[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 203 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62768-62769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26886]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Materials License SNM-2501

[Docket No. 72-2]


Virginia Electric and Power Company Surry Independent Spent Fuel 
Storage Installation

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
issued Amendment 12 to Materials License SNM-2501 held by Virginia

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Electric and Power Company (Virginia Power) for the receipt, 
possession, transfer, and storage of spent fuel at the Surry 
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located in Surry 
County, Virginia. The amendment is effective as of the date of 
issuance.
    By application dated November 15, 1999, as supplemented on May 26, 
August 7, and August 14, 2000, Virginia Power requested to amend its 
ISFSI license to permit the use of the TN-32 dry storage cask to store 
spent fuel with a higher initial enrichment and burnup than currently 
specified in the Technical Specifications for the Surry ISFSI. This 
amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's rules 
and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as 
required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 
CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2), a determination has been 
made that the amendment does not present a genuine issue as to whether 
public health and safety will be significantly affected. Therefore, the 
publication of a notice of proposed action and an opportunity for 
hearing or a notice of hearing is not warranted. Notice is hereby given 
of the right of interested persons to request a hearing on whether the 
action should be rescinded or modified.
    Also in connection with this action, the Commission prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI). The EA and FONSI were published in the Federal Register on 
September 22, 2000 (65 FR 57407).
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's ``Rules of Practice,'' 
a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available 
electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or 
from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document 
system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of October 2000.
    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
E. William Brach,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 00-26886 Filed 10-18-00; 8:45 am]
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