The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) affords the public opportunities to comment on proposed rules and policies, licensing actions, and draft technical documents. Toward that end, the NRC announces public comment opportunities in the Federal Register, here on the Documents for Comment page, and sometimes through press releases, and places all public comments into the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) and into a docket for the action on regulations.gov.
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The following types of documents are available for comment:
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Rulemaking-Related Documents
The NRC began managing rulemaking-related actions on the Government-wide Regulations.gov Web site in January 2008. The public can submit comments on NRC rulemaking actions through that site; see Navigating Rulemaking-Related Documents.
| FRN Publication Date |
Docket ID |
Title |
Comment Period
Close Date |
| 11/23/2022 |
NRC-2022-0178 |
Licensing Safety Analysis for Loss-of-Coolant Accidents |
02/06/2023 |
| 11/09/2022 |
NRC-2020-0036 |
Reporting Requirements for Nonemergency Events at Nuclear Power Plants |
01/09/2023 |
| 11/04/2022 |
NRC-2022-0144 |
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc. MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 10 |
12/05/2022 |
| 09/12/2022 |
NRC-2016-0179 |
Harmonization of Transportation Safety Requirements with IAEA Standards |
11/28/2022 |
License Applications/Amendments
The following table lists notices of license applications received by the NRC and proposed amendments to NRC-licensed facility operations available for comment. For information regarding opportunities for public involvement in these licensing actions, see Hearing Opportunities and License Applications.
| FRN Publication Date |
Docket ID |
Title |
Comment Period
Close Date |
| 08/26/2022 |
NRC-2022-0158 |
Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, Palisades Nuclear Plant, Post- Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report |
12/27/2022 |
| 11/22/2022 |
NRC-2022-0195 |
Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. |
12/22/2022 |
| 11/17/2022 |
NRC-2022-0194 |
National Institute of Standards and Technology; National Bureau of Standards Test Reactor |
12/19/2022 |
| 11/15/2022 |
NRC-2020-0201 |
Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Supplement To Draft Environmental Impact Statement Virginia Electric and Power Company North Anna Power, Units 1 and 2 |
12/15/2022 |
| 11/08/2022 |
NRC-2022-0174 |
Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information |
12/08/2022 |
| 11/08/2022 |
NRC-2022-0185 |
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 and Associated Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Consideration of Approval of Indirect Transfer of Licenses and Conforming Amendments |
12/08/2022 |
| 11/03/2022 |
NRC-2022-0186 |
Entergy Operations, Inc.; Arkansas Nuclear One; Unit 1 |
12/05/2022 |
| 11/01/2022 |
NRC-2022-0184 |
Monthly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations |
12/01/2022 |
| 10/27/2022 |
NRC-2022-0176 |
Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. |
11/28/2022 |
Generic Communications
The following Generic Communications documents have been issued for public comment and noticed in the Federal Register.
| FRN Publication Date |
Docket ID |
Title |
Comment Period
Close Date |
| This information is unavailable at this time. |
Draft Regulatory Guides for Public Comment
The NRC issues regulatory guides in draft form to solicit public comment and involve the public in developing the agency's regulatory positions. Draft regulatory guides have not received complete staff review and, therefore, they do not represent official NRC staff positions.
| FRN Publication Date |
Docket ID |
Title |
Comment Period
Close Date |
| 11/17/2022 |
NRC-2022-0063 |
Performance-Based Containment Leak Test Program |
12/19/2022 |
| 09/12/2022 |
NRC-2016-0179 |
Standard Format and Content of Part 71 Applications for Approval of Packages for Radioactive Material |
11/28/2022 |
Draft NUREG-Series Publications
The following NUREG-series documents have been issued for public comment and noticed in the Federal Register.
Policy Statements
The following policy statements have been issued for public comment and noticed in the
Federal Register.
| FRN Publication Date |
Docket ID |
Title |
Comment Period
Close Date |
| This information is unavailable at this time. |
Draft Interim Staff Guidance
Interim Staff Guidance documents are issued to clarify or to address issues not discussed in a Standard Review Plan.
| FRN Publication Date |
Docket ID |
Title |
Comment Period
Close Date |
| This information is unavailable at this time. |
Information Collections
The following information collections have been issued for public comment and noticed in the Federal Register.
| FRN Publication Date |
Docket ID |
Title |
Comment Period
Close Date |
| 11/23/2022 |
NRC-2022-0051 |
Information Collection: Regulatory Issue Summary 2009–06, Revision 1, Importance of Giving the NRC Advance Notice of Intent To Pursue License Renewal |
01/23/2023 |
| 11/23/2022 |
NRC-2022-0088 |
Information Collection: NRC Form 327, Special Nuclear Material (SNM) and Source Material (SM) Physical Inventory Summary Report, and NUREG/BR–0096, Instructions and Guidance for Completing Physical |
01/23/2023 |
| 11/25/2022 |
NRC-2022-0124 |
Information Collection: Regulatory Issue Summary 2009–06, Revision 1, Importance of Giving the NRC Advance Notice of Intent To Pursue License Renewal |
12/27/2022 |
| 11/25/2022 |
NRC-2021-0218 |
Information Collection: Specific Domestic Licenses To Manufacture or Transfer Certain Items Containing Byproduct Material |
12/27/2022 |
| 11/23/2022 |
NRC-2022-0107 |
Information Collection: NRC Form 313, Application for Materials License and NRC Forms 313A (RSO), 313A (AMP), 313A (ANP), 313A (AUD), 313A (AUT), and 313A (AUS) |
12/23/2022 |
| 11/23/2022 |
NRC-2021-0043 |
Information Collection: NRC Forms 540 and 540A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page |
12/23/2022 |
| 11/23/2022 |
NRC-2021-0044 |
Information Collection: NRC Forms 541and 541A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Container and Waste Description and Continuation Page |
12/23/2022 |
| 11/23/2022 |
NRC-2021-0045 |
Information Collection: NRC Forms 542 and 542A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Index and Regional Compact Tabulation and Continuation Page |
12/23/2022 |
| 11/17/2022 |
NRC-2022-0069 |
Information Collection: Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material |
12/19/2022 |
| 10/18/2022 |
NRC-2022-0067 |
Information Collection: NRC Policy Statement, ‘‘Criteria for Guidance of States and NRC in Discontinuance of NRC Regulatory Authority and Assumption Thereof by States Through Agreement,’’ Maintenance of Existing Agreement State Programs, Requests for Information Through the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) Questionnaire, and Agreement State Participation in IMPEP |
12/19/2022 |
| 10/04/2022 |
NRC-2022-0086 |
Information Collection: NRC Form 237, Request for Access Authorization |
12/05/2022 |
| 10/04/2022 |
NRC-2022-0084 |
Information Collection: NRC Form 277, Request for Visit |
12/05/2022 |
Other Documents For Comment
The following technical documents have been issued for public comment and noticed in the Federal Register.
| FRN Publication Date |
Docket ID |
Title |
Comment Period
Close Date |
| This information is unavailable at this time. |
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