experience Criteria RIN:
3150-AC99 C"" OITATION:
10 CFR 35 ABSTRACT:
The advance notic(
4 d r lumaking (ANPRN) dis-cussed amending Cow..
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s Public comments on this ewan received and reviewed; a contractor har 0,
x utudy of training, accreditation, an.a ce.rti' %:ation programs now in place; and in July 1990, the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards provided their analysis and proposed course of action to the Advisory Committeo on Medical Uses-of isotopes (ACMUI) for consideration and response.
Based on the results of the foregoing actions, the EDO approved the withdrawal of this ANPRM on August 5, 1991.
A notice of withdrawal is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register in November 1991.
TIMETABLE:
ANPRM Published 05/25/88~ 53 FR 18845 ANPRM Comment Period Ends. 08/24/88 Notice of Withdrawal Published 11/00/91 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Larry Camper Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Washirqton, DC 20555 i
301 49e-3417 51
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TITLE:Acceptance of Products Purchased for Use in Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Syste:ss, and Components RIN:
3150-AD10 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 ABSTRACT:
The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) would develop regulations requiring enhanced receipt inspection and testing of products purchased for use in nuclear power plant structures, systems, and components.
These regulations are believed to be necessary to provide an acceptable level of assurance that products purchased for use in nuclear power plants will perform as expected to protect the public health and safety.
This ANPRM was published to solicit public comments on the need for additional regulatory requirements and to obtain an improved understanding of alternatives to regulatory requirements.
TIMETABLE:
ANPRM Published 03/06/89 54 FR 9229 ANPRM Comment Period Ends 07/05/89 Analysis of Comments 11/30/89 Recommendation to Commission 01/31/92 Proposed Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
Yes AGENCY CONTACT:
Lief J.
Norrholm Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washingtt DC 20555 301 492 1 52
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i TITLE:
Import and Export of Radioactive Wastes RIN:
3150-AD36 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 110 ABSTRACT:
The advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) would consider amending the Commission's regulations by reexamining the existing NRC regulations for the import and export of radioactive wastes.
This action is necessary to respond to concerns that international transfers of radioactive wastes, in particular low-level radioactive wastes, may not be properly controlled.
Various options for establishing a Commission policy on the import and export of radio-active wastes are being considered.
The Commission published this ANPRM to seek comments from the public, industry, and other government agencies on various regulatory options and issues developed thus far.
Thirty-one comments were received on this ANPRM.
The comments were received from several different sources.
TIMETABLE:
ANPRM Action Published 02/07/90 55 FR 4181 ANPRM Public Comment Period Extended to 04/24/90 03/23/90 55 FR 10786 Proposed Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
Undetermined AGENCY CONTACT:
Morton Fleishman Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3794 53
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Revised Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings RIN:
3150-AB66 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 0; 10 CFR 1; 10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 9; 10-CFR 50 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would shorten and simplify existing Commission procedural rules applicable to domestic licensing proceedings by comprehensively restating, revising, and reorganizing the statement of those rules to reflect current practice.
The changes in this proposed rule would enable the Commission, directly and through its adjudicatory offices, to render decisions in a more timely fashion, eliminate the stylistic complexity of the existing rules, and reduce the burden and expense to the parties participating in agency proceedings.
In 1987, the Commission deferred consideration of this proposal, which would have revised the Commission's procedural rules governing the conduct of all adjudicatory proceedings other than export licensing proceedings under 10 CFR Part 110, pending consideration of other, more limited revisions to the rules of practice.
In 1989, former Chairman Zech requested that this proposed rule be updated.and resubmitted for reconsideration by the Commission.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published 12/00/92 Final Action Published 06/00/93 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 2231; 92 USC 2241; 42 USC 5841; 5-USC 552-EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Lee S.
Dewey Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Washington, DC 20555 301 492-7787 55
TITLE:
Availability of Official Records RIN:
3150-AC07 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 2 ABSTRACT:
The proposed amendment would conform the NRC's regulations pertaining to the availability of official records to existing case law and agency practice.
The amendment would reaffirm that the terms of 10 CFR 2.790(c) provide submitters of information a qualified right to have their information returned upon request.
This amendment informs the public of two additional circumstances where information will not be returned to the applicant, i.e., information which has been made available to an advisory committee or was received at an advisory committee meeting, and information that is subject to a pending Freedom of Information Act request.
Additionally, the proposed amendment would add a notice statement to 10 CFR Part 2 that submitters of documents and information to the NRC should be careful in submitting copyrighted works.
The agency, in receiving submittals and making its normal distributions, routinely photocopit.s submittals, makes microfiche of the submittals, and ensures that these fiche are distributed to the PDR, LPDRs, all appropriate internal offices, and to the National Technical Information Service Center.
This broad distribution and reproduction is made to increase public understanding of the peaceful uses of atomic energy.
Accordingly, copyright owners are on notice that their act of submitting such works to the agency will be considered as the granting to the NRC an implied license to reproduce and distribute according to normal agency practice.
Naturally, this notice does not prevent submitters from applying 10 CFR 2.790(b) (1) procedures to information that contains trade secrets or privi-leged or confidential commercial or financial information (proprietary information) and it is recognized that some information in those categories may be copyrighted.
The key factor is that it is their proprietary information status that exempts them from public disclosure and not their copyright designation.
Lastly, this implied license is not applicable to fair 56
TITLE:
Availability of Official Records ABSTRACT:
(CONT) use of copyrighted works or the incorporation by reference of copyrighted works in agency submittals, e.g.,
the referencing of a copyrighted code or standard in a submittal does not affect the copyright of that standard.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to Commission 10/00/91 Proposed Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Catherine Holzle Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel.
Washington, DC 20555 301 492-1560 57
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TITLE:
Discrimination on the Banis of Sex RIN:
3150-AD50 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 2; 10 CFR 19 ABSTRACT:
The final rule would amend the Commission's regulations dealing with discrimination against persons who, on the grounds of sex, are excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity licensed by the NRC.
The Commission has decided that Section 401 of the Energy Reorganization Act, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies only to the Commission and does not apply to NRC licenseca and/or applicants.
Since this decision invalidates 10 CFR 19.32 and 10 CFR 2.111, action is being taken to amend these sections and to incorporate appropriate language to clarify that these sections do not apply to licensee employees.
TIMETABLE:
Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Markley L. Au Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3749 58
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Revision of Definition of Meeting RIN:
3150-AC78 CFR CITAT20N:
10 CFR 9 ABSTRACT:
The proposed role would return the definition of
" meeting" to its pre-1985 wording.
The proposal is based on a study of comments submitted on an interim final rule published on May 21, 1985 (50 FR 20889) and the 1987 recommendations and report of the American Bar Association (ABA).
Since the pre-1985 wording of_the definition of meeting is fully adequate to permit the types of non-Sunshine Act discussions that the NRC believes would be useful, the proposal calls for the NRC to reinstitute its pre-1985 definition of meeting, with the intention of conducting its non-Sunshine Act discussions in accordance with the guidelines recommended by the ABA.
TIMETABLE:
Next Action Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Peter G.
Crane Nuclear Regulatory Commiccion Office of.the General Counsel Washington, DC 20555 301 492-1634 59
TITLE:
Revision of Specific Exemptions RIN:
3150-AD83 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 9 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's.
regulations pertaining to specific Privacy Act exemptions.
This proposed rule would add exemption (j) (2) of the Privacy Act to the regulations that describe exempt systems of records.
These amendments will make NRC's regulations consistent with the majority of statutorily appointed Inspectors General and will c1carly link each system of records'to the specific exemption (s) of the Privacy Act under which each system is exempt.
Once these amendments become final, the NRC will revise its Systems of Records NRC-
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18, " Office of the Inspector General Index File and Associated Records," maintained by the NRC Offico of the Inspector General.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Sarah Wigginton Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Administration Washington, DC 20555 301 492-7752 I
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TITLE:
Clarification of Statutory Authority for Purposes of Criminal Enforcement RIN:
3150-AD62 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 11; 10 CFR 19; 10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 21; 10 CFR 25; 10 CFR 26; 10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 32; 10 CFR 33; 10 CFR 34; 10 CFR 35; 10 CFR 39; 10 CPR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 52; 10 CFR 53; 10 CFR 55;'10 CFR 60; 10 CFR 61; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 71; 10 CFR 72; 10 CFR 73; 10 CFR 74; 10 CFR 75; 10 CFR 95; 10 CFR 110; 10 CFR 140; 10 CFR 150 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by revising the authority citations accompanying some of the regulations in order to eliminate uncertainty concerning the authority for application of criminal sanctions under Title 10.
These authority citations need to be amended to more clearly identify those violations which, if willfully violated, may subject the violator to potential criminal penalties.
The NRC has been unable to refer some cases to the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the DOJ has had difficulty in prosecuting cases as a result of the gaps and inconsistencies in the existing authority citations.
The proposed rule would specify which regulations were issued under subparagraph "b",
"i", or "o" of Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act.
These amendments would ensure that persons subject to the Commission's regulations are put on notice as to which regulations, if willfully violated, may subject them to criminal sanctions pursuant to Section 223 of the Atomic Energy Act.
There is no alternative other than correcting these prohl. ems through rulemaking.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to the EDO 10/00/91 Proposed Action Published 11/00/91 Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
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TITLE:
Clarification of Statutory Authority for Purposes of Criminal Enforcement AGENCY CONTACT:
Geoffrey Cant Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Enforcement Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3283 l
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Residual Radioactivity criteria-for Unrestricted Release of Lands and Structures RIN:
3150-AD65 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 20 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's~regu-lations to codify-the basic principles and criteria which would allow residually contaminated-lands and structures to_be released for unrestricted public use.
The rule would reflect Commission views as defined in the Below Regulatory Concern Policy Statement which was published in the Federal Register on July 3, 1990 (55 FR 27522). For example, lands and_ structures would be considered suitable for release for unrestrictive use if the licensee demonstrates that the action will comply with the exemption policy's individual-and collective dose criteria and'other policy conditions.
In the final rule on General Requirements for decom-missioning Nuclear. Facilities-(53 FR 24018) dated June 27, 1988, the need and_ urgency.for guidance with respect to residual contamination criteria was expressed.
At that time,;it-was anticipated that an interagency working group organized by the_ Environ-mental Protection' Agency would develop necessary Federal guidance.
However, in the' absence of significant progress by the interagency _ working group, the Commission has directed-that-the NRC expedite ~a residual radioactivity rulemaking because the requirements, once final, will provide licensees:with an incentive to complete ~ site decommissionings.
The rule would codify.the basic principles and criteria expressed in a staff requirements memorandum dated March 119, 1991. -Measurables, in the. form of surface and volume radioactivity concentrations and site radioactivity inventory values, would be provided in-supporting-regulatory guidance.
These' combined activities should benefit the'public industry and the NRC by providing a risk-based framework upon which decommissioning activities and license terminations can be' accomplished.- The framework.will assure adequate protection of public health and safety.and identify residual radioactivity' criteria upon which licensees can confidently develop reasonable and responsible' decommissioning plans.
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Residual Radioactivity Criteria for Unrestricted Release of Lands and Structures TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Publis'aed Undetermined Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFEC."fS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
Yes AGENCY CONTACT:
James Malaro Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3764 4
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Low-Level Waste Manifest Information and Reporting RIN:
3150-AD.'3 CFR CITATIO'.:
10 CFR 20; 10 CFR 61 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to:
(1) improve information contained in I
manifests accompanying shipments of vaste to low-level waste (LLW) disposal facilities licensed under Part 61; (2) develop a uniform manifest for national-use; (3) require that operators of thern disposal facilities store manifest information in electronic recordkeeping systems; and (4) require that operators submit, on a machine-readable medium, reports of shipment manifest information.
To ensure safe disposal of LLW, the NRC must understand the mechanisms and rates by which radioactivity can be released from LLW and into the environment.
To do this, the NRC must understand the chemical, physical, and radiological characteristics of LLW.
This task is greatly complicated by the heterogeneous nature of_LLW; it exists in a variety of chemical and physical forms and contains roughly 200 different radionuclides in concentrations that can range from a few microcuries to several hundred curies per cubic foot.
Each-year there are thousands of shipments to LLW disposal sites.
Pursuant to Part 20, a manifest must accompany each shipment of LLW to a disposal facility.- Unfortunately, existing manifests do not describe the waste in detail sufficient to ensure compliance with Part 61_perfor-mance objectives.
A rulemaking that upgrades shipment manifests, provides for a uniform manifest, and requires disposal site electronic recordkeeping systems and electronic transmittal of data will assure that technical information on LLW is available and in a form which can be used for performance assessments, technical analysis, and other activities and would reduce confusion resulting from multiple manifest forms.
A requirement to report electronic manifest information will ensure that the regulatory staff have the ability te perform safety'and environmental assessments, and to monitor compliancc with regulations and licens, conditions.
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Low-Level Waste Manifest Information and Reporting ABSTRACT:
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The rulemaking will fa2111 tate the eventual development of a complete, detailed national LLW computer data base, if appropriate, that contains information about waste disposed in all I LW sites, those regulated by NRC as well as by Agreement Staten.
The rulemaking, through development of a uniform manifest, would also improve safe and expeditious movement of LLW from generators through processors or collectors to dira-posal facilities. Emergency accident procedures would be enharced through use of a single uniform manifest.
We do n0t expect that the rulemaking will increase disposai costs.
The rulemaking is a budgeted activity cited in the NRC 5-year plan.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 11/15/91 Proposed Action to Commission 11/29/91 Proposed Action Published 12/31/91 Final Action Published 12/31/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTIIER ENTITIEit:
Yes AGENCY CONTACT:
Mark Haisfield/W. Lahs Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3877/0569 i
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Fitness-for-Duty Programs for Categcry I Meterial Licensees and Transporters RIN:
3150-AD60 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 26 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to include Category I material licensaas and transporters in the fitness-for-duty programs.
This action is necesnary to ensure fitness for duty of employeest (1) who have direct access to large quantities of special nuclear material (SNM); (2) who are responsible for the protection of the material; and (3) who transport the caterial.
The proposed rule is expected to lead to compatibility with equivalent DOE programs.
The central issue for Category I material licenscos and transporters is the risk of theft or diversion of highly-enriched SNM due to drug-related causes which, in turn, could pose a significant risk to the health, safety, or security of a large populatjon.
Current regulations only cover nuclear power plants and need to be expanded to include Category I material licensees and trans-porters with requirements reflecting-the differences between the nuclear power plantstand the Category I material licensees and transportern.
There is no alternative to rulemaking which would accomplish the objectives of the rulemaking.
The rulemi ing will addrett the fitness-for-duty programs as they pertain to the type of facility or mode of shipment.
The rulemaking will address the-followi.sg aspects of the fitness for duty programs--
general performance objectives, program elements and procedures, records and reports, audits, and enforcement.
The impact of the rule on the NRC licensing, inspection, and enforcement program will be approximately 1 FTE per year.
The NRC resources required to develop the rulemaking are estimated to be 0.5 FTE per year for 2 years.
The cost to industry will include chemical testing and operating costs.
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TITLEt Fitness-for-Duty Programs for Category I Hatorial Licenseos and Transportors TIMETABLUt Propocod Action to EDO 10/30/91 Proposed Action to commlesion 11/15/91 Proposed Action Published 12/00/91 Final Action Tfolished 10/00/92 LEGAL AUTitoll1TY 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS Oli SMALL BUSIllESS AllD OT!!ER EliTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Stanley Tural Nuclear Regulatory Commission i
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10 CFR 30; 10 CFR 40; 10 CPR 70; 10 CFR 72 A13STRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to requiro decontamination and decommissioning of material facilities within a '.ixed period of tino after cousation of operations.
Current regulations allow material licenucos con-siderable discretion as to the timino of decontami-nation and decommissioning.
This haa allowed some licanucos to remain ina-tive without decommissioning on the basis that operatioc,o may resumo sometino in the futuro.
Similarly, licenscos are not required to decontaminato promptly, in stop-by-stop fashion, portions of their facilities thht become inactive as their operations evolvo.
This allows licensoon to postpone heavy decommissioning costs by simply continuing sufficient controls, monitoring, and surveillanco to moet minimal safety requirements.
The proposed rule would require decontamination and decommissioning of materials Jacilities within a fixed period of timo (e.g.,
2-3 years) after cessation of operations.
Thio requiromont would be accompanied by a provision for the licensco to sock a variance if com-plotion of decontamination or decommissioning within the required times is not technically achievable or if delaying docontamination or decommissioning would reduce risk to public health and safety or the environment.
The rulemaking will result in publication of specific critoria for timeliness in the docontamination and decommissioning of matorial facilities.
This rulemaking will provido a more substantial planning baso for the industry and result in timely decontamination and decommissioning of material facilition.
The resulting timely decontamination and decommissioning of materials facilities will reduce the potential radiological risk to the public and the environment from contaminated materials sites.
The rulemaking is not expected to substantially affect licenseo costs.
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TITLEt Timeliness in Decommionioning of Hatorial Facilities TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 11/15/93 Proposed Action to commission 11/29/91 Proposed Action Published 12/31/91 Final Action Published 09/30/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Paul Kovach Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3729 W
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Decommissioning Recordkooping and Licenso Termination:
Documentation Additions RIN:
3150-AD98 CFR CITATION:
10 CPR 30; 10 CFR 40; 10 CFR 50; 10 CFR 70; 10 CFR 72 ADSTRACT!
The proposed rulo, in conjunction with the decom-missioning rulo published on June 27, 1988 (53 FR 24018), would modify the Commission's decommissioning regulations to make them more specific and more easily implomontod.
Current regulations requiro recordkooping provisions as well as termination plans or their equivalent to be filed with the Commission at cessation of operations.
However, no explicit requiromonts are specified in current rules portaining to a listing of the land, structuros, and equipment of the licanwou facility; nor are any explicit requirements specified portaining to submittal of an oporating history at the time of submittal of final plans as well as prior to licenso termination.
This type of information is important to ensure that all features and aspects of the facility and its attendant activities that could have potential for resulting in radioactivo contami-nation havo boon dealt with in the decommissioning process and that a record exists that can be stored for future reference which contains the rolovant featuros of the license termination process requirements.
Thoro does not appear to be any reasonable alternativo to rulomaking action.
However, it is expected that most of the information explicitly required in the proposed amendments will already, or with minimal effort, be available (based on the existing rule recordkooping requirements).
While proposed amendmonts will affect all licenseos, it is anticipated that the requirements will placo minimal burdon on them.
Moreover, onsuring that the information is explicitly available should help expedite NRC approval of licenson decommissioning activities and may reduce the overall licensoo and NRC offorts required to terminate a license.
Proposed changos to the reginations will be issued for public comment.
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Documentation Additions TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to ACNW 07/25/91 Proposed Action to EDO 07/30/91 Proposed Action Publinhod 10/07/91 Final Action Publishod 05/30/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL DUS111EDS AND OTilER ENTITIES Yes AGENCY CONTACT Carl Foldman Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of Nucioar Regulatory Roncarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3883
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TITLE:
Requirements for Posnession of Industrial Devices RINt 3150-AD34 CPR CITATION:
10 CFR 31 ABSTRACT The proposed rule would amend the commission's regulations for the possession of industrial devices containing byproduct material to require device users to report to the NRC initially and then on a periodic basis.
The proposed report would indicate that the device is still in use or to whom the devico has boon transferred.
The proposed rule would be the most officient method, considering the number of general licenscos and the number of devices currently in use, for assuring that devices are not improperly trans-forred or inadvertently discarded, The proposed rule is nocessary to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure to the public that may occur when an improperly discarded device is included in a batch of nerap metal for reprocer.cing.
The proposed rule would also avoid the unnecosuary expenso involved in retrieving the manufactured items fabricated from contaminated metal.
The proposed rule would imposo a small burden on devico users and the NRC.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 06/01/90 Revised proposed Action to EDO 08/13/91 Proposed Action to Commission (SECY-91-275) 08/27/91 Proposed Action Published 11/00/91 Final Action published 08/00/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2114; 42 USC 2201
-ETFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
Yes AGENCY CONTACT:
Joseph J. Mato Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3795 73
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TITLE:
Rostrict Maximum Air Cap Botwoon the Radioactive Source and the Detector for conoral Licensed Dovices RIN:
3150-ADB2 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 31; 10 CFR 32 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the commission's regulations to provent unnoconsury radiation exposure to individurls resulting from the use of gauging devices containing radioactive sourcos.
These devices are routinely used for measuring material density, levol, weight, moisture, and thickness.
The proposed rulo would provido for additional regulatory control over devices with both an accessible air gap and radiation lovels that excood specified values.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 11/29/91 Proposed Action to commission 12/16/91 Proposed Action Published 01/15/92-Final Action Published-Undotormined LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2073; 42 USC 2093; 42 USC 2111; 42 USC 2232; 42 USC 2233; 42 USC 2273; 42 USC 5842 EFFECTS ON SHALL BUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
Undotermined AGENCY CONTACT Donald llopkins Nuclear Regulatory Commission Offico of Nuclear Rogulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3784 74
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- Radiography and Radiation Safety Requirements for Radiography Operations RIN:
3150-AE07 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 34 ABSTRACT!
The proposed rulo would amend the Commission's regulations on licensos for radiography and radiation safety requirements for radiographic operations.
The proposed rule would revise 10 CrR Part 34 to clarify 4
the requirements in 5 34.27 and conform Part 34 with the approach developed by the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (Part E of the "Suggestod State Regulations for Control of Radia-tion"), and the State of Texas in Part 31 of the Texas Regulations for control of Radiation.
Comments and suggestions from regulatory groups, users, and manufacturers will be considorod in the overall revision and Canadian atomic energy control regulations that relato to radiography will be consulted.
The proposed rule is necessary because of frequent misinterpretations of the provisions of Part 34 and the nood to clarify the raquirements of 10 CFR 34.27.
The staff is currently preparing an options paper which will examino the issues, set priorities, and provido direction for the rulemaking proposed.
TIMETABLE!
Completion of Options Paper 10/31/91 Proposed Action to Officoc for concurrenco 05/31/92 Proposed Action to EDO 06/30/92 Proposed Action to Commission 07/31/92 Proposed Action Published 10/30/92 Final. Action Published 10/30/93 OGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
Yes AGENCY CONTACT Donald Nollis Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3628 75
TITLEUse of Radiopharmaceuticals for Medical Research, Use of Biologics Containing Dyproduct Matorial, and Compounding Radiopharmacouticals RIN:
1150-AD69 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 35 ADSTRACT The proposed rule would examino the Commission's regulations related to the compounding of radiopharmaceuticals, the use of biologics containing byproduct material, and the medical research uses of radiopharmaceuticals.
The NRC's response to the petition for-rulemaking submitted by the American Collogo of Nuclear Physicians and the Society of Nuclear Medicine (PRM-35-9) could result in denial of the potition or proposed rulomaking that would grant-all or part of the petition.
TIMETABLEt Proposed Action to EDO 11/16/92 Proposed Action to Commission 11/30/92 Proposed Action Published 02/28/93 Final Action Published Undotormined LEGAL AUTil0RITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT Anthony-Tso Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3797 i
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Iridium-192 Wiro for Interstitial Treatment of Cancer RIN:
3350-AD46 CPR CITATION:
10 CPR 35 ABSTRACT!
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations governing the medical usos of byproduct matorial.
The proposed amendmont would add iridium-192 wire to the list of brachytherapy sources permitted for uso in interstitial treatment of cancer.
Under current NRC regulations, users must have their licensos amended before they may use this brachytherapy sourco.
The proposed rule has boon developed in responso to a petition for rulomaking (Docket No. PRM-35-8) submitted by Amersham Corporation.
TIMETABLE Proposed Action to Officos for Concurrence 03/16/90 Proposed Action Published Undotorminod Final Action Published Undeterminod LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTi!ER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT Anthony N. Tao Nuclear Regulatory Commission Offico of Nuclear Regulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3797 4
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y TITLEt Codes and Standards for Huc1 car Power Plants (ASME Code,Section XI, Division 1, Subsection IWE and Subsection IWL)
RIN 3150-AC93 C'7 CITATIOHt 10 CTR 50 ABSTRACTt The proposed rulo would incorporate by reference Subsection IWE, "Roquirements for Class MC Components of Light-Water Cooled Power Plants," and Subsection IWL, " Requirements for Class CC Concreto Components of Light-Water Cooled Power Plants," of Section XI (Division 1) of the American Society of Mochanical Engineers Dollor and Pressuro Vossol Codo (ASME Codo).
Subsection IWE provides the rules and requirements for inservico inspection, repair, and replacement of Class MC pressure retaining components and their integral attachments, and of metallic shell and penetration liners of Class CC preocuro retaining components and their integral attachments in light-water cooled power plants.
Subsection IWL providos the rules and requirements for inservice inspection and repair of the reinforced concreto and post tensioning systems of Class CC components.
Incorporation by reference of Subsection IWE and Subsection IWL will provido systomatic examination rules for containment structure for mooting criterion 53 of the General Design Critoria (Appendix A of 10 CFR Part 50) and Appendix J of 10 CPR Part $0.
Age-related degradation of containments has occurred, and additional and potentially more serious degradation mechanisms can be anticinated es nuclear power plants ago.
If the NRC did not take action to endorse the Subsection IWE and Subsection IWL rules, the NRC position on examination practicos for containment structure would havo to be established on a. case-by-case basis and improved examination practices for steel containment structures might not be implemented.
The other alternativos of incorporating these detailed examination requirements into the American National Standard ANSI /ANS 56.8-1981 or into Appendix J are not feasible.
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Incorporating by reference the latest edition and addenda of Subsection IWE and Subsection IWL will savo applicants /licenseos and the NRC staff both time end effort by providing uniform detailed criteria against which the staff can review any single submission.
Adoption of the proposed amendmont would permit the use of improved methods for containment inservico inspection.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to CRGR 06/ a/89 Proposed Action to EDO Undetermined Proposed Action Published Undatormined Final Action Published Undotormined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT Wallaco E. Norris Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of Nuclear Regulatory Roccarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3805 79
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TITLEtChange to Part 50 to Updato Source Term and Replaco Dono Calculation RINt 3150-AD91 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 ABSTRACT The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations regarding the decoupling of source term and doso calculations from reactor siting and the use of updated source term insights for futuro light water reactors.
The NRC is prosently in the procosta of reviewing advat 3d reactor designs.
The DOE has also indicated that it intends to seek review for an early sito permit, as permitted by 10 CFR Part 52, by early 1993.
Thorofore, this rulemaking is viewod as having a high priority.
The only alternative to rulomaking would be to continue present staff practico utilizing an outdated source term formulation derived from Technical Information Document (TID) 14844, issued in 1962, coupled with the use of the guidelino-dopo values in 10 CFR Part 100,-not only for reactor siting, but for plant design as well.
This rulenaking action comprises two phases.
The first phase is described in the proposed rule titled, " Change to Part 100 to Add Site Critoria, Updato Appendix A and Removo Doso Calculations; Interim Change to_Part 50 to Add Source Term and Doso Calculations (3150-AD92)."
The second phase will consist of a final revision of 10 CFR Part 50 to incorporato updated source term and savoro accident research insights into plant design requirements for future light water reactors.
The intent of this second phase of rulemaking is expected to provido additional requirements for future light water reactors regarding sovoro accident prevention and mitigation, and is expected to substantially reduce the risks from such events.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to ACRS 07/01/92 Proposed Action to CRGR 08/01/92 Proposed Action to EDO 08/15/92 Proposed' Action to Commission 09/15/92 Proposed Action Published 10/00/92 Final Action Published 08/00/93 80 l
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Chango to Part 50 to Upo.
,vurce Term and Replace Dose Calculation LEGAL AUTil0RITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5041 EFFECTS Oli SMALL BUSIllESS AllD OTilER EliTITIES:
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Leonard Soffer liuclear Regulatory Commission office of Ilucioar Regulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3916 i
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TITLE Training of Nuclear Power Plant Personnel RIN:
3150-AD80 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 ABSTRACT!
The proposed rule would auend the Commission's regulations to require each applicant and holder of a license to operate a nuclear power plant to establish and use a systems approach in developing training programs for management, supervisory, professional, and technical workers who have an impact on the health and safety of the public.
-Licensees and applicants would also be required to establish _ qualification require-monts for those personnel.
The objectives of the proposed rule are to codify existing industry practicos related to personnel training and qualification, and to meet the directives contained in Section 306 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Pub.
L.97-425).
TIMETABLEt Proposed Action to CRGR 02/14/91 Proposed Action to ACRS 02/14/91 Proposed Action to EDO 11/6/91 Proposed Action to Commission (SECY-91-108) 11/15/91 Proposed Action Published Undetermined Z
Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT Morton Fleishman Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3794 82
TITLE:
Change to Part 100 to Add Site Critoria, Update Appendix A and Removo Dose Calculations; Interim Change to part 50 to Add Source Term and Dose Calculations RIN:
3150-AD92 CFR CITATION:
10 CPR 50; 10 CFR 100 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the commission's regulations regarding the decoupling of source _ term and dose calculations from reactor siting and the use of updated source term insights for future light water reactors.
Tho NRC is presently in the process of reviewing advanced reactor designs, and the DOE has also indicated that it intends to sock review for an early site permit, as permitted by 10 CFR Part 52, by early 1993.
Therefore, this rulemaking is viewed as having a high priority.
The only alternative to rulomaking would be to continue present staff practico utilizing an outdated source term formulation derived from Technical Information Document (TID) 14844, issued in 1962, coupled with the use of the guidelino dose values in 10 CFR Part 100, not only for reactor siting, but for plant design as well.
This rulemaking action comprisos thu phases.
In the first phase, Part 100 will be revised by removing
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source cerm and dose criteria and adding site criteria (e.g., exclusion area size and population density).
Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 100 Will also be revised to update understanding of geologic and soismic knowledge regarding reactor siting.
Source term and dose calculations will continue to be used for assessment of plant systems and will be placed in an interim change to 10 CFR Part 50.
The second phase of this rulemaking action is described in the proposed rule titled,
" Change to Part 50 to Update Source Term and Dose Calculations (3150-AD91)."
The intent of this first phase of rulemaking is basically to codify present staff criteria, expressed in Regulatory Guide 4.7.
This represents no substantive change in NRC criteria.
It will Aake NRC's siting critoria more explicit and understandable, especially in regard _to the Commission's safety Goal Policy.
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TITLE:Change to Part 100 to Add Site Critoria, Update Appendix A and Removo Doso Calculations; Interim Chango to Part 50 to Add Source Term and Dose calculations TIMETABLE Propocod Action to CRGR 11/01/91 Proposed Action to EDO 12/16/91 Proposed Action to Commission 12/30/91 Propocod Action Published 01/00/92 Final Action Published 12/00/92 LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2101; 42 USC 5041 JFFECTS 011 SMALL DUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
Undetermined AGENCY CONTACT Leonard Soffer Nuclear hogulatory Commission Office of Huclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3916 84
TITLE:Fracture Toughness and Reactor Vessel Material Surveillance Requirements RIN:
3150-AD57 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50, Appendices G and H ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend Appendices G and H of 10 CFR Part 50.
Appendix G, Fracture Toughness Requirements, provides the basis for calculating the pressure-temperature limits that appear in the Technical Specifications for overy plant.
Appendix H contains requirements for a reactor vessel material surveillance program.
The proposed rule would change the ASME Code Appendix that is referenced in Appendix G, 10 CFR part 50, from Appendix G of Section III, the construction code, to Appendix G in the 1989 Edition of Section XI, the inservice inspection code.
At present the two appendices are identical.
The reason for adding an Appendix G in the 1989 Edition of Section XI was to put it under the jurisdiction of a working group whose members were taking an active interest in fracture issues as a consequence of working with the problems of operating plants.
The update of Appendix G of Section XI is expected to include advances in fracture analysis, because the original Appendix G of Section III has been in use since 1972.
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The proposed rule would clarify the NRC's position on pressure testing as agreed by the CRGR at their meeting on November 29, 1989.
This requires ~that some words be deleted from paragraph IV.A.5 of Appendix G, 10 CFR Part 50, and that a sentence added to requite-that the pressure tests required by the ASME Code,Section XI, be performed before the reactor is taken critical
-following a shutdown and to require that the primary coolant system be essentially water solid during the-test.
The proposed rule would clarify the requirements in paragraph IV.B of Appendix G, which requires that reactor vessels be designed to permit annealing if they are predicted to undergo embrittlement to specified levels.
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The proposed rule would also update the list of editions of ASTM Standard Practice E 185 that are incorporated to include the 1990 edition, which is now in the final bal.1oting stages.
The added costs to licensees to implemont-those changos in requirements will bo minimal--even a cost savings in many casos.
TIMETABLE Proposed Action to EDO Undotermined Proposed Action Published Undetermined Final Action Published Undotermined LEGAL AUTi!0RITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC-5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTi!ER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Alien L. }{isor, Jr.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20b55 301 492-3988 86
TITLE:
Emergency Telecommunications System Upgrade RINt 3150-AD39 i
CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to require the implementation of the NRC's Emergency Telecommunications System (ETS) upgrade at all licensed nuclear power plants and selected fuel cycle facilities.
The NRC's primary role in an emergency at a licensed nuclear facility is one of monitoring the licensee to ensure that appropriate recommendations are made with respect to offsite actions to protect public health and safety.
In order to adequately perform this function, the NRC requires rollable communications with the licensee and the regional offices.
Experience with the currently installed ETS has indicated that a sufficient number of problems exist to warrant a system upgrado.
The ETS upgrade will be comprised of a satellite network to transmit between the NRC Operations Center, the Regions, the Technical Training Center (TTC), and the licensee sites with a land-based telephone exchange backup system.
This design is expected to provide the necessary emergency telecommunications functions with sufficient redundancy to ensure-availability even under-the challenging communication conditions that would exist during a nuclear emergency.
The licensees will be required to provide the hardware, logistics, operational and maintenance support to implement the ETS upgrade at their sites.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published Undetermined Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SHALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES No AGENCY CONTACT:
Markley Au Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3749 87
TITLE:
Clarification of Emergency Preparedness Regulations RIN:
3150-AD40 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations by clarifying the linkage betwoon the need for " reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency" indicated in S 50.47(a) and 16 planning standards outlined in S 50.47(b).
In addition, the rulemaking will clarify the term "rango of protectivo actions."
Other issues to be clarified include monitoring of ovacuoos, actions for recovery and reentry, notification of the public, evacuation timo estimates, and exerciso frequency.
In a December 23, 1988, memorandum to the EDO from SECY, the staff was directed to review the
"...NRC's emergency planning regulations and propose revisions designed to eliminate ambiguity and clarify the
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regulations to include what constitutes the exerciso scopo prior to the full power licensing...."
The staff outlined the proposed rulemaking in a memorandum from the EDO to the Commission dated June 29, 1989.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 02/03/92 Proposed Action to Commission 02/25/92 Proposed Action Publiehod 03/30/92 Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUT110RITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Michael T. Jamgochian Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3918 88
TITLE Emergency Planning Regulations for Part 52 Licensing RINt 3150-AD48 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 50 ADSTRACT!
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's i
rogalations concerning those portions of emergency plans which cannot be exorcised prior to issuance of a Part 52 combined license.
This rulomaking will be accomplished on a "high priority basis" as directed in a staff requirements memorandum dated September 12, 1989.
TIMETABLE Proposed Action to CRGR/ACRG 01/15/90 Proposed Action to EDO 03/07/90 Proposed Action to Commission (SECY-90-103) 03/20/90 Proposed Action Published Undotermined Final Action Published Undotermined LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL DUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES:
No ACENCY CONTACT:
Michael T. Jamgochian Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3918 89
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Amendment to 10 CFR 51.51 and 51.52, Tables S-3 and S-4, Addition of Radon-222 and Technetium-99 Radiation Values, and Addition of Appendix D, " Table S-3 Explanatory Analysis" RIN:
3150-AA31 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 51 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule amends the Table of Uranium Fuel cycle Environmental Data (Tablo S-3) by adding now estimates for potential roloases of technetium-99 and radon-222, and by updating other estimates.
The proposed ruin's Appendix D to Subpart A (narrativo explanation), also describos the basis for the values contained in Tablo S-3, explains the environmental offects of thoso potential releases from the LWR Fuol Cycle, and postulatos the potential radiation dosos, health offects, and environmental impacts of thoso potential roloasos.
The proposed rule also amends 10 CPR 51.52 to modify the onrichment value of U-235 and the maximum levol of average fuel irradiation (burnup in megawatt-days of thermal power por motric ton of uranium).
The narrativo explanation also addressos important fuel cycle impacts and the cumulativo impacts of the nuclear fuel cycle for the whole nuclear power industry so that it may be possible to consider those impacts generically rather than repeatedly in individual licensing proceedings, thus reducing potential litigation timo and costs for both NRC and applicants.
The proposed revision of 10 CFR 51.51 and the addition of Appendix B was published for public review and comment on March 4, 1981 (46 FR 15154).
The final rulemaking was doferrod pending the outcomo of a suit (Natural-Resources Defense Council, of al. v. NRC, No.
74-1486) in the U.S.
Circuit Court of A,geals.
The U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) decision of April 27, 1982, invalidated the entire _Tablo S-3 rule.
The Supreme Court reversed this decision on June 6,
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The proposed rule to provido an explanatory narrative for Table S-3 has boon revised to reflect now modeling developments during the timo the rulemaking was deferred.
Final action on the Table S-3 rule was hold in aboyance until now values for radon-222 and technetium-99 could be added to the table and covered 90
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Amendment to 10 CFR 51.51 and 51.52, Tablos 6-3 and S-4, Addition of Radon-222 and Technetium-99 Radiation Values, and Addition of Appondix D, " Table S-3 Explanatory Analysis" ABSTRACT!
(CONT) in the narrativo explanation.
The rule is being roissued as a proposed rule becauno the scopo has boon expanded to include radiation values for radon-222 and technotium-99 and the narrativo explanation has boon extensively revised from that published on March 4, 1981 (46 FR 15154).
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Proposed Action Published 03/04/81 46 FR 15154 Proposed Action Cotamont Porlod Ends 05/04/81 Proposed Action for Division Review 05/27/88 Proposed Action for offico Roview 12/20/90 Proposed Action to EDO Undotormined Proposed Action Published Undatormined LEGAL AUT110RITY:
42 USC 2011; 42 USC 2201; 42 USC 4321; 42 USC 5841; 42 USC 5842 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTilER ENTITIES: No AGENCY CONTACT!
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i 3150-AD51 CFR CITATION 10 CFR 60 ADSTRACT The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations concerning additional proclosure regulatory requirements for high-lovol waste geologic reposi-torics.
Soveral issues associated with proclosure regulatory requirements have been raised due to different interpretations of the rulomaking record for 10 CFR Part 60.
These involvet (a) the lack of clearly proscribed requirements for the establishment of a controlled-uso area intended to protect public health and safety in the event of a postulated radionuclido release and (b) the definition of structures, systems, arid components important to safety for which cortain design and quality assuranco critoria apply.
In order to moot the milestones mandated by the Nucioar Waste Policy Act of 1902, as amended, and milostones portaining to DOE's production schedule in the Mission Plan amendmonts, guidanco is nooded from NRC on thoso matters to enable DOE t proceed with the siting of a geologic repository.
1 The proposed amendments would require the establishment of a controlled-uso area, based on radiation doso critoria, for the siting of geologic repositorios.
In addition, a now definition of structuros, systems, and components important to safety would be added that would be similar to one in '10 CFR Part 72.
TIMETABLEt Proposed Action Published Undotormined Final-Action Published Undotormined LEGAL AUTilORITY:
Public Law 97-425, 42 USC 10101 EFFECTS ON SMALL DUSINESS AND OTi!ER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Morton-Fleishman Nuclear Regulatory Commission office of Nuclear Regulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3794 92.
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TITLEt Elimination of Inconsistenclos Betwoon NRC Regulations and EPA HLW Standards RIN:
3150-AC^3 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 60 ABSTRACT The proposed rule would eliminato soveral inconsistencios with the EPA standards to bo developed for the disposal of HLW in doop geologic repositories.
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1902 (NWPA) directs NRC to promulgato criteria for the licensing of HLW geologic repositorios.
Section 121 (c) of this act states that the critoria for the licensing of HLW geologic repositorios must be consistent with those standards.
The proposed rule is nooded in order to oliminato soveral inconsistencies with the EPA standards, thus fulfilling the statutory requiremont.
Because the NWPA directs NRC to oliminato inconsistencies betwoon Part 60 and the EPA standard, the alternativos to the proposed action are limited by statuto.
Thc public, industry, and NRC will bonofit from o'ila'n% ting inconsistencies in Federal HLW regulations.
N-esources nooded would be several staff-years but di P; not includo contract resources.
Because the Federal Court invalidated the EPA standards, action on this rule, which is in response to the EPA standards, is undotormined.
TIMETABLEt Proposed Action Published 06/19/06 51 FR 22288 Proposed Action Comment Period Ends 08/18/86 Final Action to Officos for Concurrence 07/15/87 Final Action to EDO 07/20/87 Revised Proposed Action Published Undotormined Final Action Published Undotormined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
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Conforming Guidanco on Low Levol Wasto Disposal Facilities with 10 CFR Part 61 RIN:
3150-AE00 CFR CITATION:
10 CFH 61 AUSTRACft The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to require the applicant for a low-level wasto (LLW) disposal facility license to provide information on the " quality assurance (QA) program, tailored to LLW disposal" that is planned for the facility instead of the " quality control (QC) program."
The proposed rule would also amend Part 61 to clarify that above-ground disposal methods such as above-around vaults are included within the regulatory scope of Part 61.
Tho rulemaking vill also correct an administrativo error in S 61.80(1)(1) which directs licensoon to submit copios of the required annuni report to the Director, Division of High-Lovel Wasta Management, rathor than the Director, Division of Low-Lovel Wasto Management and Decommissioning.
The commission has dotormined that those changos are nooded to reduco regulatory uncertainty or confusion in the current regulation.- Thoso amendments will codify existing NRC positions or correct administrative errors and are not extensive.
The proposed changes should simplify LLW disposal facility licensing interactions for the NRC, Agreement States, and potential applicants for LLW disposal licensos.
TIMETABLE Proposed Action to EDO 10/31/91 Proposed Action to commission 11/15/91 Proposed Action Published 12/16/91 Final Action Published 06/30/92 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 504)
EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Janet A. Lambert Nuclear Regulatory Commisajca Offico of Nuclear Regulatory Roscarch Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3857 95 l
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3150-AE02 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 70; 10 CFh 73 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would_ amend the Commission's regulations to increase the level of security afforded Strategic Special Nuclear Material while in transit to a level that is comparable to those protection efforts afforded by the Department of Energy for shipments of comparable material.
This amendment, which will affect any licensed carrier of SSNM, will result in a higher assurance that the material being transported will be protected at a level that will be appropriate to the public safety.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Puolishou Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCi CONTACT:
Jim Powers Nuclear Regulatory Commission oftice of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Washington, DC 20555 301 492-0403 96
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Reinvestigation of Individuals Granted Unescorted Access to Nuclear Power Plants RIN:
3150-AD49 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 73 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's revulations to require periodic updates of FBI fingerprint checks for reinvestigation of individuals granted unescorted access to nuclear power plants or access to safeguards information.
The current regulations require each licenste who is authorized to operate a nuclear power plant under Part 50 to submit fingerprint cards to the NRC for those individuals who are permitted unescorted access to a nuclear power facility or to safeguards information and who are not exempted under 10 CFR 73.57 (b) (2).
Fingerprints are used to secure a review of the ladividual's criminal history record by the FBI.
Information received from the FBI is reviewed by the licensee in order to determine whether further unescorted access to the facility or to safeguards information should continue to be granted or denied.
The current regulations do not include a reinvestigation element.
The proposed rule would require that licensees who operate a nuclear power plant submit fingerprint cards for applicable personnel to the NRC for criminal history checks every 5 years.
Authori-zation for unescorted access would be retained by an individual pending results of the criminal history check on that individual's fingerprints.
The alternative is to allow the status quo to continue, with no reinvestigation of utility personnel required.
Thir, rulemaking will have a minimal impact on the NRC because of the NRC's limited participation in processing the reinvestigations. The impact on industry will include the cost of fingerprinting and submitting fingerprint cards through the NRC to tr._ FBI for criminal history checks.
The current regulation requires payment of $21 per investigation, payable by the industry.
It is expected that this rate would also apply for each reinvestigation and would constitute full reimbursement to the government.
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Proposed Action Published Undetermined Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Sandra Frattali Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3773 98 i
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Night Firing Qualifications for Security Guards at Nuclear Power Plants RIN:
3150-AC88 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 73 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would ensure that security force effectiveness at nuclear power plants is not dependent on the time of day.
Security guards currently are required to perform night firing for familiarization only.
There is no requirement for standards to measure their effectiveness.
The proposed rule would change that by requiring that security guards at nuclear power plants qualify for night firing.
The only alternative to rulemaking is to retain the current status.
Part 73, Appendix B, Part IV, will be amended to require reactor security guards to qualify _ annually in an NRC-approved night firing course with their assigned weapons.
The proposed amendment will-standardize training and qualification in night firing and prepare power reactor guard forces to respond more effectively in the event of an incident occurring'in limited lighting conditions.
The cost to industry should be relatively modest since licensees already operate daylight firing training and qualification facilities and programs.
The costs to NRC will also be minimal because it will only require minor licensing, inspection and other_ regulatory actions.
There is no occupational exposure.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action Published Undetermined Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Sher Bahadur Nuclear Regulatcry Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3775 99
TITLE:
Day Firing Qualifications and Physical Fitness Programs for Security Personnel at Category I Fuel Cycle Facilities RIN:
3150-AD30 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 73, Appendix H ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations to require that security personnel qualify and requalify annually on specific utandardized day firing courses using all assigned weapons.
Current regulations require day firing qualification using a national police course or equivalent for handguns and an NRA or nationally recognized course for semiauto-matic weapons.
A firing course specified for shotguns is in need of revision.
Recent amendments to Part 73 added a requirement for night firing qualification using specific, designated firing courses.
To ensure uniformity, the current day firing requirements should be compatible.
Additionally, current regulations specify that security personnel have no physical weaknesses that would adversely affect their performance of assigned job duties.
However, no regulatory standards exist for assuring that security personnel are physically fit to perform their duties.
Requirerents for a physical fitness program and fitness standards at Category I fuel cycle facilities for security personnel need to be added to the regulations in order to provide a uniform, enforceable program.
Guidance will be developed to ensure that such a program will not, at the same time, endanger the health of those participating in it.
The proposed rule would amend 10 CFR Part 73, Appendix H,
to include day firing qualification courses in each type of required weapon as well as a standardized physical fitness training course and fitness standards for security personnel.
Alternatives to the rulemaking would be to allow the status quo to continue.
Standardization of day firing courses to be consistent with those established for night firing would be of negligible cost to the 3-4 affected licensees and to the NRU because day firing qualification using a variety of firing courses is already being done.
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The cost to the NRC would be in the area of licensing and-inspection activities.
Neither area of rulemaking affects occupational exposure.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to EDO 09/06/91 Proposed Action to Commission 09/26/91 Proposed Action Published 11/29/91 Final Action Published 11/30/92 LEGAL AUTilORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL DUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
H. Tovmassian Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3634 101 a
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Seismic and Geological Siting Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants RIN:
3150-AD93 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 100 (Appendix A)
ADSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend Appendix A to Part 100 of the Commission's regulations concerning earth science issues in the licensing of nuclear power plants.
The proposed rule is intended to increase the efficiency of regulatory actions associated with any resurgence of licensing activity.
There is a renewed sense of urgency in light of the current and future staff review of advanced reactor seismic design critoria. The proposed revision would help avoid unnecessary delays in the licensing process.
The proposed revision to Appendix A would provide general guidance with more detailed information presented in supporting regulatory guides or standard review plan provisions.
Criteria not associated with site selection or establishment of the safe shutdown earthquake will be codified in 10 CFR Part 50.
The proposed revision to the regulations wculd be for future licensing actions.
The revised regulations will not be backfitted.
TIMETABLE:
Proposed Action to ACRS 10/10/91 Proposed Action to CRGR 11/11/91 Proposed Action to EDO 11/29/91 Proposed Action to Commission 11/29/91 Proposed Action Published 01/30/92 Final Action Published 11/30/93 LEGAL AUTHORITY:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
Undetermined AGENCY CONTACT:
R. McMullen/R. Kenneally Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington, DC 20555 301 492-3808/492-3893 102
TITLE:
Import and Export of Nuclear Equipment and Material RIN:
3150-AD64 CFR CITATION:
10 CFR 110 ABSTRACT:
The proposed rule would amend the Commission's regulations governing the import and export of nuclear equipment and material.
Miscellaneous changes are proposed in several areas of 10 CPR Part 110.
The-Commission has reviewed its processing of nuclear export license applications and has determined that the following do not raise issues that require Commission review:
(1) license applications for the export of any quantity of heavy water to Canada, and (2) license applications for the export of low-enriched uranium to EURATOM and Japan for enrichment to no more than 5% U-235.
The Executive Branch agencies also reviewed their processing of nuclear export license applications and have determined that for these license applications Executive Branch review will not be required.
In addition, the NRC has identified several other areas where minor changes are warranted.
Thesc proposed changes would:
(1) permit the expedited import and export of certain nuclear material where no significant proliferation risks are involved,-(2) clarify the wording of the coverage of some nuclear commodities, (3) streamline the procedures for public participation in NRC's licensing process, (4) delete from the list of restricted destinations those countries that recently have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, (5)' add Namibia to the general license for the import into the United States of Namibian origin uranium in any form, (6) add definitions for terms not currently defined, and (7) make other minor changes.
There is no acceptable alternative to rulemaking because the amendments to the regulations are necessary to ensure the orderly and efficient administration of NRC's import and export responsibilities without incurring any. national security or proliferation risks.
The rule should benefit the NRC, industry, and the public by making the regulations easier to understand, implement, and enforce and by expediting the review process for certain kinds of applications.
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Rulemaking Initiation Date (Division Review) 06/22/90 Proposed Action to Offices for Concurrence 08/15/91 Proposed Action Published 01/30/92 Final Action Published Undetermined LEGAL AUTHORITi:
42 USC 2201; 42 USC 5841 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHER ENTITIES:
No AGENCY CONTACT:
Elaine O.
Homby Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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PETITION DOCKET NUMBER:
PRM-61-1 PETITIONER Sierra Club, North Carolina Chapter PART:
61 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
None FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
April 12, 1990 (55 FR 13797);
June 7, 1990 (55 FR 23206)
SUBJECT:
Design and Construction of Zero-Release Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility
SUMMARY
The petitioner requested that the Commission adopt a regulation to permit the design and construction of a zero-release low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in a saturated zone.
TIMETABLE:
A notice of denial was published in the Federal Register on July 25, 1991 (56 FR 34035).
CONTACT:
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PRM-20-17 PETITIONER:
The Rockefeller University PART:
20 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
None FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
October 21, 1988 (53 FR 41342)
Correction published November 1, 1988 (53 FR 44014)
SUBJECT:
Disposal of Animal Tissue Containing Small Amounts of Ra'lioactivity
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the NRC amend its regula-tions under which a licensee may dispose of animal tissue containing small amounts of radioactivity without regard to its radioactivity by expanding the list of radioactive isotopes for which unregulated disposal is permitted.
Specifically, the petitioner requests that the NRC add Sulfur-35, Calcium-45, Chromium-51, Iodine-125, and Iodine-131 in concentra-tions not exceeding 0.01 microcurie /g to tha list of radioactive isotopes set out in 10 CFR 20.306(b).
The petitioner also requests that the NRC make the unregu-lated disposal of these wastes a matter with which all jurisdictions must comply.
TIMETABLE:
Resolution of the petition is deferred due to Commission moratorium on implementation of the Below Regulatory Concern policy (May_10, 1991; 56 FR 21631).
CONTACT:
P. Kovach Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 301 492-3729 107
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PRM-20-18 PETITIONER:
The Rockefeller University PART:
20 OTilER AFFECTED PARTS:
None FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
October 31, 1988 (53 FR 43896)
SUBJECT:
Disposal of Solid Biomedical Waste Containing Small Amounts of Radioactivity
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the NRC amend its regulations to permit a licensee to dispose of solid biomedical waste containing small amounts of radioac-tivity without regard to its radioactivity.
The petitioner requests that tb-NRC expand the provisions of 10 CFR 20.306 to classity the disposal of wastes such as paper, glass, and plastic trash containing small amounts of Hydrogen-3 and Carbon-14 as below regulatory concern.
The petitioner would then be able to dispose of this material on-site in a currently operating, controlled-air incinerator.
The petitioner believes this to be a reasonable, cost-effective alternative to burial of these wastes at a commercial low-level radioactive waste site.
TIMETABLE:
Resolution of the petition is deferred due to Commission moratorium on implementation of the Below Regulatory Concern policy (May 10, 1991; 56 FR 21631).
CONTACT:
P. Kovach Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 301 492-3729 108
PETITION DOCKET NUMBER:
PRM-20-19 PETITIONER:
GE Stockholders' Alliance PART:
20 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
50 FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
February 1, 1989 (54 FR 5089)
SUBJECT:
Injection of Detectable Odor in Emissions of Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Processes
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the Commission amend Part 20 to require that a detectable odor be injected into the emission of nuclear power plants and other nuclear.
processes over which tne NRC has jurisdiction.
The petitioner believes that this action would improve the health and safety of the public by providing for early detection of radiation leaks.
A detectable odor would give the public notice of the need to take health protective measures.
The public comment period closed April 3, 1989.
The MRC has reviewed the public comments received on this' I
petition and is developing recommendations regarding resolution of the petition.
TIMETABLE:
Resolution of the petition is scheduled-for March 1992.
CONTACT:
Catherine Mattsen Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 301 492-3638 109
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PRM-20-20 PETITIONER:
Carol S.
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M.D.
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20 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
35 FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
June 12, 1991 (56 FR 26945)
SUBJECT:
Radiation absorbed dore to the public from patients receiving radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis or therapy
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the Commission revise its standards for protection against radiation to raise the annual radiation dose absorbed by individual members of the public from imSv to 5 mSv (500 mrems).
TIMETABLE:
A notice of receipt for this petition was published in the Federal Register on June 12, 1991 (56 FR 26945).
The comment period closed on October 12, 1991.
Resolution of the petition is scheduled for June 1992.
CONTACT:
Alan Roecklein Nuclear _ Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 301 492-3740 e
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- PRM-30-59 PETITIONER:
General Electric Company and Westinghouse Electric Corporation PART:
30 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
40, 50, 70, 72 FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
September 25, 1991 (56 FR 48445)
SUBJECT:
General requirements for decommissioning licensee facilities
SUMMARY
The petitioners request that the Commission issue a t
rule that would providc a means for self-guarantee of decommissioning funding costs by certain NRC non-electric utility reactor licensees who meet stringent financial assurance and related reporting and oversight requirements.
TIMETABLE:
A notice of receipt for this petition was published in the Federal Register on September.25, 1991 (56 FR 48445).
The comment period closes on November 12, 1991.
Resolution of tha petition is scheduled for November 1992.
CONTACT:
Joseph Wang
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Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 301 492-3746 111
PETITION DOCKET NO:
PRM-35-8 PETITIONER:
Amersham Corporation PART:
35 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
None FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
May 5, 1989 (54 FR 19378)
SUBJECT:
Iridium-192 Wire for the Interstitial Treatment of Cancer
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission amend its regulations concerning the medical use_of byproduct material to include Iridium-192 wire for interstitial treatment of cancer in the provisions of 10 CFR 35.400 which governs the use of. sources for brachtherapy.
Under current NRC regulations, a poten-tial use? would be required to request and obtain a license amendment before using Iridium wire in brachytherapy treatments.
The petitioner requests this amendment so that each medical use licensee that intends to use Iridium-192 wira for the interstitial treatment of cancer may do so without having to re-quest and obtain a specific amendment to its license.
TIMETABLE:
A proposed rule _ entitled, " Iridium-192 Wire for Interstitial Treatment of Cancer (RIN 3150-AD46)" has been developed to addiass this petition.
Action on the proposed rule has been delayed pending completion of higher priority rulemakings.
CONTACT:
Anthony Tse Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 301 492-3797 112
PETITION DOCKET NUMBER:
PRM-35-9 PETITIONER:
American College of Nuclear Physicians and the Society of Nuclear Medicine PART:
35 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
30, 33 FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
September 15, 1989 (54 FR 38239)
SUBJECT:
Use of Radiopharmaceuticals
SUMMARY
The petitioners request that the commission revise its regulations to give cognizance to the appropriate scope of-the practices of medicine and pharmacy.
The petitioners believe that 10 CFR Part 35 should be revised to recognize all the mechanisms that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses to authorize the use of radiopharmaceuticals.
According to the petitioners, granting of this petition would allow nuclear physicians and nuclear pharmacists to reconstitute non-radioactive kits differently from the method recom-mended by the manufacturer; allow nuclear physicians and nuclear pharmacists to prepare radiopharmaceuticals whose manufacture and distribution are purposefully not regulated by FDA; and permit nuclear physicians to determine appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radiopharmaceuticals, as is their professional obligation.
The petitioners are interested in the requested action because, under current NRC regulations, members of the petitioning-organizations believe they cannot app opriately prac-tice their professions.
The petitiont -s state that authorized user physicians cannot preacribe certain radiopharmaceuticals or routes of administration _for optimal patient care, even though they are permitted to do so by FDA and by their state medical licenses.
According to_the petitioners, nuclear pharmacists have been disenfranchised as a professional entity because activities that are permitted by the FDA and the states are not allowed under NRC regulations.
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PRM-35-9 TIM ETABLE:
An interim final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 23, 1990 (55 FR 34513), as a partial resolution of the petition (see rulemaking,
" Authorization to Prepare Radiopharmaceutical Reagent Kits and Elute Radiopharmaceutical Generators; Use of Radiopharmaceuticals for Therapy" (RIN 3150-AD43) (part 35)).
The staff is working to resolve the remaining issues of the petition (see proposed rulemaking, "Use of Radiopharmaceuticals for Medical Research, Use of Biologics Containing Byproduct Material, and compounding Radiopharmaceuticals" (RIN 3150-AD69) (Part 35)).
This proposed rule is expected to be submitted to the EDO in November 1992.
CONTACT:
Anthony Tse Nuclear Regulatory Commissien Office of Nuclear Regulatory Rese0rch 301 492-3797 114 t
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PRM-50-20 PETITIONER:
Free Environraent, Inc., et al.
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May 19, 1977 (42 FR 25785)
SUBJECT:
Reactor Safety Measures
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the Commission amend Part 50 before proceeding with the processing of license applications for the Central Iowa Nuclear Project to require that:
(1) all nuclear reactors be located below ground level; (2) all nuclear reactors be housed in sealed buildings within which permanent heavy vacuums are maintained; (3) a full-time Federal employee, with full authority to order the plant to be shut down in case of any operational abnormality, always be present in all nuclear generating stations; and (4) the Central Iowa Nuclear Proiect and all other reactors be sited at least 40 miles from major popula-tion centers.
The ntjactive of the petition is to ensure that addi-tional safety measures are employed in the construc-tion and siting of nuclear power plants.
The petitioner seeks to have recommendations and procedures practiced or encouraged by vario'is organizations and some current NRC guidelines ador';ed as mandatory requirements in the Commission's regulations.
The comment period closed July 18, 1977.
Three com-monts were received.
The first three parts of the petition (see Description section above) were incor-porated with PRM-50-19 for staff action purposes.
A notice of denial for the third part of the petition was published in the Federal Register on February 2, 1978 (43 FR 4466).
A notice of denial for the first two parts of the petition was published April 19, 1978 (43 FR 16556),
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TIMETABLEt The staff is planning to prepare-a Federal Register notice which will contain a denial for-'the remaining issue (Item 4) in this petition.
The notice of denial is expected to be submitted to the EDO in~ December 1991.
CONTACT:-
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PRM-50-53 PETITIONER:
The Ohio Citizens for Responsible Energy PART:
50 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
None FFDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
July 25. 1989 (54 FR 30905)
SUBJECT:
Request for Reopening of ATWS Rulemaking Proceeding
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the NRC reopen the Anticipated Transients Without Scram (ATWS) rulemaking proceeding.
This request was one portion of a request by the Ohio Citizens for Responsible Energy (OCRE) that NRC take a number of actions to relieve alleged undue risks posed by the thermal-hydraulic instability of boiling water reacters.
On April 27, 1989, the Director, NRR, responded to the OCRE request for action in a Director's Decision under 10 CFR 2.206.
In the Director's Decision (DD-89-03), the NRC denied all of the petitioner's requests, except for the request to reopen the ATWS rulemaking proceeding, which would be more properly treated as a petition for rulemaking under 10 CFR 2.802.
The petitioner suggested that resolution of the ATWS problem depends on measures other than tripping the recirculation pumps to rapidly reduce reactivity.
In this regard, the petitioner specifically suggests the use of an automatic, high-capacity standby liquid control system.
In a letter from the BWR Owner's Group (BWROG), dated September 18, 1989, which transmitted report NEDO-31709, " Average Core Power During Large Core Thermal Hydraulic Oscillations in a BWR" the BWROG concluded that previous ATWS evaluations are valid and that existing ATWS provisions and actions are appropriate.
The staff review of NEDO-31709 concluded that the NEDO analyses, and other analyses performed by the BWROG contractors, were not sufficient to support their conclusions.
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ATWS rule change, modification of operator actions, or possible equipment / systems changes.
Several of the ATWS scenarios revealed the need for more detailed studies of the automatic responses and emergency procedures guidelines (EPG's) used by plant operators.
The staff requested that the BWROG address the questions raised by the staff relative to operator actions and instrumentation adequacy for an ATWS with oscillations anc the timing of the boron injection and water level reduction as offective means to control such transients.
The BWROG studies are scheduled to be completed in December 1991.
The staff will review the BWROG analysis and determine the adequacy of the results.
Therefore, the staff considers it prudent to hold in abeyance, pending their review of the BWROG analysis and information discusJed above, a respons) to the petitioner: request to reopen the ATWS rulemaking proceedings.
TIMETABLE:
Resolution of the petition is ccheduled for June 1992.
CONTACT:
Victor Norses Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 301 492-3723 118 i
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PETITION DOCKET NUMBER:
PRM-50-54 T h 'ITIONER:
Public Citizen PART:
50 OTHER AFFECTED PARTS:
None FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
March 12, 1990 (55 FR 9137)
SUBJECT:
Regulation of Independent Power Producers
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the Commission promulgate rules governing the licensing of independent power producers (IPPs) to construct or operata commercial nuclear power reactors.
The petitioner also requests that these rules include specific criteria for financial qualifications for an IPP socking a construction permit or an aperating license'for e-commercial nuclear power reactor.
The petitioner be aves that there is a growing movement towards non-us y IPPs owning, constructing, and/or operating f
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1 Resolution of the petition is on hold pending availability of resources.
CONTACT:
Joseph Mate Nuclear Regulatory Commif;sion Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research 301 492-3795 119 l
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PRM-50-55 PETITIONER Yankoo Atomic Electric company PARTt 50 OTilER AFFECTED PARTSt None FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
May 3, 1990 (55 FR 18608)
SUBJECT Scheduling Final Safoty Analysis Report Updatos
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the Commission change the requiremont that nucicar power plant licensees file revisions to the final safety analysis report not loss than once a year.
The petitioner also requests that the regulations require that revisions be filed no la'er than nix months after completion of each planned refueling outage for a licensoo's facility.
TIMETABLE:
Resolution of the petition iu scheduled for September 1992.
CONTACT Anthony J. DiPalo Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclour Regulhtory Roscarch 301 492-3758 120 l
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PETITION DOCKET NUMBER:
PRM-60-3 i
POTITIONEnt Departtuont of Energy PART:
60 OTilEh AFF' ACTED PARTS None FEDEr.AL REGISTER CITATION:
July 13, 1990 (55 FR 28771)
August 10, 1990 (55 FR 32639) l SUDJECT!
Disposal of liigh-Level Radioactivo Wasto
SUMMARY
The petitionor requests that the Commission amend its regulations portaining to the disposal of high-level radioactive wastos in geologic repositories to includo a specific dose critorion for design basis accidents.
The petitioner believes this would facilitate the development and licensing of a geologic repository for high-levol radioactive wasto.
TIMETABLE:
This potition will be resolved with publication of the related rulemaking, "Ropository oporations critoria" (RIN 3150-AD51).
The publication dato for this proposed rule is undotormined.
CONTACT:
Morton Fleishman Nucioar Pogulatory comminaion Offico of Nuclear Regulatory Roscarch 301 492-3794 121
PETITION DOCKET NUMBER:
PRM-60-4 PETITIONLR States of Washington and Oregon PART:
60 OTilER AFFECTED PARTS:
None FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION:
December 17, 1990 (55 FR 51732)
SUBJECT!
Definition of the Torm "lligh-Level Radioactivo Waste"
SUMMARY
The petitioner requests that the Commission amend its regulations to revise the definition of the term "high-lovel radioactive wasto" so as to establish a procedural framework and substantivo standards by which the Commission will datormino whether reprocessing wasta, including in particular cortrein wasto stored et the U.S.
Department of Energy's oito at flandford, Washington, is high-level radioactive wanto and tFsrofore subject to the Commission's licensing authority.
TLMETABLE:
Resolution of this petition is scheduled for December 1991.
CONTACT John Randall Nuclear Regulatory Commission Offico of Nuclear Rooulatory Roscarch 01 492-3873 D
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