Information Collection: License and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well-Logging

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/27/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``License and Radiation Safety Requirements for Well-Logging.''

Information Collection: Licenses for Radiography and Radiation Safety Requirements for Radiographic Operations

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/27/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, `Licenses for Radiography and Radiation Safety Requirements for Radiographic Operations.' ''

Information Collection: Part 20 Respirator Protection Exemption Request for Non-Power Reactors/RTR and Part 20 Respirator Protection Exemption Request for Power Reactors Online Forms

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/27/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on our request for emergency review for and OMB approval of the information collection that is summarized below. The information collection is entitled, ``Part 20 Respirator Protection Exemption Request for Non-Power Reactors/RTR And Part 20 Respirator Protection Exemption...

Information Collection: “Standard Specification for the Granting of Patent Licenses”

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/27/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, ``Standard Specification for the Granting of Patent Licenses.' ''

Voluntary Adoption of Revised Design Basis Accident Dose Criteria

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/27/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a petition for rulemaking from John G. Parillo dated November 23, 2019, requesting that the NRC develop a voluntary rule allowing licensees to adopt revised design basis accident dose acceptance criteria that reflect modern health physics recommendations and modern plant designs, that...

Sunshine Act Meetings

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/27/2020.

Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/27/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a partial exemption in response to a July 12, 2019, request from Exelon Generation Company, LLC (the licensee). The issuance of the exemption grants the licensee a partial exemption from regulations that require the retention of records for certain systems, structures, and components...

Entergy Operations Inc.; River Bend Station, Unit 1

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/27/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the request of Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy, the licensee) to withdraw its application dated March 23, 2020, for a proposed amendment to River Bend Station, Unit 1 (River Bend), Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-47. The proposed amendment would have extended the...

Security Performance (Adversary) Characteristics for Physical Security Programs for 10 CFR Part 72 Licensees

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/29/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is discontinuing proposed Draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-5033, ``Security Performance (Adversary) Characteristics for Physical Security Programs for 10 CFR Part 72 Licensees.'' This DG was intended to support a new rule that would contain security requirements for Independent Spent Fuel Storage...

Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors and Other New Technologies

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/29/2020.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register on May 12, 2020. The NRC is proposing to amend its regulations to include new alternative emergency preparedness requirements for small modular reactors and other new technologies, such as non-light-water reactors and certain non-power...

Safety Related Concrete Structures for Nuclear Power Plants (Other Than Reactor Vessels and Containments)

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/29/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.142, ``Safety Related Structures for Nuclear Power Plants (Other than Reactor Vessels and Containments).'' The guide was revised to endorse an updated version of American Concrete Institute code (ACI) 349-2013, ``Code Requirements for Nuclear...

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4; Auxiliary Building Room Heat-Up

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 05/29/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an exemption to allow a departure from the certification information of Tier 1 of the generic design control document (DCD) and is issuing License Amendment Nos. 181 and 180 to Combined Licenses (COLs), NPF-91 and NPF-92, respectively. The COLs were issued to Southern Nuclear Operating...

Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant; Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/01/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an exemption request from Exelon Generation Company, LLC (EGC) to allow the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP) to load spent fuel with a larger pellet diameter than is authorized in the Holtec International, Inc. (Holtec) HI-STORM FW storage system in Certificate of Compliance...

Sunshine Act Meetings

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/01/2020.

Social Security Number Fraud Prevention

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/02/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to implement the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017. This statute directed agencies to issue regulations that prohibit the inclusion of an individual's Social Security account number (Social Security number or SSN) on any document sent through the mail...

Social Security Number Fraud Prevention

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/02/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to implement the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017. This statute directed agencies to issue regulations that prohibit the inclusion of an individual's Social Security account number (Social Security number or SSN) on any document sent through the...

Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/02/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of two amendment requests. The amendment requests are for Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3; and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. For each amendment request, the NRC proposes to determine that they involve no significant hazards consideration....

Information Collection: Notice of Enforcement Discretion (NOED) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (NRC Enforcement Policy)

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/02/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, ``Notice of Enforcement Discretion (NOED) for Operating Power Reactors and Gaseous Diffusion Plants (NRC Enforcement...

Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/02/2020.

Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately...

Guidance for Implementation of 10 CFR 72.48, `Changes, Tests, and Experiments'

by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on 06/02/2020.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-3054. This DG is proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 3.72 of the same name. The proposed revision endorses Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 12-04, Revision 2 with exceptions and clarification. NEI 12-04, Revision 2, updates and revises...