Energia i regulacje · 16.09.1998

Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Licenses of Broad Scope, Availability of Draft NUREG

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is announcing the availability of, and requesting comment on, draft NUREG-1556, Volume 11, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about Licenses of Broad Scope,'' dated August 1998. NRC is using Business Process Redesign techniques to redesign its materials licensing process, as described in NUREG-1539, ``Methodology and Findings of the NRC's Materials Licensing Process Redesign.'' A critical element of the new process is consolidating and updating numerous guidance documents into a NUREG-series of reports. This draft NUREG report is the 11th program-specific guidance developed to support the improved materials licensing process. It is intended for use by applicants, licensees, and staff and will also be available to Agreement States. This document combines, updates and supersedes the guidance for applicants and licensees previously found in Draft Regulatory Guide DG-0005 dated October 1994. Included in this guidance is a new option for Type A licensees of broad scope to have increased flexibility to make changes in some program areas and revise some procedures previously approved by NRC without amend