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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission [NRC-2011-0135]
 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
 ACTION: Draft interim staff guidance; request for public comment.
 SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is requesting public comment on Chapters 7-18 of Draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) NPR-ISG-2011-002, augmenting NUREG-1537, Part 1, “Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors: Format and Content,” for the production of radioisotopes and NUREG-1537, Part 2, “Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors: Standard Review Plan and Acceptance Criteria,” for the production of radioisotopes. The ISG augmenting NUREG-1537, Parts 1 & 2, Chapters 1-6 were published in the 
                        **Federal Register**
                         for comment on October 13, 2011 (76 FR 63668). This draft ISG provides guidance for preparing and reviewing applications to obtain a construction permit and operating license for a radioisotope production facility.
 DATES: Comments may be submitted by May 10, 2012. 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 access information and comment submissions related to this document by searching on 
                        *http://www.regulations.gov*
                         under Docket ID NRC-2011-0135. You may submit comments by the following methods: *Federal Rulemaking Web site:*
                         Go to 
                        *http://www.regulations.gov*
                         and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0135. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-3668; email: 
                        *Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.*
                    *Mail comments to:*
                         Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
                    *Fax comments to:*
                         RADB at 301-492-3446. For additional direction on accessing information and submitting comments, see “Accessing Information and Submitting Comments” in the 
                        **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION**
                         section of this document.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Marcus Voth, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-
                        ( print page 21593)
                        0001; telephone: (301) 415-1210; email: 
                        *marcus.voth@nrc.gov.*


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments A. Accessing Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0135 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may access information related to this document by the following methods: *Federal Rulemaking Web Site:*
                     Go to 
                    *http://www.regulations.gov*
                     and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0135.
                *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 
                    *pdr.resource@nrc.gov.* The draft ISG is located in ADAMS, as listed in the table below: ADAMS Document
ADAMS 
                             accession  
                             numberPart 1 Chapters 7-18
                             Part 2 Chapters 7-18
ML111570224
                             ML111160065
 *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-2011-0135 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. The NRC posts all comment submissions at 
                    *http://www.regulations.gov*
                     as well as entering the comment submissions into ADAMS, and the NRC does not 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 in their comment submissions that they do not want to be publicly disclosed. Your request should state that the NRC will not edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC is issuing this notice to solicit public comments on NPR-ISG-2011-002. After the NRC staff considers public comments, it will make a determination regarding issuance of the final ISG. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of April, 2011. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jessie F. Quichocho, Chief,  Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch,  Division of Policy and Rulemaking,  Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.


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