Energia i regulacje · 23.04.1998

Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance, Irradiator Licenses; Availability of Draft NUREG

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the availability of and requesting comment on draft NUREG-1556, Volume 6, ``Consolidated Guidance about Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance about 10 CFR Part 36 Irradiator Licenses,'' dated March 1998. NRC is using Business Process Redesign (BPR) 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 sixth program-specific guidance developed to support an improved materials licensing process. It is intended for use by applicants, licensees, NRC license reviewers, and other NRC personnel. It combines and updates the guidance for applicants and licensees previously found in Draft Regulatory Guide DG-0003, ``Guide for the Preparation of Applications for Licenses for Non-Self-Contained Irradiators,'' dated January 1994, and the guidance for licensing staff previously found in NMSS Policy and Guidance Directive, FC 84-23, ``Standard Review Plan for Licenses for the U