Public Meeting on Part 70 Rulemaking Activities

Proposed Rules

Federal Register

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 70

Public Meeting on Part 70 Rulemaking Activities

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: NRC will host a public meeting in Rockville, Maryland to

discuss issues associated with NRC 10 CFR Part 70 rulemaking

activities. This meeting will provide information on the status of

staff activities consistent with Commission direction in a Staff

Requirements Memorandum (SRM) dated August 26, 1997.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for May 28, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00

p.m. The meeting is open to the public. Persons who wish to attend the

meeting should contact Jim Hennigan at (301) 415-6850 at least one week

prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: NRC's auditorium at Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland. Visitor parking around the NRC building is

limited; however, the meeting site is located adjacent to the White

Flint Station on the Metro Red Line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lidia Roche, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone: (301) 415-7830, fax: (301) 415-5390,

e-mail: [email protected]. Copies of the documents referred to above can be

obtained from the NRC public document room. In addition, you can view

SECY-97-137 via the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/COMMISSION/

activities.html.

ia Roche, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone: (301) 415-7830, fax: (301) 415-5390,

e-mail: [email protected]. Copies of the documents referred to above can be

obtained from the NRC public document room. In addition, you can view

SECY-97-137 via the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/COMMISSION/

activities.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to provide

information on the status of NRC staff activities pertaining to the

revision of 10 CFR Part 70. The focus of the rulemaking under

development is on the features recommended in SECY-97-137, ``Proposed

Resolution to Petition for Rulemaking Filed by the Nuclear Energy

Institute'' (June 30, 1997) which was approved by the Commission in an

SRM dated August 26, 1997. The basic elements of the rule under

development are 1) the performance of an Integrated Safety Analysis

(ISA) by licensees authorized to possess Special Nuclear Material (SNM)

in quantities sufficient to constitute a potential for a nuclear

criticality; 2) the establishment of limits to identify the adverse

consequences that the licensee must protect against; 3) the inclusion

of the safety bases in the license; and 4) allowance for licensees to

make certain change to their facilities without prior approval by NRC.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 15th day of May, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck,

Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 98-13556 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]

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