[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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