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INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• 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/readingrm/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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 

basis for withdrawal is located at 

ADAMS Accession No. ML18122A278. 

RG 8.23 is available at ADAMS 

Accession No. ML003739603. 

• 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: Vered.Shaffer@nrc.gov, or 

Harriet Karagiannis, telephone: 301– 

415–2493, email: Harriet.Karagiannis@

nrc.gov. 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withdrawn.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information or has been superseded by 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Although RG 8.23 is withdrawn, current 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 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2018–0092] 

Standard Format and Content of 

Physical Security Plans, Training and 

Qualifications Plans and Safeguards 

Contingency Plans for Nuclear Power 

Plants 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On May 29, 2018, the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

solicited comments on draft regulatory 

guide (DG), DG–5048, ‘‘Standard Format 

and Content of Physical Security Plans, 

Training and Qualifications Plans and 

Safeguards Contingency Plans for 

Nuclear Power Plants.’’ The public 

comment period was originally 

scheduled to close on August 13, 2018. 

The NRC has decided to extend the 

public comment period by 30 days to 

allow more time for members of the 

public to develop and submit their 

comments. 

DATES: The due date of comments 

requested in the document published on 

May 29, 2018 (83 FR 24510), is 

extended. Comments should be filed no 

later than September 13, 2018. 

Comments received after this date will 

be considered, if it is practical to do so, 

but the Commission is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0092. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: May Ma, Office 

of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN– 

7A86, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis Gordon, Office of Nuclear 

Security and Incident Response, 

telephone: 301–287–3633, email: 

Dennis.Gordon@nrc.gov and Mekonen 

Bayssie, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research; telephone: 301–415–1699, 

email: Mekonen.Bayssie@nrc.gov. Both 

are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0092 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information regarding 

this action. You may obtain publicallyavailable information related to this 

action, by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0092. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. DG–5048 

is available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML17124A490. 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0092 in your comment submission. The 

NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC posts all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enters 

the comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 


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comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment submissions into 

ADAMS. 

II. Background 

On May 29, 2018 (83 FR 24510), the 

NRC solicited comments on DG–5048, 

‘‘Standard Format and Content of 

Physical Security Plans, Training and 

Qualifications Plans and Safeguards 

Contingency Plans for Nuclear Power 

Plants’’ (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML17124A490). The NRC granted an 

initial extension of the public comment 

period to August 13, 2018, and the NRC 

held a public meeting on July 25, 2018. 

On July 26, 2018, the Nuclear Energy 

Institute (NEI) requested an additional 

30 days extension to the public 

comment period to allow NEI and its 

members’ sufficient time to perform a 

thorough review of the document, 

consistent with other work priorities 

(ADAMS Accesion No. ML18208A473). 

The NRC has decided to extend the 

public comment period on this 

document until September 13, 2018, to 

allow more time for industry and 

members of the public to submit their 

comments. 

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. 2018–16829 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2018–0056] 

Digital Instrumentation and Controls– 

Interim Staff Guidance–06, ‘‘Licensing 

Process’’ 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is soliciting public 

comment on its draft Interim Staff 

Guidance (ISG) Digital Instrumentation 

and Controls (DI&C)–ISG–06, ‘‘Licensing 

Process.’’ This ISG defines the licensing 

process used to support the review of 

license amendment requests (LARs) 

associated with safety-related DI&C 

equipment modifications in operating 

plants and in new plants once they 

become operational. This ISG provides 

guidance for activities performed before 

an LAR is submitted and for activities 

performed during the LAR review. The 

NRC staff uses the process described in 

this ISG to evaluate compliance with 

NRC regulations. 

DATES: Submit comments by September 

6, 2018. Comments received after this 

date will be considered if it is practical 

to do so, but the Commission is able to 

ensure consideration only for comments 

received before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0056. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Mail comments to: May Ma, Office 

of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7– 

A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Golla, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001; telephone: 301–415–1002, email: 

Joe.Golla@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0056 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0056. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft 

ISG DI&C–ISG–06 ‘‘Licensing Process,’’ 

is available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML18123A118. 

• 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. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– 

0056 in your comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at http://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Background 

This ISG provides guidance for the 

NRC staff’s review of LARs supporting 

installation of digital I&C equipment in 

accordance with licensing processes 

defined in NRC office instruction LIC– 

101, ‘‘License Amendment Review 

Procedures.’’ This ISG identifies 

information the NRC staff should review 

for digital I&C equipment. This ISG 

provides guidance on when that 

information should be reviewed. 

This ISG is designed to be used with 

the NRC’s topical report review and 

approval process defined in NRC Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation office 

instruction LIC–500, ‘‘Topical Report 

Process.’’ Where a licensee references an 

NRC-approved topical report, the NRC 

staff should be able to, where 


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