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Energia i regulacje · 15.09.1998

Certification Renewal and Amendment Processes

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations that apply to gaseous diffusion plants. In 1994, these regulations established the process by which the NRC would assume regulatory authority for the Paducah and Portsmouth gaseous diffusion plants. These plants first came under NRC oversight on March 3, 1997. While implementing the initial certification and amendment processes specified in the 1994 regulations, the NRC staff identified several areas in these processes that should be revised and improved so that they are more effective and efficient. This proposed rulemaking would modify the process for certificate renewals, establish a process for certificate amendments comparable to the process currently used to amend a fuel cycle license, revise the appeal process for amendments, eliminate the ``significant'' designation for amendments, simplify the criteria for persons who are eligible to file a petition for review of an amendment action, remove references to the initial application because the initial certificates have been issued, and lengthen the time periods associated with filing a petition for review.

Source: Federal Register — Nuclear Regulatory CommissionOpen original release →