[Federal Register: March 29, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 61)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Yucca Mountain Review Plan, NUREG-1804, Revision 2,; Draft Report
for Comment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the
availability of, and requesting comments on, ``Yucca Mountain Review
Plan, NUREG-1804, Revision 2, Draft Report for Comment.'' The ``Yucca
Mountain Review Plan'' provides guidance to the NRC staff for
evaluating a potential license application for a geologic repository.
DATES: Comments should be submitted at the public meetings, or in
writing by March 29, 2002. Comments received after this date will be
considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to
assure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
In addition to providing opportunity for written (and electronic)
comments, public meetings on the ``Yucca Mountain Review Plan'' will be
held during the public comment period. A notice announcing these
meetings will be published in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rules
and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-6D59,
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Deliver comments to 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., on Federal
workdays.
Copies of any comments received and documents related to this
action may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, One White Flint
North, Public File Area O1-F21, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland. Documents are also available electronically at NRC's Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
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rm.html. From this site, the public can gain entry into NRC's Agency-
wide Documents Access and Management System, which provides text and
image files of NRC's public documents. For more information, contact
the NRC's Public Document Room Reference staff by telephone at (800)
397-4209, (301) 415-4737, or e-mail: pdr@nrc.gov.
The document is also available at NRC's website at: http://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1804/. You may
also send comments electronically from this website by clicking on
comment form. If a hard copy is preferred, a free single copy of the
``Yucca Mountain Review Plan, NUREG-1804, Revision 2, Draft Report for
Comment,'' may be requested by writing to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, ATTN: Reproduction and Distribution Services Branch,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; sending an e-mail to Distribution@nrc.gov;
or by sending a fax to (301) 415-2289. A copy of the ``Yucca Mountain
Review Plan, NUREG-1804, Revision 2, Draft Report for Comment,'' is
also available for inspection, and copying for a fee, in the NRC's
Public Document Room, One White Flint North, Public File Area O1-F21,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Jeffrey A. Ciocco, High-Level Waste
Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-7F3,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-6391, e-mail:
jac3@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The licensing criteria are contained in the
Commission's regulations (part 63), ``Disposal of High-Level
Radioactive Wastes in a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain,
NV'' (November 2, 2001; 66 FR 55732). The Secretary of Energy has
recommended to President Bush the Yucca Mountain site for the
development of a nuclear waste repository. President Bush has notified
Congress that Yucca Mountain is qualified for a construction permit
application. The law now gives Nevada the opportunity to disapprove the
President's recommendation, and, if they do, then Congress will have an
opportunity to act. The Department of Energy (DOE) would submit any
license application to the NRC. NRC then must review and either approve
or disapprove the license application.
The principal purpose of the ``Yucca Mountain Review Plan'' is to
ensure the quality and uniformity of NRC staff review of a potential
license application. The ``Yucca Mountain Review Plan'' has separate
sections for reviews of repository safety before permanent closure,
repository safety after permanent closure, the research and development
program to resolve safety questions, the performance confirmation
program, and administrative and programmatic requirements. Each of
these sections would support NRC's review of DOE's compliance
determination with specific regulatory requirements from part 63. The
regulations and the Yucca Mountain Review Plan'' are risk-informed and
performance-based to the extent practical.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of March 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Janet R. Schlueter,
Chief, High-Level Waste Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 02-7606 Filed 3-28-02; 8:45 am]
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