[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 187 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55544-55545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22534]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Issuance of Regulatory Guide

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 10.9, 
Revision 2.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Orr, Regulatory Guide Development 
Branch, Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, 
telephone (301) 415-6373 or e-mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e5a884978ecbaa9797a58b9786cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c489a5b6afea8bb6b684aab6a7eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision 
to an existing guide in the agency's ``Regulatory Guide'' series. This 
series was developed to describe and make available to the public 
information such as methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for 
implementing specific parts of the agency's regulations, techniques 
that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated 
accidents, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications 
for permits and licenses.
    Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 10.9, ``Guide for the Preparation of 
Applications for the Use of Self-Contained Dry Source-Storage Gamma 
Irradiators,'' was issued with a temporary identification as Draft 
Regulatory Guide, DG-0019. This regulatory guide directs the reader to 
the type of information acceptable to the NRC staff for review of an 
application for the use of a self-contained dry source-storage gamma 
irradiator. Title 10, Part 36, ``Licenses and Radiation Safety 
Requirements for Irradiators,'' of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 
CFR Part 36) contains the licensing, design, and radiation safety 
requirements for irradiators. In addition, licensees and applicants may 
be subject to portions of the requirements in 10 CFR Part 30, ``Rules 
of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material,'' 
and 10 CFR Part 20, ``Standards for Protection Against Radiation.''
    This regulatory guide endorses the methods and procedures 
describing how to apply for a license to use a self-contained dry 
source-storage gamma irradiator contained in the current revision of 
NUREG 1556, Volume 5, ``Consolidated Guidance about Material Licenses: 
Program-Specific Guidance

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about Self-Shielded Irradiator Licenses,'' as a process that the NRC 
staff finds acceptable for meeting the regulatory requirements.

II. Further Information

    In April 2008, DG-0019 was published with a public comment period 
of 60 days from the issuance of the guide. No comments were received 
and the public comment period closed on June 30, 2008. Electronic 
copies of Regulatory Guide 10.9, Revision 2 are available through the 
NRC's public Web site under ``Regulatory Guides'' at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/.
    In addition, regulatory guides are available for inspection at the 
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), which is located at Room O-1F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-
2738. The PDR's mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. The PDR can also be reached by telephone at (301) 415-4737 or 
(800) 397-4209, by fax at (301) 415-3548, and by e-mail to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#067662742874637569737465634668746528616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88f8ecfaa6faedfbe7fdfaebedc8e6faeba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of September 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Stephen C. O'Connor,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. E8-22534 Filed 9-24-08; 8:45 am]
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