[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39260-39261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14341]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
RIN 3150-AG97
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 Revision;
Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a
direct final rule that would have revised the Holtec International HI-
STORM 100 cask system listing within the list of approved spent fuel
storage casks to include Amendment No. 1 to the Certificate of
Compliance. The NRC is taking this action because it has received a
significant adverse comment in response to an identical proposed rule
which was concurrently published with the direct final rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jayne M. McCausland, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555. Telephone (301) 415-6219 (e-mail: [email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 27, 2002 (67 FR 14627), the NRC
published in the Federal Register a direct final rule amending its
regulations in 10 CFR 72.214 to revise the Holtec International HI-
STORM 100 cask system listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel
storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 1 to the Certificate of
Compliance. Amendment No. 1 would have modified the present cask system
design to: Add four new
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multipurpose canisters; add new containers for damaged fuel; add the
HI-STORM 100S overpack and the 100A and 100SA high-seismic anchored
overpacks; allow the storage of high-burnup fuel; delete the Technical
Specifications for special requirements for the first systems in place
and for training requirements and relocate these requirements to the
main body of CoC 1014; and allow the storage of selected nonfuel
hardware. The amendment would also have used revised thermal analysis
tools to include natural convection heat transfer; revised the helium
backfill requirements to allow a helium density measurement to be used;
allowed a helium drying system rather than the existing vacuum drying
system; and required soluble boron during canister loading for certain
higher enriched fuels. In addition, modifications would have been made
to applicable CoC conditions and sections of Appendices A and B to the
CoC to reflect the changes. The direct final rule was to become
effective on June 10, 2002. The NRC also concurrently published a
companion proposed rule on March 27, 2002 (67 FR 14662).
In the March 27, 2002, direct final rule, NRC stated that if any
significant adverse comments were received, a notice of timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule would be published in the Federal
Register.
The NRC received a significant adverse comment on the direct final
rule; therefore, the NRC is withdrawing the direct final rule. The
significant adverse comment related to concern with (1) interactions
between the non-fuel hardware and the fuel and (2) the absence of
documentation of NRC's analysis to accept the storage of the non-fuel
hardware. As stated in the March 27, 2002, direct final rule, NRC will
address the comments received on the March 27, 2002, companion proposed
rule in a subsequent final rule. The NRC will not initiate a second
comment period on this action.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of May, 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William F. Kane,
Acting Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 02-14341 Filed 6-6-02; 8:45 am]
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