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Informs That NRC Is Submitting Encl Final Rule,As Defined in 5 Usc 804,Reg Guide 3.71, Nuclear Criticality Safety Stds for Fuels & Matls Facilities. Guide Endorses Specific Ansi/ ANS-8 Nuclear Criticality Safety Stds
ML20154H277
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Issue date: 09/01/1998
From: Rathbun D
NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA)
To: Gingrich N, Gore A, Murphy R
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, HOUSE OF REP., SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SENATE, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
References
RTR-REGGD-03.071, RTR-REGGD-3.071 CCS, NUDOCS 9810140129
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Dear Mr. President:

Pursuant to Subtitle E of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is submitting a final " rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804. Regulatory Guide 3.71, " Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards for Fuels and Material Facilities,"is not binding on licensees. Regulatory Guide 3.71  ;

provides guidance on procedures for preventing nuclear criticality accidents in operations  ;

involving handling, processing, storing, and transporting special nuclear material at fuels and material facilities. This guido endorses specific ANSI /ANS 8 nuclear criticality safety standards of the American National Standards Institute /American Nuclear Society for these purposes.

1 We have determined that this regulatory guide is not a " major rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C.

804(2), and we have confirmed this determination with the Office of Management and  ;

Budget.

Enclosed is a copy of Regulatory Guide 3.71. It is scheduled to be issued in August 1998.  ;

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Dear Mr. Murphy:

Pursuant to Subtitle E of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is submitting a final " rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804. Regulatory Guide 3.71, " Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards for Fuels and Material Facilities,"is not binding on licensees. Regulatory Guide 3.71 provides guidance on procedures for preventing nuclear criticality accidents in operations involving handling, processing, storing, and transporting special nuclear material at fuels and material facilities. This gwJe endorses specific ANSI /ANS-8 nuclear criticality safety standards of the American National Standards Institute /American Nuclear Society for these purposes.

We have determined that this regulatory guide is not a " major rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C. )

804(2), and we have confirmed this determination with the Office of Management and Budget.

Enclosed is a copy of Regulatory Guide 3.71. It is scheduled to be issued in August 1998.

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Dennis K. Rathbun, Director Office of Congressional Affairs

Enclosure:

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The Honorable Newt Gingrich Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

Dear Mr. Speaker:

Pursuant to Subtitle E of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is submitting a final " rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804. Regulatory Guide 3.71, " Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards for Fuels and Material Facilities,"is not binding on licensees. Regulatory Guide 3.71 provides guidance on procedures for preventing nuclear criticality accidents in operations involving handling, processing, storing, and transporting special nuclear material at fuels and material facilities. This guide endorses specific ANSl/ANS-8 nuclear criticality safety standards of the American National Standards institute /American Nuclear Society for these purposes.

We have ' determined that this regulatory guide is not a " major rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C.

804(2), and we have confirmed this determination with the Office of Management and Budget.

Enclosed is a copy of Regulatory Guide 3.71. It is scheduled to be issued in August 1998.

Sincerely, Dennis K. Rathbun, Director Office of Congressional Affairs

Enclosure:

Regulatory Guide 3.71

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NUCLEAR CRITICAllW SAFETY STANDARDS FOR FUELS AND MATERIAL FACILITIES I

A. INTRODUCTION The information collections contained in this regu-latory guide are covered by the requirements of 10 CFR In 10 CFR Part 70," Domestic Licensing of Special Part 70, which were approved by the Office of Manage-Nuclear Material," Section 70.20," General License To ment and Budget, approval number 3150-0009,and l Own Special Nuclear Material," defines a specific li- 10 CFR Part 76. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, I cense to acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, transfer, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection l import,or export special nuclear material. According to ofinformation unless it dis alays a currently valid OMB

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plication for such a license must contain proposed pro-cedures to avoid nuclear criticality accidents. In 10 B. DISCUSSION CFR Part 76, " Certification of Gaseous Diffusion Plants," Section 76.87, " Technical Safety Require. The American Nuclear Society's Standards Sub-ments," states that the technical safety requirements committee 8," Operations with Fissionable Materials should reference procedures and equipment applicable Outside Reactors" (ANS-8), has developed national to criticality prevention. standards for the prevention and mitigation of critical-

. . ity accidents during handling, processing, storing, and This regulatory guid has been developed to pro

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, terial facilities.These national standards have been ap-NRC's regulations by describing procedures for pre-

, proved by the American Nuclear Society Committee venting nuclear criticality accidents in operations m-N16 on Nuclear Criticality Safety and by the American volving handling, processing, storing, and transporting special nuclear material at fuels and material facilities.

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, ANS-8 nuclear criticality safety standards provide This regulatory guide endorses specific ANSI /ANS-8 guidance and criteria on good praetices for nuclear criti-nuclear criticality safety standards for these purposes.

cality safety at fuels and material facilities.

This guide also consolidates and replaces the guidance from a number of regulatory guides, thereby withdraw- 'The ANSI /ANS-8 nationalstandardslist additional ing those regulatory guides. This guide is not intended documents as references. The specific applicability or to be used by nuclear reactor licensees. acceptability of these listed documents will be covered USNRC REGL'iATORY Gt'lDEs The gwdes ro eswed in the ionowing ten broad evners ten eneihods acto to the sta for erts the i power Reactors e Products

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