[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 71172] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-34001] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Issuance, Availability; NUREG-1307, Revision 8 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued Revision 8 to NUREG- 1307, ``Report on Waste Burial Charges.'' This NUREG will assist nuclear power reactor licensees in annually adjusting their decommissioning cost estimates as part of the financial assurance requirements that are specified in 10 CFR 50.75, ``Reporting and recordkeeping for decommissioning planning.'' Revision 8 of NUREG-1307 provides the current waste disposal decommissioning cost adjustment factors for the Washington and South Carolina disposal sites. These factors should be used by licensees in the decommissioning cost estimating formula, specified in 10 CFR 50.75(c)(2), to determine the minimum decommissioning cost for which they are responsible. Rapidly increasing fees for disposal of low-level radioactive waste has made the reactor waste disposal costs a significant contributor to the cost of decommissioning a nuclear power reactor. This report provides licensees with options to use in annually adjusting the decommissioning cost estimate of their nuclear power reactors. It is based on the most current information available at time of publication. Licensees now have the option of using waste processing vendors for the disposal of most of their decommissioning waste. Power reactor licensees now routinely use waste processing vendors for a major portion of their decommissioning waste disposals. Copies of NUREG-1307, Revision 8, are available at current rates from the U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082. Washington, DC 20402-9328 (telephone (202) 512-1800); or from the National Technical Information Service by writing NTIS at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Va 22161. Copies are available for inspection or copying for a fee from the NRC Public Document Room, at 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC; the PDR's mailing address is Mail Stop LL-6, Washington, DC 20555; telephone (202) 634-3273; fax (202) 634-3343. (5 U.S.C. 552(a)) Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of December, 1998. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. John W. Craig, Director, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 98-34001 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P