Notice2026-06497
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 Inventory
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Published
April 3, 2026
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, 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 Inventory."
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16996-16997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06497]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-0049]
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
Inventory
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
The information collection is entitled, 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 Inventory.''
DATES: Submit comments by May 4, 2026. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9a0878f868a8685858c8a9d9ac7bb8c9a869c9b8a8ca9879b8ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8e1c6cec7cbc7c4c4cdcbdcdb86facddbc7dddacbcde8c6dacb86cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0049 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0049.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. To begin the search, select ``Begin ADAMS Public Search.''
For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room
(PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97c7d3c5b9c5f2e4f8e2e5f4f2d7f9e5f4b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b3b2f3945390e18041e19080e2b051908450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>. A copy of NRC Form 327 and related
instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS
Accession No. ML25197A788. The supporting statement is available in
ADAMS under Accession No. ML26050A510.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcecf8ee92eed9cfd3c9cedfd9fcd2cedf92dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1819583ff83b4a2bea4a3b2b491bfa3b2ffb6bea7">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
<bullet> NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
contacting the Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#125b7c747d717d7e7e777166613c4077617d67607177527c60713c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3faddd5dcd0dcdfdfd6d0c7c09de1d6c0dcc6c1d0d6f3ddc1d09dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a>.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are
posted at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and entered into ADAMS. Comment
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact
information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the OMB, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of
an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, 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 Inventory.'' The NRC hereby informs
potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on December 11, 2025, 90 FR
57489.
1. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 327, Special
Nuclear Material (SNM) and Source Material (SM) Physical Inventory
Summary Report, and NUREG/BR-0096,
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Instructions and Guidance for Completing Physical Inventory.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0139.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Form 327.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: Certain
licensees possessing strategic SNM are required to report inventories
on NRC Form 327 every 6 months. Licensees possessing SNM of moderate
strategic significance must report every 9 months, except one licensee
(enrichment facility) reports its dynamic inventories every 3 months
and its static inventory every 9 months. Licensees possessing SNM of
low strategic significance must report annually, except one licensee
(enrichment facility) that must report its dynamic inventories every 2
months and its static inventory annually.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: Fuel facility
licensees possessing SNM, i.e., enriched uranium, plutonium, or U-233.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 77.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 7.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 308.
10. Abstract: NRC Form 327 is submitted by certain fuel cycle
facility licensees to account for SNM. The data is used by the NRC to
assess licensee material control and accounting programs and to confirm
the absence of (or detect the occurrence of) SNM theft or diversion.
NUREG/BR-0096 provides guidance and instructions for completing the
form in accordance with the requirements appropriate for a particular
licensee.
Dated: March 31, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-06497 Filed 4-2-26; 8:45 am]
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