Status and plans for implementation of NRC regulatory authority for certain naturally occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive material.

The NRC is issuing this regulatory issue summary (RIS) to inform recipients of the status of the agency’s efforts to implement the requirements of Section 651(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) on “Treatment of Accelerator-Produced and Other Radioactive Material as Byproduct Material.” This RIS updates the information contained in RIS 2007-22, “Status Update for Implementation of NRC Regulatory Authority for Certain Naturally-Occurring and Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material.” Recipients should review this information as it applies to all their operations and should consider appropriate actions. The information contained in this RIS does not constitute new NRC requirements; therefore, it requires no specific action or written response. The NRC encourages recipients of this RIS to share this information with known users of the newly defined byproduct materials resulting from the EPAct, who may not currently possess an NRC byproduct materials license. The NRC also encourages Agreement States to disseminate this RIS to manufacturers and distributors of the newly defined byproduct materials.