[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 19635] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-10328] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Regulatory Guide; Issuance, Availability The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a guide in its Regulatory Guide Series. This series has been developed to describe and make available to the public such information as methods acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the Commission's regulations, techniques used by the staff in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and data needed by the staff in its review of applications for permits and licenses. Regulatory Guide 8.39, ``Release of Patients Administered Radioactive Materials,'' provides guidance to licensees on complying with the NRC's regulations on determining when the licensee may authorize the release of a patient who has been administered radiopharmaceuticals or permanent implants containing radioactive material. The guide also provides guidance on instructions that may be necessary for such patients and on records that may be needed for such patients. The NRC has verified with the Office of Management and Budget the determination that this regulatory guide is not a major rule. Comments and suggestions in connection with items for inclusion in guides currently being developed or improvements in all published guides are encouraged at any time. Written comments may be submitted to the Rules Review and Directives Branch, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555. Regulatory guides are available for inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC. Single copies of regulatory guides may be obtained free of charge by writing the Office of Administration, Attention: Distribution and Services Section, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by fax at (301)415-2260. Issued guides may also be purchased from the National Technical Information Service on a standing order basis. Details on this service may be obtained by writing NTIS, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and Commission approval is not required to reproduce them. (5 U.S.C. 552(a)) Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of April 1997. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Joseph A. Murphy, Executive Assistant to the Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 97-10328 Filed 4-21-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P