NRC’s regulations are found in Chapter I of Title 10, "Energy," of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Chapter I is divided into Parts 1 through 199. Part 63 is the site-specific regulation that governs disposal of high-level radioactive waste in a potential geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The applicable EPA environmental standards, adopted by NRC, can be found at 40 CFR Part 197 .

The NRC Regulatory Agenda (NUREG-0936) is a semiannual compilation of brief descriptions of all rulemaking actions.

All current rulemakings

Guidance

The Commission made available and requested comments on the Interim Staff Guidance (ISG-03) �Preclosure Safety Analysis - Dose Performance Objectives and Radiation Protection Program.� These ISGs will guide NRC staff�s review of sequences in the preclosure safety analysis and will implement compliance requirements contained in 10 CFR Part 63. NRC is addressing public comments to ISG-04, �Preclosure Safety Analysis - Human Reliability Analysis.�

Guidance documents that may be useful to stakeholders are

"Preclosure Safety Analysis - Level of Information and Reliability Estimation." (ISG-02)
"Review Methodology for Seismically Initiated Event Sequences. (ISG-01)
"Branch Technical Position on the Use of Expert Elicitation in the High-Level Radioactive Waste Program" (NUREG-1563)
"Yucca Mountain Review Plan" (NUREG-1804, Final Revision 2) was published July 2003. A Federal Register notice responded to public comments received on the Draft Yucca Mountain Review Plan.
"Topical Guidelines for the Licensing Support System," Draft Regulatory Guide DG-3022, (Proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 3.69) was published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2002 for a 90-day public comment period. The public comment period ended on September 30, 2002. This draft guide is being developed to provide guidance acceptable to the NRC staff on the scope of documentary material that should be included in the Licensing Support Network. NRC has reviewed the public comments received and issue Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 3.69.

Web (HTML) versions of some guidance documents are available in our NRC Formal Publication Collection. Some are also are available in ADAMS (see our table listing their availability).

Communications

Generic communications are NRC's primary method of sending information to specific classes of licensees. There are several types:

At this time there are no communications relevant to high-level waste disposal.