[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 236 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 76899-76900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31098]
Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 236 / Thursday, December 7, 2000 /
Proposed Rules
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
RIN 3150-AG57
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-UMS Revision
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend
its regulations revising the NAC International (NAC) Universal Storage
System (NAC-UMS) listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel
storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 1 to the Certificate of
Compliance (CoC). This amendment will allow holders of power reactor
operating licenses as general licensees to store PWR design basis fuel
assemblies in accordance with revised technical specifications and
Maine Yankee site-specific spent fuel in the NAC-UMS. The changes
proposed for Amendment No. 1 to the NAC-UMS CoC include: changes to
authorized contents to allow Maine Yankee site-specific spent fuels
within the PWR basket, including damaged or consolidated fuel in a
Maine Yankee fuel can and burnups up to 50,000 MWd/MTU; changes to
allow longer times for PWR spent fuel cask loading operations based on
reduced heat loads; authorization to store, without canning, intact PWR
assemblies with missing grid spacers (up to an unsupported length of 60
inches); editorial clarifications to the technical specifications (TS);
and deletion of a certificate reference to the NS-4-FR trade name of
the solid neutron shielding material in the VCC shield plug.
DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before
January 8, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attn: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff. Deliver comments to 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm on Federal workdays.
You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking
website (http://ruleforum.llnl.gov). This site provides the capability
to upload comments as files (any format) if your web browser supports
that function. For information about the interactive rulemaking site,
contact Ms. Carol Gallagher (301) 415-5905; e-mail [email protected].
Certain documents related to this rule, including comments received
by the NRC, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These documents may also be viewed and
downloaded electronically via the rulemaking website.
Documents created or received at the NRC after November 1, 1999 are
also available electronically at the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room
on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. From this
site, the public can gain entry into the NRC's Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image
files of NRC's public documents. An electronic copy of the proposed CoC
and preliminary safety evaluation report (SER) can be found in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML003754655. For more information, contact the
NRC's Public Document Room Reference Staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737 or by e-mail at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith McDaniel, telephone (301) 415-
5252, e-mail, [email protected], of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the Direct
Final Rule published in the final rules section of this Federal
Register.
Procedural Background
The NRC is also publishing this proposed rule as a direct final
rule because it represents a limited and routine change to an existing
CoC that is expected to be noncontroversial; adequate protection of
public health and safety continues to be ensured. The direct final rule
will become effective on February 20, 2001. However, if the NRC
receives significant adverse comments on the direct final rule by
January 8, 2001, then the NRC will publish a document to withdraw the
direct final rule. If the direct final rule is withdrawn, the NRC will
address the comments received in response to the proposed revisions in
a subsequent final rule. Absent significant modifications to the
proposed revisions requiring republication, the NRC will not initiate a
second comment period for this action if the direct final rule is
withdrawn.
List of Subjects In 10 CFR Part 72
Criminal penalties, Manpower training programs, Nuclear materials,
Occupational safety and health, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Security measures, Spent fuel.
For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization
Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 553; the NRC is proposing to
adopt the following amendments to 10 CFR Part 72.
PART 72--LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
1. The authority citation for Part 72 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 69, 81, 161, 182, 183,
184, 186, 187, 189, 68 Stat. 929, 930, 932, 933, 934, 935, 948, 953,
954, 955, as amended, sec. 234, 83 Stat. 444, as amended (42 U.S.C.
2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233,
2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2282); sec. 274, Pub. L. 86-373, 73 Stat.
688, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2021); sec. 201, as amended, 202, 206, 88
Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244, 1246 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846);
Pub. L. 95-601, sec. 10, 92 Stat. 2951 as amended by Pub. L. 10d--
48b, sec. 7902, 10b Stat. 31b3 (42 U.S.C. 5851); sec. 102, Pub. L.
91-190, 83 Stat. 853 (42 U.S.C. 4332); secs. 131, 132, 133, 135,
137, 141, Pub. L. 97-425, 96 Stat. 2229, 2230, 2232, 2241, sec. 148,
Pub. L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-235 (42 U.S.C. 10151, 10152, 10153,
10155, 10157, 10161, 10168).
Section 72.44(g) also issued under secs. 142(b) and 148(c), (d),
Pub. L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-232, 1330-236 (42 U.S.C. 10162(b),
10168(c),(d)). Section 72.46 also issued under sec. 189, 68 Stat.
955 (42 U.S.C. 2239); sec. 134, Pub. L. 97-425, 96 Stat. 2230 (42
U.S.C. 10154). Section 72.96(d) also issued under sec. 145(g), Pub.
L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-235 (42 U.S.C. 10165(g)). Subpart J also
issued under secs. 2(2), 2(15), 2(19), 117(a), 141(h), Pub. L. 97-
425, 96 Stat. 2202, 2203, 2204, 2222, 2244, (42 U.S.C. 10101,
10137(a), 10161(h)). Subparts K and L are also issued under sec.
133, 98 Stat. 2230 (42 U.S.C. 10153) and sec. 218(a), 96 Stat. 2252
(42 U.S.C. 10198).
2. In Sec. 72.214, Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 1015 is revised
to read as follows:
Sec. 72.214 List of approved spent fuel storage casks.
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Certificate Number: 1015.
Initial Certificate Effective Date: [November 20, 2000].
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date: February 20, 2001.
SAR Submitted by: NAC International, Inc.
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the NAC-UMS Universal
Storage System.
Docket Number: 72-1015.
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Certificate Expiration Date: November 20, 2020.
Model Number: NAC-UMS.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of November, 2000.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Travers,
Executive Director for Operations.
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