[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38729-38730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16830]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0162]


Radiation Safety Surveys at Medical Institutions

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing 
Regulatory Guide (RG) 8.23, ``Radiation Safety Surveys at Medical 
Institutions.'' RG 8.23 is being withdrawn because the NRC amended its 
regulations to remove certain prescriptive requirements regarding the 
types and frequencies of surveys. Therefore, the prescriptive guidance 
in RG 8.23 is no longer needed.

DATES: The withdrawal of RG 8.23 is applicable August 7, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0162 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0162. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#58123d3636313e3d2a761a372a3f3d2b18362a3b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81cbe4efefe8e7e4f3afc3eef3e6e4f2c1eff3e2afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER

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INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
    <bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the NRC 
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0e1a0c500c1b0d110b0c1d1b3e100c1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abdbcfd985d9ced8c4ded9c8ceebc5d9c885ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a>. The basis for withdrawal is 
located at ADAMS Accession No. ML18122A278. RG 8.23 is available at 
ADAMS Accession No. ML003739603.
    <bullet> NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vered, Shaffer, telephone: 630-829-
9862, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a6c5f485f5e1469525b5c5c5f487a544859145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a3c0f180f0e4439020b0c0c0f182a041809440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>, or Harriet Karagiannis, telephone: 
301-415-2493, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#61290013130804154f2a0013000608000f0f0812210f13024f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97dff6e5e5fef2e3b9dcf6e5f6f0fef6f9f9fee4d7f9e5f4b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a>. Both are staff of the 
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulatory Guide 8.23 was published in 
January 1981 to provide guidance on the types and frequencies of 
surveys that are acceptable to the NRC staff for use in medical 
institutions to comply with part 20 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Standards for Protection Against Radiation.''
    The regulations in 10 CFR part 20 were revised after 1981 and 
became less prescriptive. As part of amending its regulations in 10 CFR 
part 20, several of the prescriptive survey requirements applicable to 
radiation protection programs were deleted. Therefore, the prescriptive 
guidance in RG 8.23 is no longer needed, and RG 8.23 is being 
withdrawn.
    The NRC is withdrawing RG 8.23 because it is no longer needed. 
Withdrawal of a RG means that the guide no longer provides useful 
information or has been superseded by other guidance, technological 
innovations, congressional actions, or other events. The withdrawal of 
RG 8.23 does not alter any prior or existing NRC licensing approval or 
the acceptability of licensee commitments to RG 8.23. Although RG 8.23 
is withdrawn, current licensees may continue to use it, and withdrawal 
does not affect any existing licenses or agreements. However, RG 8.23 
should not be used in future requests or applications for NRC licensing 
actions.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2018-16830 Filed 8-6-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7590-01-P


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