Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc: Materials licenses, consolidated guidance— Sealed source and device evaluation and registration,

[Federal Register: September 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 169)]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Applications for Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Registration, Dated July 1998

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the completion and availability of NUREG-1556, Vol. 3, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Applications for Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Registration,'' dated July 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 3 may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, P. O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328. Copies are also available from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161. A copy of the document is also available for inspection and/or copying for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC 20555-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sally L. Merchant, Mail Stop TWFN 9-F-31, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Telephone: 301-415-7874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 6, 1997, (62 FR 60112), NRC announced the availability of draft NUREG-1556, Volume 3, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Applications for Sealed Source and Device Evaluation and Registration,'' dated September 1997, and requested comments on it. This draft NUREG report was the third program-specific guidance developed to support an improved materials licensing process. The NRC staff considered all of the comments, including constructive suggestions to improve the document, in the preparation of the final NUREG report.

The final version of NUREG-1556, Volume 3, is now available for use by applicants, licensees, NRC license reviewers, and other NRC staff. It supersedes the guidance for applicants and licensees previously found in NUREG-1550, ``Standard Review Plan for Applications for Sealed Source and Device Evaluations and Registrations,'' Regulatory Guide 10.10, ``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Radiation Safety Evaluation and Registration of Devices Containing Byproduct Material,'' Regulatory Guide 10.11, ``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Radiation Safety Evaluation and Registration of Sealed Sources Containing Byproduct Material,'' and the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Policy and Guidance Directives 22, ``What Source and Device Designs Require an Evaluation,'' and 84-5, ``Source and Device Evaluation Technical Assistance Request.'' This final report should be used in preparing sealed source and device applications. NRC staff will use this final report in reviewing these applications.

Electronic Access

NUREG-1556, Volume 3, is also available electronically by visiting NRC's Home Page (http://www.nrc.gov) and choosing ``Nuclear Materials,''and then ``NUREG-1556, Volume 3.''

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

In accordance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of 1996, the NRC has determined that this action is not a major rule and has verified this determination with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14 day of August, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Donald A. Cool, Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

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