ML20203D525
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| Issue date: | 02/19/1998 |
| From: | Shelton B NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| TASK-DG-3008, TASK-RE OMB-3150-0009, OMB-3150-9, NUDOCS 9802260088 | |
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SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR 10 CFR PART *iO DOMESTIC LICENSING OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND DRAFT REGULATORY GUIDE DG 3008 (3150-0009)
REVISION Qgiciiption of the information Collectl0D NRC regulations in 10 CFR Part 70 establish procedures and criteria for the issuance of licenses to receive title to, own, acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use, or transfer special nuclear material.
Draft Regulatory Guide DG-3008 provides guidance on an acceptable nuclear criticality safety training program to meet the requirements of the regulations. The regulations are issuad pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and Title 11 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended.
A. Justification 1.
Nged for and Practical Utility of the Information Collect!QD.
The information included in the applications, reports and records is reviewed by the NF "; staff to assess the adequacy of the applicant's physical plant, equipment, orgarization, training, experience, procedures and plans for protection of public health and safety and the common defense and security. The NRC review and the findings derived therefrom form the basis for NRC licensing decisions related to special nuclear material. Information concerning the requirements imposed by specific sections is provided below.
Section 70.9(b) requires that an applicant or licensee notify the Commission of information which the licensee recognizes as having significant implications for the public health and safety or the common defense and security. This requirement applies only to information which is nni eovereo by other reporting or updating requirements. The information must be provided within two working days.
This requirement is necessary because there may be some circumstances in which a license possesses some information which could be important to the protection of public health and safety or the common defense and security but which is not otherwise required to be reported. The codification of this full disclosure requirement should not result in significant adoitienal burdens on
/ f applicants or licensees. No formal program is required. What is expected is that licensees will ma;ntain a professional attitude toward safety and that if some potential safety information is gj identified by the licensee, the information will be provided freely and promptly to the NRC so that V
the agency can evaluate it and act on it if necessary.
Sagtion 70.14(a) provides that the Commission may grant exemptions from the requirements of the regu!%ns in Part 70 under specified conditions, upon the application of any interested person or on it, own initiative. Applications under this section are examined by the NRC staff to determine wh;,ther the requested exemption is authorized by law and whether it v9ill not endanger life or 9002260088 900219 PDR REGGD pli - ( O-rfg
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Section 70.19fc)(2) requires that a calibration o, ieference source, or the storage container, bear a label containing the model number, serial number, name of manufacturer or initial transferor, and a statement that the source is subject to a generallicense and the regulations of NRC or an Agreement State, as well as a caution statement warning of the radioactive contents. This information needs to be available on the device so that in the event it is lost, anyone fin 6ng it will be aware of its hazards and whom to contact or, if there is an accident, the appropriate Wrty may be contacteo for vitalinformation to determine the degree of possible hazard.
Section 70.20afd) requires that any person who possesses formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material under the general license established in Section 70.20a submit and receive NRC approva! of a transportation security plan. The plan must outline the procedures that will be used to meet the requirements of specified sections of Part 73, including a plan for the selection, qualification, and training of armed escorts, or the specification and design of a specially designed truck or trailer as appropriate. This information will be reviewed by the NRC staff to ensure that the transportation plan is sufficient to protect the material being transported.
Section 70.20a(e) requires that any person whu possesses irradiated reactor fuel under the general license of Section 70.20a must comply with the reporting requirements of Section 73.71. The reports will be used by the staff in the Regional Ofi..e to ensure appropriate physical protection of irradiated reactor fuelin transport. In addition, in the event of an unaccounted-for shipment, suspected theft, unlawful diversion, radiological sabotage or event which significantly threatens or lessens the effectiveness of the physical protection of irradiated reactor fuelin transport, the NRC Operations Center must be notified so that appropriate contingency plans can be put into operation.
The reporting requirements of 10 CFR Scrtion 73.71 have been previously cleared undr OMB No.
3150-0002, which should be referred to for burden, cost, and further supporting data.
Section 70.20b(f) requires that persons generally licensed under Section 70.20b who plan to carry transient shipments with scheduled stops at U.S. ports must notify the NRC in writing,10 days in advance of shipment, of all scheduled stops in U.S. territory, arrival and departure times, the type of tronsport vehicle, the special nuclear material contained in the shipment, the number and types of cor. tainers, the name and telephone number of the carriefs representative at each storover location in U.S. territory, assurance of protection for shipments between countries that are not party to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Matenal, and a physical protection r.an for implementing the requirements of Section 70.20b(c), including use of armed personnel to protect the shipment while in a U.S. port. l.icensees niust also notify NRC by telephone that such a notification has baea sent, and must provide any changes to shipment itinerary. This information will be reviewed by the NRC staff to ensure that the transportation plan is sufficient to protect the terial being transported.
Section 70.20b(a) requires that persons generally licensed under Section 70.20b making unscheduled stops at U.S. ports must immediately provide to NRC tiie information required under Section 70.20b(f). This information will be reviewed by the Safeguards staff to ensure that the tran:portation plan for transierit shipments of formula quantities of special nuclear material with unscheduled stops at U.S. ports is sufficient to protect the material being transported.
Sections 70.21(a). 70.22. 7'.33. and 70.34 Section IQ,21(a) specifies the number of copies of applications required, the methods of filing applications, and the places where apNications may be filed. Section 70.22 specifies the
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3 information that each license application must contain. Sections 70.33 ana.0.34 state the requirements for renewals and amendments. Materials licenses are generally issued for a period of five years. Thus, every five years an application for renewal of the license must be submitted by each licensee. In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its regulatory efforts, NRC i
has changed the license renewal frequency for major fuel cycle facihties from five years to ten J
years. To ensure ; hat safety hformation remains current dunng this extended period, those licensees are required to prc7:de updates of the safety demonstration section of the license every two years. Because Part 70 licenses cover a very broad range of uses, license applications vary from simple to complex. The information collection requirements in Section 70.22 reflect the differences in needed information for the various types of licenses. Section 70.22(a) applies to all l
licenses and requires that applicants submit basic information such as their Jariizational i
structure, the quantity of special nuclear material to be used, the use of the m :terial, and a description of the equipment, facilitics and procedures to be used to protect the public health and safety. Sections 70.22(b) and 70.22(f) through (k) require additional infoimation from applicants for i
major licenses related to control and accounting for special nuclear material, design for natural phenomena, quakty assurance, physical protection for the plant and during transportation of material, and emergency plan. Section 70.22(d) provides that NRC may require further statements j
after the filing of the app'ication and before expiration of the license to enable NRC to deteimbe I
whether the application should be granted or denied er whether a licenso should be modified or revoked. Such additional information is sometimes needed to clarify information submitted in the application, or to rectify deficiencies in proposed or existing programs for proidction of the public health and safety, the cummon defense and security, or the environment.
l The information submitted is reviewed by various NRC organizational units to assess the adequacy l
of the applicant's physical plant, equipment, organization, training, experier~a, procedures and i
plans for protection of the public health and safety, common defense and security, and the i
environment. The NRC review and the findings derived therefrom form the basis for NRC decisions concerning the issuance, modification or revocation of licenses for special nuclear material.
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Section 70.21{D requires that an application for a license to possess and use special nuclear material for processing and fuel fabrication, scrap recovery, or conversion of uranium hexailouride, or for the conduct of any other activity which the Commission determ!nes will significantly affect the quality of the human environmant, must be accompanied by an Environmental Report required j
under 10 CFR Part 51.
I The Environmental Report is reviewed by the NRC staff, and serves as a basis for the preparation 3
by NRC of an EnvironmentalImpact Statement or an Environmental Assessment, which gives i
detailed consideration to the environmentalimpacts associated with construction and operation of a proposed facility or conduct of the activity and assesses impacts in terms of the available alter-nMves. This information is necessary to permit NRC to comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The burden and cost associated with this requirement i
are attributable to and have been previously cleared by OMB under 10 CFR Part 51, OMB No.
3150-0021, which should be referred to for further supporting information, burden and cost data.
2 Stetion 70.21@ requires that, in response to a written request from the Commission, an applicant for a license to possess and use more than one effective kilogram of special nuclear material shall file with the Commission the installation information described in 10 CFR Section 75.11. This informat an is required by NRC in order for the United States to comply with the US/lAEA Safeguards Agreement. IAEA Form N 71, Design Information Questionnaire,"is used to collect j
this information. Section 75.11 has been previously cleared under OMB No. 3150-0055. IAEA
4 Form N 71 has been previously cleared under OMB No. 3150-0056. Those clearances should be referred to for further Supporting information, burden and cost data.
Seglion 70.21(h) requires that an application for a uranium er.richment facility contain an environmental report in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51.
The Environmental Report is reviewed by the NRC staff, and serve; as a basis for the preparation by NRC of an Environmentalimpact Statement or an Environmental Assessment, which gives detailed consideration to the environmental impacts associated with construction and operation of the proposed facility and assesses impacts in terms of the available alternatives. This infurmation is necesaary to permit NRC to comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and is required by the provisions of Public Law 101575. The burden and cost associated with this requiremer' are attributable to and have been previously cleared by OMB under 10 CFR Part 51, OMB No. 3150-0021, which should be referred to for further supporting information, burden and cost data.
Section 70.22 sets forth the requirements for the contents of applications. Section 70.22(a)(9) specifies that, as required by Section 70.25, certain applications for specific licenses must contain a proposed decommissioning funding plan or a certification of financial assurance for decommissioning. The records and reports required are necessary for the Commission to determine whether an applicant has planned for and will be able to ensure that appropriate decontamination efforts will be taken to minimize exposure of workers to radioactive materials and to reduce the residual radioactive contamination sufficiently to protect the public health and safety and the environment. Section 70.22(g) requires that the licensee retain the description of the plan for physical protectica of special nuclear material in transit and the safeguards contingency plan or safeguards response procedures, and each change to the plan or procedures, as a record for three years. Section 70.22(h) requires that the licensee retain a copy of the physical security plan and each change to it as a record for three years after the licensee last possessed the material.
Section 70.22(i) requires that the licensee retain a copy of the plans for coping with emergencies as a record until the Commission terminates the license, and retain each change for three years.
Section 70.22(j) requires that the licensee retail a copy of the safeguards continger.cy plan as a record until the Commission terminates the license, and retain each change for three years.
Section 70.22(k) requires that the licensee retain a copy of the physical security plan as a record as long as the licensee possesses 'he material, and retain each change for three years. Sectior.
70.22(m) requires that an application for a uranium enrichment facility involving the use of special nuclear materialinclude the applicant's provisions for public liability. This requirement allows NRC to determine that the appScant meets the provisions of Public Law 101575.
Section 70.24(a)(3) requires that licensees maintain emergency procedurea for those areas subject to the criticality monitoring aquirements of 70.24(a). These procedures are designed to assure that all personnel will withdraw to an area of safety upon the sounding of a criticality alarm. Further, the procedures include requirements for periodic drills to familiarize personnel with the evacuation plans, designation of responsible individuals for determining th-cause of the alarm and placement of radiation survey instruments in accessibiu locations for use in an emergt ncy.
Section 70.25 sets forth the requirements for financial assurance and recordkeeping for decommissioning. Sections 70.25 (a) and (b) epecify which licensees are required to submit a certification or funding plan. Sections 70.25(c) and (d) Specify prescribed amounts required for certification. Section 70.25(e) specifies the content of te funding plan. Section 70.25(f) specifies acceptab'e methods for providing for financiai assurance either through a certification or funding plan. Section 70.25(g) requires that licensees keep records important to the safe and effective
5 decommissioning of the facility until the license is terminated by the Commission. Section 70.25(g)(1) requires that licensees keep records of spills or other unusual occurrences involv ng the i
spread of contamination that remains after cleanup, including information on involved nuclides.
quantities, forms, and concentrations. Section 70.25(g)(2) requires that licensees keep records of as built drawings and modifications of structures and equipment in restricted areas where radioactive materials are used and/or stored, and of locations of possible incccessible contamination such as buried pipes. Section 70.25(g)(3) requires that licensees list in a single document (to be held by the licensee and updated once every two years) identification of all restricted areas where licensed materials were used or Stored, all ereas outside of restricted areas where documentation is required under Section 70.25(g)(1) for unusual occurrences or spills, and all areas outside of restricted areas where waste has been buried or containing material such that, if the license expired, the licent.ee would be required to decontaminate the area or seek special approval for disposal. This listing must be updated ar.d maintained for the life of the license.
Section 70.25(g)(4) requires that licensees keep records of the cost estimate performed for the decommissioning funding plan or of the amount certified for decommissioning, and records of the funding method used.
The records and reports required by Section 70.25 are necessary for the Commission to determine whether aa applicant will be able to decontaminate licensed premises to a level suitable for release for unrestricted use before the license may be terminated. NRC will review the information to ensure that adequate funds will be available to ensure that the applicant will conduct decon-tamination efforts in a timely manner and minimize exposure of workers to radioactive materials.
The information will also be used to ensure that the decontamination efforts will reduce the residual rad;oactive contamination sufficiently to protect the public health and safety after the license is terminated.
Section 70.32f.al@) requires each licensee to notify the NRC by mail immediately fellowing the commencement of a bankruptcy proceedidg by or against the licensee. No action is required of a licensee unless and until a bar kruptcy petition is filed.
Notification of the NRC in cases of bankruptcy would alert the Commission so that it may deal with potential ha:ards to the public health and safety posed by a licensee that does not have the resources to properly secure the licensed material or clean up possible contamination. The information provided by the requireJ notification would be used by the inspection and licensing staff, in consultation with legal and program staff, to initiate a determination of the need for prompt NRC response or regulatory action. In addition, prompt notification would allow NRC to take timely and appropriate action in a bankruptcy proceeding to seek to have available assets of the licensee applied to cover costs of site cleanup before funds are disbursed and become unavailable for cleanup.
Sections 70.32(ct (dt (et (ot and fi)
The application, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in Section 70.32 permit the NRC regulatory staff to evaluate enanges which a licensee has made, or proposes to make, in the material control and accounting and measurement control programs, the plan for physical protection of special nuclear materialin transit, and the physical security plan at a fixed site. They also provide a means of determining whether such changes involve a significant decrease in the effectiveness of the program or pla.1 Section 70.32(c) requires that each licensee authorized at any one time and location to possess and use a quantity exceeding one effective kilogram of special nuclear material maintain and follow:
(1) a program for the control of and accounting for special nuclear material meting the M
6 requirements in specified Sections of Parts 70 and 74; (2) a measurement control program meeting the requirements contained in specific sections of Parts 70 and 74; and (3) such other material control procedures as the Commission determines to be essential for the safeguarding of special nuclear material. This section also provides that a licensee shall make no change to these plans which would decrease the effectiveness of the material control and accounting program or tha measurement control program without the prior approvol of the Commission. A licensee desiring to l
make such changes is required to submit an application for amendment to the license. A licensee is required to maintain records of changes to these programs made without prior Commission app'loval and to inform the Commission of each change within a specified period of time after the change is made.
Sgtlon 70.32fd) provides that a licensee making shipments of special nuclear materini shall make no change which would decrease the artectiveness of the plan for physical protection of the material without prior approval of the Commission. A licensee desiring to make such changes is required to submit an application to the Commission. A licensee is required to inform the Commission of each change within a specified period of time after the change is ma% The licensee must retain a copy of the plan as a record as long as the licensee possesses the material and must retain changes to the plan for three years.
Snilon 70.32(e) provides that a licensee wno possesses or uses special nuclear material at any given site shall make no change which would decrease the effectiversess of its physical security plan without prior approval of the Commission. A licensee desiring to make such a change is required to submit an application to the Commission. A licensee is required to maintain records of changes to the plan made without prior Commission approval and to inform the Commission of aach change within a specified period of time arter the change is made.
Sgtion 70.32(g) requires a licensee to prepare and maintain se'eguards contingency plan procedures in order to effect the actions and decisions contained in the safeguards contingency plan and to make no changes which decrease the effectiveness of the plan without prior approval of the Coramirdon. A licensee desiring to make such changes is required to submit an application to the Commission. A licensee is required to maintain records of changes to the plan made without prior Commission approval and to inform the Commission of each change within a specified period of time after the change is made.
Section 70.32(i) requires those licensees engaged in fuel processing and fabricatica, scrap recovery, or convere!cn of uranium hexaflouride, to follow and maintain in effect an emergency plan approved by the Commission. Licensees may make changes to the approved plan without prior Commission approval only if such changes do not decrease the effectiveness of the plan and the plan as changed continues to meet specified requirements. Licensees are required to submit a report to the Commission which describes each change made to the plan within six months after the change is made Licensees desiring to make changes that would decrease the effectiveness of the approved emergency plan are required to submit an app!ication to the Commiision for approval.
Section 70.38(d) requires that each licensee notify the Commission ic writing within 60 days if (1) the license has expired, (2) the licensee decides to cease principal activities, (3) no principal activities have been conducted for 24 months at the site or, (4) no principal activities have been conducted for 24 months in any separate building or outdoor area suitable for unrestricted used. If
- the licensee is required to have a decommissioning plan, such plan must be submitted within 12 months of notificatica. This informat;on is needed to enable the Commission to ensure that plans for decommissioning adequately protect the environment and the health and safety of the public.
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Schon 70.3a(c) permits the licensee, following approval of the decommissioning plan, to reduce the amount of financial assurance as decommissioning proceeds. The NRC, reviews any request for reduction of the amount of financial assurance to verify that the licensee will have adequate funds to ensure that its facility will be clear of all radioactive material and, consequently, suitable for unrestricted use.
Section 70.38(f) permits the NRC to grant a request to delay or postponc laitiation of a licensee's decommissioning process. Licensees are required to submit such requests no later than 30 days before notification of deccmmissioning actions and plans required by Section 70.38(d) so that the NRC can review the request to determine if such relief is not detrimental to public health and safety.
Sgtion 70.381gl(1) requires that licensees submit a decommissioning plan if required by license condition or the decommissioning procedures and activities have not previously been approved by the NRC and the procedures could increase potential health and safety impacts to workers or the public. Submittal of the decommissioning plan is necessary for NRC to evaluate any health and safety impacts.
Schon 70.38(gif 2) provides for NRC approval of an alternate schedule for submittal of a decommissioning plan. The NRC will review the alternate schedule to determine if it is necessary for the effective conduct of decommissioning operations and presents no undue risk from radiation to public health and safety.
Section 70.38(g)(4) requires that the decommissioning plan include: (i) a description of the current conditions of the site, building, or outdoor area to be decommissioned, (ii) a description of planned decommissioning activities, (iii) a description of methods to protect workers and the environment against radiation hazards during decommissioning, (iv) a description of the planned final radiation survey, (v) an updated detailed cost estimate for decommissioning, comparison of that estimate with current funds set aside for decommissioning, and a plan for assuring the availability of adequate funds for completion of decommissioning, and (vi) a justification for a delay in completing decommissioning later than 24 months after plan approval.
This information is needed by the Commission to more fully assess the risk of the environmental impact of decommissioning activa,es and to plan its invo'vement in decummissioning oversight and ultimate termination of the license or modification of the license to exclude the decommissioned areas. It is also needed to determ;ne whether a delay in decommisslonin0 warrants relief and is in the public interest. The burden for this requirement is included in the burden for $70.38(gM1) above.
Section 70.38(i) provides for NRC approval of an alternate schedule for completion of decommissioning of the site or separate building or outdoor area, and license termination if appropriate. The NRC will review the alternate schedule to determine if it is necessary for the effective conduct of decommissioning operations and presents nn undue risk from radiation to public health and safety, Section 70.38(i) contains the information that licensees must submit to the NRC as the final step in decommissioning. This includes certifying the disposition of alllicensed material, on NRC Form 314 or equivalent, and submitting a report on the results of a survey of the premises. This information is necessary for NRC to evaluate whether the license is suitaole for termination.
8 Section 70.32(G) requires that an applicant for a specific license to manufacture or initially transfer calibration or reference sources containing plutonium, for distribution to general licensees, must submit information concerning the form and quantity of the plutonium, details of construction and design, method of incorporation and binding of the plutonium in the source, procedures for and results of prototype testing of sources, quality control procedures for manufacture of sources desenption of labeling of sources or storage containers, and any additionalinformstion, including experimental studies and tests conducted. The information will be used by NRC to determine the safety of the source.
Section 70.39(b) requires that licensees affix a label to each source or storage container which must provide information as to safe use and storage, a statement that the source contains radioactive material and is subject to a generallicense and regulations of NRC or an Agreement State, and the model number, serial number, and name of the manufacturer or initial transfeior of the source. This information is necessary to put persons handling the device on notice that it l
contains radioactive material and is subject to regulation, and so that ;f the source is lost or there is an accident, the appropriate party may be contacted for vitalinformation to determine the degree of possible hazard.
S.ection 70.42(c) requires that, before transferring special nuclear material to a specific licer.aee or a general licensee who is required to register prior to receipt, the transferor must verify that the transferee's license authorizes receipt of the type, form, and quantity of special nuclear maMrial to be transferred.
Section 70.42(d) specifies methods acceptable to the Commission for accomplishing the required venfication, including:
(1) The transferor may have in his possession, and read, a copy of the transferee's specific license or registration certificate.
J (2) The transferor may have a written certification by the transferee that the transferee is authorized by license or registration certificate to receive the type, form,6nd quantity of special nuclear material to be transferred, specifying the license or registration number, issuing agency, and expiration date.
(3) For emergency shipments, the transferor may accept oral certification from the transferee, provided it is confirmed in writing within 10 days.
(4) The transfero' rnay obtain other sA ces of information compiled by a reporting service from official records of the Commission or Agreement State licensing agency.
(5) When other methods are not available, the transferor may obtain and record confirmation from the Commission or Agreement State licensing agency.
The infom1ation required by Sections 70.42(c) and (d) is used by transferring licensees to provide assurance that the licensed special nuclear material is being transfened to a person who is authorized to receive it. This verification serves as an aoditional check to prevent transfer of special nuclear material tu persons who may not have the facilities, training, experience, equipment -
or procedures necessary for the safe handling of the material. Records of these certifications will be reviewed by NRC inspectors during periodic insoections to ensure that licensees have been complying with verification requirements.
9 Sectionl0301a) requires each licensee to notify NRC as soon as possible but not more than 4 houru after discovery of an event that prevents immediate protective actions necessary to avoid overexposure to or release of radioactive material The information will be used by NRC to determine whether immediate response or corrective action is needed to protect public health and safety.
Sechonl0J0Lb) requires each licensee to notify NRC within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> after tho discovery of an event involving unplanned contamination, safety equipment foilures, personal injury to an individual with radioactive contamination of clothing or body, or fire or explosion. The information will be used by NRC to determine whether immediate response or corrective action is needed to protect public health and safety.
Snction 70.50(c)(2) requires each licensee to submit a written followup report within 30 days of the initial report. Wntten reports prepared pursuant to other regulations may be submitted to fulfill thia, requiremrrt if they contain the necessary information. These reports are used by NRC to determine whether additional measures are necessary to protect the public health and safety and to determine whether patterns exist that might indicate poor c'esign, fabrication, or operation requiring corrective action.
Sedon 70 51(b) requires each non-exempted licensee to maintain records showing the receipt, inventory (including location), disposal, acquisition, and transfer of all special nuclear material in the licensee's possession. These records are reviewed by NRC inspect ars to detect diversion of special nuclear material and to implement prompt action in the event of a diversion. (Licensees subject to the recordkeeping requirements of 10 CFR $$74.31,74.33, and 74.59 are exempted).
Section 70.51(b)(6) requires that licensees forward to the NRC Regic nal Office records pertaining to decommissioning, offsite releases, and waste disposal prior to licelse termination. This forwarding of records is necessary to ensure that adequate information will be available to evaluve offsite consequences, and to ensure that the site is decommissioned effectively.
Section 70.51(b)(7) requires that licensees transfar to the new licensee records pertaining to decommissioning, offsite rcleases, and waste disposal prior to license transfer or r assignment.
The new licensee then becomes responsible for maintaining these records until license termination.
This transferring of records is necessar/ to ensure that adequate information will be available to effectively decommission the facility.
Eaction 70.51(c) requires each licensee who authorized to possess at any one time more than one effective kilogram of special nuclear matenal to establish, maintain, and follow written material control and accounting procedures sufficient to enable the licensee to account for the special nuclear material in its possession under license. The procedures will be reviewed by the NRC licensing and inspection staff in order to determine whether the procedures are adequate to prevent diversion of the nuclear material and to implement prompt action in the event of a diversion.
Section 70.51(d) requires each licensee who is authorized to possess at any one time and location mee than 350 grams of specified special nuclear material to at least annually conduct a physical inventou of all spec;al nuclear matcrial possessed. This information is used by the licensee and the NRC staff to detect diversion of the special nuclear material and to initiate prompt action in the-event of a diversion.
Section 70.51{c) requires each licensee who is authorized to possess at any one tinie special nuclear material in a quantity exceeding one effective kilogram with certain exceptions to maintain
10 procedures for the safeguarding of the material, conduct physicalinventories, and maintain a sysier, of material control and accountability records. These records are used by the licensee and the NRC staff to detect diversion e' the nuclear material and to implement prompt action in the event of a diversion.
Section 70.51(9 requires each licensee covered under Section 70.51(e) to establish physical inventory proce.isres. The records of these procedures are reviewed by the NRC licensing and inspection staff to determine whether the procedures are adequate to yvent diversion of the nuclear material and to implement prompt action in the event of a diversion.
Section 70.52(a) requires that a licensee report an accidental criticality or any loss of special nucleer material to the NRC Operations Center within one hour of discovery. This infonnation is necessary to promptly inform NRC of particularly serious maloperations or accidents in ibensed facilities or activities. The information is evaluated by NRC to determine whether any immediate response or corrective action may be necessary.
Section 70.52(b) equires that any theft or attempted theft or other unlav4ul diversion of significant amounts of special nuclear material must be reported to the NRC Operations Center within one hour of discovery. This information is used by the NRC staff to implement prompt action to determine whether there has been a diversion or other loss of material and to initiate prompt action in the eveni of such diversion or loss.
Srstion 70.53(a) requires complathn and submission of material balance reports and material status reports in accordanco with the provisions of Section 74.13. Section 74.13 has been previously cleared under OMB Clearance No. 3150-0123, whis should be referred to for further supporting information, burden and cost data.
Section 70.53(b) requires each licensee covered under Section 70.51(e) to follow the requirements of Sections 74.13 (Material Status Report) and 74.17 (Special Nuclear Material Physical Inventory Summary Report). Sections 74.13 and 74.17 have been previously cleared under OMB Clearance No. 3150-0123. The Material Status Report required by $74.13 is submitted on DOE /NRC Form 742, which has been previously cleared under OMB Clearance No. 3150-0004. The Special Nuclear Material Physical Inventory Summary Report required by 974.17 is submitted on DOE /NRC Form 327, which has been previous!, cleared under OMB Clearance No. 3150-0139. The foregoing clearances should be referred to for further supporting information, burden and cost data.
Section 70.54 requires each licensee who transfers and each licensee who receives special nuclear material to follow the requirements of Section 74.15, which requires completion and distribution of Nuclear Material Transaction Reports, DOE /NRC Form 741. The information wll be used by the NRC staff to determine whether there is loss or diversion of special nuclear material and to implement action in the event of such loss or diversion. Section 74.15 has been previously cleared under OME Clearance No. 3150-0123 and DOE /NRC Form 741 has been previously cleared under OMB Clearance Number 3150 0003. Those clearances should be referred to for further supporting information, burden and cosi data.
Section 70.57(t;) requires that each licensee authorized to possess, at any one time and location, strategic special nuclear material in irradiated fuel reprocessing operations, or special nuclear material of moderate strategic significance in a quantity in excess of one effective kilogram, with the exception of sealed sources and reactor or waste disposal operations, establish and maintain a measurement control program in accordance with specified criteria, including provisions for recording and reporting data and results of audits, analyses and studies to management. The
11 program is needed to assure the quality of material control and accounting measurements. The information is used by the licensee to carry out its measurement control and accounting operatinns and is reviewed b/ NRC inspectors to ensure the adequacy of the licensee's measurement control and accounting programs and compliance with NRC regulations. The information is also necessary to ensure that the licensee can rapidly and accurately determine the amoant of SNM in its control and identify any potential diversion of that material.
Section 70.57(c) requires that applicants and licensees subject to the provisions of Section 70.57(b) submit for Commission approval a detailed plan describing the program for compliance with those provisions. The submittal would be used by the NRC staff to ensure the adequacy of the l
licensee's measurement control program for special nuclear material. All current licensees havo
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submitted such plans. There have been no new applicants subject to this requirement for several years and none are anticipated in the next several years. The submittal would be required, I
however, for any new facility that were to come on line in the future.
Section 70.58 establishes fundamental nuclear material control requirements applicable to each licensee who is authorized to possess, at any one time and location, strategic special nuclear material in irradiated fuel reprocessing operations, or special nuclear material of moderate strategic significance in a quantity in excess of one effective kilogram, with the exception of sealed sources and reactor or waste disposal operations. The written procedures and records requireo to be maintained provide for (1) documentation of qualifications, authorities, responsibilities, and functional and organizational relationships of material control and accounting personnel, (2) records of reviews and audits of the nuclear material control system, (3) records of the shipper receiver difference ovaluations, investigations and corrective actions, and (4) documentation of the location of special nuclear material within the plant. These procedures and records provide a basis for licensee and NRC personnel to determine that the nuclear material control and accounting system is operating as required and to rsconcile material accounting balances.
Section 70.5Q requires that each licensee authorizeri to possess and use special nuclear matcrial for processing and fuel fabrication, scrap recovery, conversion of uranium hexaflouride, or in a uraniura enrichment facility, must submit semiannual reports to NRC specifying the quantity of each of the principal radionuclides released to unrestricted areat in liquid and gaseous effluents during the previous six months of operation, and such other information as the Commission may require to estimate maximum potential annual radiation doses to the public resulting from effluent releases.
The reports will be reviewed by NRC and, if releases are significantly above design objectives, a determination will be made as to whether it may be necessary to direct the licensee to take action to reduce such affluents to protect public health and safety.
DIaft Regulatorv Guide DG-3008 provides guidance on an acceptable auclear criticality safety training program to meet the requirements cf Section 70.23, which specifies that an application will be approved if, among other things, the Commissiori determines that the applicant is qualified by reason of training and experience to use tha material for the pt.rpose requested. DG-3008 adopts ANSI /ANS-8.20-1991, " Nuclear Criticality Safety Training," a standard for nuclear criticality training developed and approved by the nuclear industry. The standard includes provisions for description of the facility's nuclear criticality safety policy, establishment of training objectives, instructional materials, a framework of training program content, criteria for documentation and evaluation, and maintenance of records of training. The industry standard specifies that tne training records should be retained for four years or longer. The information regarding the training program is needed to ensure that employees are properly trained in fissionable material operations outside reactors in circumstances in which a potential exists for criticality accidents. The burden and cost associated with the submission of this information is covered by Section 70.21(a), above.
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Agency Use of the information The records that 10 CFR Part 70 requires the licensees to maintain are reviewed during inspections, license renewals, and license amendment reviews to evaluate compliance with NRC safety and safeguards requirements for possession and use of special nuclear material.
The records of receipt, transfer, and disposal of special nuclear material are reviewed by the NRC inspectors to determine that licensees have confined their possession and use of special nuclear material to the locations, purposes, receipt, and quantities authorized in their licenses.
Reports of significant safety or safeguards events and theft of radioactive material are used by the age iy in evaluating the protective actions required to maintain control of fissionable material and l
to avoid exposures to radiation or releases of radioactive materials that could exceed regulatory limits and, therefore, impact public health and safety, the common defense and security, and the environment.
Bankruptcy reports, decommissioning plans, decomraissioning funding plans, and certifications of financial assurar.ce for decommissioning are reviewed by the NRC to ensure that a licensee has adequate procedures and funds for any necessary cleanup efforts before a licensee's responsibility for special nuclear materials is terminated and the site
- released for unrestricted use.
3.
Reduction rf Burden Throuah Information Technoloai There are no legal obstacles to reducing the burden associated with this information collection.
Certain reports, such as transaction reports and inventory reports, are produced by some licensees using automated information technology. Licensees are encouraged to use automated information technology whenever it will reduce the burden on them. However, because of the types of information and the infrequency of submission, the applications and other reports may not lend themselves readily to the use of automated information technology for submission.
A substantial number of reports made pursuant to the requirements of Part 70 are material control and accounting reports, using DOE /NRC Forms 741/741 A,742,742C, and 740M. However, those forms each have separate OMB clearances, and the electronic submittal rate for those reports, as well as other supporting information, will be reported separately under those clearances, wh:,,h are listed below. With the exception o
- se submittals, other infnrmation collections under Part 70 are nenerally not submitted electronic
, because of the types of information and the infrequency of submission, so the percentage of e,ectronic submittals reported for Part 70 in this clearance request is zero.
DOE /NRC Form 740M OMB Clearance No. 3150-0057 DOE /NRC Form 741 OMB Clearance No. 3150-0003 DOE /NRC Form 742 OMB Clearance No. 3150-0004 DOE /NRC Form 742C OMB Clearance No. 3150-0058 4.
Effort to identify Duolication and Use Similar Information The information Requirements Control Automated System (IRCAS) was searched to determine duplication. None was found. In general, information required by NRC in reports or records
13 concerning the transfer, receipt, possession, or usa of special nuclear material does not duplicate other Feoeralinformation collection requirements Ond is not available from any other source. In an effort to minimize duplication and hconsee burden, NRC and the Department of Energy (DOE) jointly utilize a Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS). Common reporting forms are used to minimize the reporting bLtden on industry members required to provide nuclear materials data to one or both agencies in accordance with prevailing regulations or contractual obligations. The licensee is thus able to file one report to meet the requirements of both agencies.
There is a small amount of duplication in that, upon termination of licensed operations by a licensee, NRC requires the licensee to file NRC Forrn 314, reporting the transfer or other disposition of any remaining licensed material, and the date of transfer. This transfer must also be reported on DOE /NRC Form 74i. This small dup'ication imposes a minimal burden on licensees, and is necessary to maintain accountablit/ of licensed materialin NMMSS and to permit NRC.o make a determination whether the facikty has been cleared of radioactive material and is suitable for release for unrestricted use or whether additional decontamination measures may be required.
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Effort to Reduce Small Business Burden Some of the licensees who use special nuclear material are small businesses. However, since the health and safety consequences of improper handling or use of special nuclear material are the same for large and small entities, it is not possible to reduce the burden on small businesses by less frequent or less complete reporting, recordkeeping, or accounting and control procedures.
6.
CanicQuences to Federal Procram of Policy Activities if tne Collection is Not Condustt i or is Condusted Less Freauently if the information included in the applications, reports and records were not collected, the NRC staff would not be able to assess the adequacy of the applicant's physical plent, equipment, organization, training, experience, procedures and plans fer protection of public health ud safety and the common defense and security Mer to make licensing and other regulatory decisions related to special nuclear material.
Required reports are collected ar J evaluated on a continuir.g basis as events occur, Applications for new licenses and amendments are submitted only once. Applications for renewal of licenses are submitted every five years, or every ten years for fuel cycle facilities. Information submitted in previous apphcations may be referenced without being resubmitted. The schedule for collecting the information is the minimum frequency necessary to assure that licensees will continue to conduct programs in a manner that will assure adequate protection of the public health and safety.
7.
Circumstances Which_ Justify Variation from OMB Guidelines Contrary to the OMB Guidelines in S CFR 1320.5(d), Section 70.9(b) requires that licensees submit a notification to NRC in less than thirty days from the date of identifying information having significant implications for the public health and safety or the common defense and security and which is not covered by other reporting requirements. The requirement to provide notification within two working days foiiowing the identification of the inforrmtion b necessary to ensure that NRC is made aware of the siguncant safety information co as to take prompt effective action to protect the public health and safety.
14 Section 70.20b(f) requires that licensees notify NRC by telephone that written notification has been sent concerning transient shipments with scheduled stops at U.S. ports. This prompt notification is needed to enable NRC to ensure that sufficient protection will be provided for the material being transported.
Section 70.20b(g) requires that persons generally licensed under Section 70.20b making unscheduled stops at U.S. ports must immediately provide to NRC the information required under Section 70,20b(f). This immediate notification is needed to permit the NRC staff to ensure that the transportation plan for transient shipments of formula quantitss of special nuclear material with unscheduled stops at U.S. ports is sufficient to prritect the material being transported.
Contrary to the OMb Guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5(d), bection 70.21 requires that licensees submit more than an original and two copies of certain documents. For mest reporting requirements, only one copy need be submitted. However, for applications for a special nuclear material license, Section 70.21 requires that six copies be filed, except that for an application for a r.lutonium processing and fuel fabrication plant, or for a uranium enrichment facility,25 copi" must be filed.
The complexity of NRC's review and decisionmaking process necessitates the filing of multiple copies by applicants. The application may be extremely complex, consisting of moltiple foldouts, engineering drawings, and other printed material of various sizes that is difficult for NRC to reproduce properly or quickly. The NRC reviews typically involve numerous technical reviewers within the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. In addition, documentation must be l
provided for concurrent review by other NRC offices, technical cor'sultants and contractors, and other participants in the proceeding. The complexity of the review, the need for cor. current review, and the need for timely completion of the review, dictate the requirement for multiple copies.
Delays resulting from an insufficient number of copies would have a much more deleterious impact on applicants than the requirement for multiple copics.
Contrary to the OMB Guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5(d), Section 70.32(a)(9) requires that licensees submit a notification to NRC in less than thirty days from the date of filing of a petition in bankruptcy. The requirement to provide notification promptly following the filing of the petnion is necessary to ensure that NRC is made aware of the bankruptcy so as to take effective action to protect the public health and safety. Allowing a period of thirty or more days to elapse might preclude NRC from becoming aware of the licensee's distressed financial circumstances in time to prevent the development or aggro.ation of a potentid hazard to the public. Moreover, the Llnited States Code contains requirements regarding notification of creditors in bankruptcy. Section 70.32(a)(9) would require one additional notification. Notifying NRC promptly after the filing of the petition would in fact be less of a burden on the bankrupt than a separate notification later in the proceedings.
Section 70.50(a) requires each licensee to notify NRC as soon as possible but not more than 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> after discovery of an event that prevents immediate protective actions necessary to avoid overexposure to or release of radioactive material. This immediate notification is necessary to inform NRC of serious incidents in licensed facilities or activities. The information will be used by NRC to determine whether immediate response or corrective action is needed to protect public health and safety.
Section 70.50(b) requires each licensee to notify NRC within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> after the discovery of an event involving unplanned contamination, safety equipment failures, personal injuny to an individual with radioactive contamination of clothing or body, or fire or explosion. This immediate notification is necessary to inform NRC of serious incidents in licensed facilities or activities. The information
15 will be used by NRC to determine whether immediate response or corrective action is needed to protect public health and safety.
Section 70.52(a) requires that a licensee report an accidental criticality or any loss of special nuclear material to the NRC Operations Center within one hour of discovery. This immediate notification is necessary to promptly inform NRC of particularly serious maloperations or accidents in licensed facilities or activitias. The information is evaluated by NRC to determine whether any immediate response or corrective action may be necessary.
Section 70.52(b) requires that any theft or attempted theft or other unlawful diversion of significant 1
amounts of special nuclear material must be reported to the NRC Operations Center within one I
hour of discovery. This immediate notification is necessary to permit the NRC staff to implement prompt action to determine whether there has been a diversion or other loss of material and to initiate prompt action in the event of such diversion or loss.
Draft Regulatory Guido DG 3008 adopts ANSI /ANS-8.201991, " Nuclear Criticality Safety Training,"
a standard for nuclear criticality training developed and approved by the nuclear industry. Th, industry standard specifies that employee training records should be retained for four years or longer. The extended retention period is needed to ensure that records of employee nuclear criticality safety training will be available for inspections and for subsequent evaluation in the event of an incident or accident.
8.
Consultations Outside the NRC An opportunity for public comment on the information collection requirements in 10 CFR Part 70 is being provided in the Federal Registei Notice published in connection with this clearance renewal.
9.
Pavment or Gift to Resoondents Not applicable.
- 10. Confidentiality of Information None, ext,ept for proprietary ar.o safegumds information.
- 11. Sensitive Questions done.
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- 12. Estimated Burd.co.aniBurden Hour Casi Reoorting Submittals Respondent Hrs Total Annual SEu0D Annually _
EttSubmittal Resnondent Burden 70.9(b) 43 1
43 70.14(a) 1 40 40 70.19(c)(2)
- Included in 70.39(b) 70.20a(d) 6 40 240 70.20a(e)
- See OMB Clearance No. 3150-0002 70.20b(f) 10 4
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l 70.20b(g) 1 4
4 70.21(a) 273 236 64,628 70.21(f)
- See OMB Clearance No. 3150-0021 70.21(g)
- See OMB Clearance No. 3150-0056 70.21(h)
- See OMB Clearance No. 3150-0021 70.22(a)
- Included in 70.21(2) thru (m) 70.22(a)(9) included in 70.25 70.25 Certification 1
100 100 Funding Plan 5
300 1,500 70.32(a)(9) 1 1
1 70.32(c)(1)
- Included in 70.21(a) 70.32(c)(2) 30 13.3 400 70.32(d) 1 16 16 70.32(e) 30 80 2,400 70.32(g) 5 80 400 70.32(i) 1 16 16
17 Estimate of ComoliaDCQEMf_dca.(CORl'd)
Beportina (cont'd)
Submittals Respondent Hrs Total Annual hdLiiOD Annually -
Per Submittal Resoondent Burden 70.33(a)
- Included in 70.21(a) 70.34
- included in 70.21(a) 70.38(d) 6 1
6 10.38(e) 6 40 240 70.38(f) 2 40 80 70.38(g)(1) 4 1,000 4,000 70.38(g)(2) 2 40 80 70.38(g)(4)
- Included in 70.38(g)(1) 70.38(i)
- See OMB Clearance No. 3150-0028 70.38(j) 6 300 1,800 70.39(a)
- Included in 70.21(a) 70.39(b) 600 0.1 60 70.50 30 4
120 70.52(a) 1 16 16 70.52(b) 16 16 70.53(a)
- See OMB Clearance Nos. 3*50-0004 and 3150-0058 70.53(b)
- See OMB Clearance Nos. 3150-0004 and 3150-0139 70.54 Gee OMB Clearance No. 3150-0003 70.57(c) 0 N/A 0
70.59 72 5.14 370 DG-3008
- Included in 70.21(a)
TOTAL 1,138 76,616
c 18 Estimate of Comrs,iance Burden (cont'd)
Recordkeeoina Reauirements Annual Hrs Per Record Retention Section Recordkeeoers Recordkeeoer Total Hrs, Period 70.22(g)-(k) 2 200 40,0 Vane s - 3 yrs to du.3 tion of license 70.24(a)(3) 100 7.6 760 Varies - 3 yrs to duration of l*
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70.25(g) 210 3
630 C. ti-9 2e 70 32(c)(2)
- Included in 70.58 70.32(d) 2 0.5 1
Duration of possession of matl 70.32(e) 55 0.2 11 3 yrs 70.32(g) 5 0.2 1
Duration of license 70.42(c) & (d) 100 10 1,000 3 yrs 70.51(b)
- Included in 70.58 Varies - 3 yrs to duration of license 70.51(b)(6) 125 2
250 No retention after transfer 70.51(b)(7) 5 2
10 No retention after transfer 70.51(c)
- 1.,.luded in 70.58 Duration of license 3 yrs for changes 10.51(d) -
200 8
1,600 Duration of passession of mati plus 3 yrs 70.51(e)
- induded in 70.58 3 yrs 70.51(f)
- included in 70.58 3 yrs 70.57(b) 1 16 16 Varies - 3 yrs to duration of license FM gg
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19 Recordkeeoir.a Reauirements (cont'd)
Annual Hrs Per Record Retention SP.CliQD BE0Ldkeeoers Recordkeeper Total Hrs Period 70.58 1
120 120 Varies - 3 yrs to duration of license DG-3008 8
20 160 4 yrs Total number of recordkeepers:
210 Total recordkeeping hours annually:
4,959 TOTAL BURDEN HOURS:
81,575 Cost to Resoondents to Comolv Section
. Cor' 70.9(b)
$5,375 70.14(a) 5,000 70.19(c)(2)
-Included in 70.39(b) 70.20a(d) 30,000 70.20a(e)
- See OMB Clc arance No. 3150-0002 70.20b(f) 500 70.20b(g) 500 70.21(a) 8,078,500 70.21(f)
- Gee OMB Clearance No. 3150-0021 70.21(g'
- See OMB Clearance No. 3150-0056 70.22(a)
- Reporting included in 70.21(a) thru (k)
- Recordkeeping:
50,000 70.24(a)(3) 96,000 70.25 278,750
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20 Castio Resoondents to Como!y (cont d) i Section Cost 70.32(a)(9) 125 70.32(c)(1)
- Included in 70.21(a) l 70.32(c)(2) 50,000 70.32(d) 2,125 70.32(e) 301,375 70.32(g) 50,125 70.32(i) 2,000 70.33(a)
- Included in 70.21(a)
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70.34
- Included in 70.21(a) 70 38(e) 30,000 70.38(f) 10,000 70.38(g)(1) 500,000 70.38(g)(2) 10,000 70.38(g)(4)
- Included in 70.38(g)(P 70.38(i)
- See OMB Clearance No 3150-0028 70.380) 225,000 70 39(a)
- Included in 70.21(a) 7,0.39(b) 7,500 70.42(c) & (d) 125,000 70.50 15,000 70.51(b)
- included in 70.58 70.51(b)(6) 31,250 j
70.51(b)(7) 1,250 70.51(c)
- Included in 70.58
w 21 Cost to Resoondents to Comolv (cont di Section Cost 70.51(d) 200,000 70.51(e)
- Included in 70.58 70.51(f) -
- Included in 70.58 70.52(a) 2,000 70.52(b) 2,000 70.53(a)
- See OMB Clearance Nos. 3150-0004 and 3150-0058 70.53(b)
- See OMB Clearance Nos. 3150-0004 and 3150-0139 70.54
- See OMB Clearance No 3150-0003 70.57(b) 2,000 70.57(c) 0 70.58 15,000 70.59 46,250 DG-3008 20,000 TOTAL
$10,191,625 Source of Burden Data and Method for Estimatina Costs The estimates are based on submittals to NRC in past years and on the Caseload Forecast, which is a
__ projection of applications expented to be received. Cost to applicants and licensees is calculated at a rate of $125 per hour, which includes overhead.
- 13.. Estimate of Other Additional Costs Noc., r ar licensees under 10 CFR Part 70, it is most likely that purchases of equipment and services were made (1) pnor to October 1,1995, (2) to achieve reg 'latory compliance with requirements not associated with the information collection, (3) for reasons other than to provide information or keep records for the government, or (4) as part of customary and usual business or private practices.
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- 14. Estimate of Cost to the Federal Govemment Part of the cost incurred under 10 CFR Part 70 is attrib table to activities under other regulations or to the review and handling of the following reporting forms, and has been reported to OMB in connection with the clearance of those forms and regulations:
NRC Form 314 OMB Clearance No. 3150 0028 NRC Form 327
( VB Clearance No. 3150-0139 DOE /NRC Form 741 OMB C;earance No. 3150-0003 DOE /NRC Form 742 OMB Clearance No. 3150-0004 DOE /NRC Form 742C OMB Clearance No. 3150-0058 IAEA Form N-71 OMB Clearance No. 3150-0056 10 CFR Part 51 OMB Clearance No. 3150-0021 10 CFR Part 73 OMB Clearance No. 3150-0002 10 CFR Part 74 OMB Clearance No. 3150-0123 It is estimated that the NRC cost tu aiew an application for a license to construct and operate a uranium enrichment facility would be $3,750,000 (30,000 staff hours x $125/ hour), The est; mated cost of NRC orofessiona! revi n and other efforts other than those attributable to the above items is
$4,375,J00 (17.5 staff years x $125/ hour). The total cost to the Government would be therefore be
$8,125,000. This cost is fully recovered through fee assessments to NRC licensees pursuant to 10 CFR Parts 170 and/or 171,
- 16. Reasons for Change in Burden or Cost The net change in burden results primarily from a decrease in the estimated number of submittals of certifications and funding plans for financial assurance for decommissioning, but with an increase in the estimated bu-den per submittal, based on experience with submittals received since the previous clearance, and an increase for the added requirements for documentation additions for termination termination or transfer of licensed activities, which were approved by OMB and codified ir. ;1e Code of Federal Regulations since the previous clearance of Part 70. The net decrease in cost to the public results from a decrease in the fee rate from $132 to $125 per hour.
- 16. Publication for Statistical Use: None.
- 17. Reason for Not Disolaving Exoiration Date The requirements will be contained in a regulation. Amending the Code of Federal Regulations to display information that, in an annual publicaticn, could become obsolete would be unduly burdensome and too difficult to keep current.
- 18. Exceotions to the Certification Statement: None.
B. Collection of Information Emolovina Statistical M_qthods Statistical methods are not used in this collection of information.
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1 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Agency information Collection Activities: Proposed Collec'Jon; Comment lequest AGENCY:
U. S. Nuclear Regula'ory Commission (NRC) i ACTION:
Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information collec"oq request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.
SUMMARY
- The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of inforrnation collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted:
1.
The title of the information cohection:
10 CFR Part 70 - Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material 2.
Current OMB approval number: 3150-0009 3.
How often the collection is required: Required reports are collected and evaluated on a continuing basis as events occur. Applications for new licenses and amendments may be submitted o' any time. Renewal i
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applications are submitted every five years. Applications for ranewal for certain major fuel cycle facilities are submitted every ten years, with updates of the safety demonstration section submitted every two years.
Nuclear material control and accounting information is submitted in accordance with specified instructions. Nuclear criticality safety training program information pursuant to DG-3008 is submitted with the application or renewal.
4.
Who is required or asked to report: Applicants for and holders of specific NRC licenses to receive title to, own, acquire, deliver, receive, possess, j
use, or initially transfer special nuclear material.
5 The number of annual responses: 1,138.
6.
The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or iequest:- 81,575 (an average of appro:iimately 67.3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> per response for applications and reports, plus approximately 23.6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> per recordkeeper).
7.
Abstract: 10 CFR Part 70 establishes requirements for ' Menses to own, acquire, receive, possess, use, and transfer special nuclear material. Draft
- Regulatory Guide DG-3008 provides guidance ca an acceptable nuclear criticality safety training program. The information in the applications, reports and recordt is used by NRC to make licensing and other regulatory j
3-i determiaations concerning the use of special nuclear material. The revised estimate of burden reflects an increase primarily because of the addition of requirements for documentation for termination or tr?nsfer of licensed activities.
Submit, by (insert date 60 days after publication in the Eederal Reaister), comments that address the following questions:
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Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly perform its functions? Does the inforn.ation have practical utility?
2.
Is the burden estimate accurate?
3.
Is there a way to enhance the quality, uti!ity, and clarity of the information to be colk'cted?
4.
How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, incluwing the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology?
A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of charge at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, NW (lower level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide web site (http://www.nrc. gov) under the FedWorld collection link on the home page tool bar. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice, v
4 Comments and questions about the information collection requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton; U.S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 F33, Washington, DC, 20555-0001, or by telephone at 301-415-7233, or_by internet electronic mail-at BJS1@NRC. GOV.
VA Dated at Rockville, Maryland this
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