[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21884]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Notice of Issuance of Draft NUREG for Public Comment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of Draft NUREG for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is issuing Draft NUREG-1761
``Radiological Surveys for Controlling Release of Solid Materials'' for
public comment for a 90-day period. Copies of the Draft NUREG report
can be obtained through the NRC homepage address: http:///www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George E. Powers; e-mail: [email protected]
telephone: (301) 415-6212; Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, Mail
Stop T-9F31, USNRC, Washington DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
has issued Draft NUREG-1761 ``Radiological Surveys for Controlling
Release of Solid Materials'' for a 90-day public comment period. The
report was prepared by the NRC technical staff with input from the Oak
Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), staff of the U.S.
Department of Energy, the Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML),
and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The NRC staff is developing a
technical basis to support decisions on the control of slightly
contaminated solid materials. Specifically, the solid materials being
evaluated include metals, building concrete, onsite soils, equipment,
furniture, and other solid materials, which are present at, and/or used
in, licensed nuclear facilities during routine operations. This draft
report provides information about measuring residual radioactivity in
materials that are to be cleared from nuclear facilities, including
guidance about designing, performing, and documenting radiological
surveys of solid materials (including characterization practices and
measurement protocols).
Information received through the public comment process will be
considered in revising NUREG-1761 before publication in final form.
Specifically, the NRC staff is seeking information through comments on
the Draft NUREG regarding the optimization of surveys through the use
of standard and advanced instrumentation and analytical methods.
Information on the Draft NUREG for public comment can be accessed
using the following NRC homepage address: http:///www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/ or by notifying the NRC staff contact,
George E. Powers.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of August 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William R. Ott,
Acting Chief, Radiation Protection, Environmental Risk and Waste
Management Branch, Division of Risk Assessment and Applications, Office
of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 02-21884 Filed 8-27-02; 8:45 am]
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