[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-717]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-255, 50-266, 50-301, 50-313, 50-368, 72-5, 72-7, 72-13, 
72-1007]


All Users of VSC-24 Dry Storage Systems; Receipt of Petition for 
Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by a Petition filed pursuant to 10 CFR 
2.206, on October 18, 1996, Eleanor Roemer, Esq., for Lake Michigan 
Federation, and Dr. Mary P. Sinclair, for Don't Waste Michigan, 
requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission order all users 
of Ventilated Storage Casks (VSC-24s) to refrain from loading any casks 
until the certificate of compliance (COC), safety analysis report 
(SAR), and safety evaluation report (SER) are amended to include 
operating controls and limits to prevent hazardous conditions. Such 
conditions include the generation of explosive gases, caused by the 
interaction between the VSC materials and the environments, encountered 
during loading, storage, and unloading.
    Further, Petitioners claim the VSC-24s should not be used until: 
(i) An independent third-party review team has examined the safety 
issues they raise; (ii) the potential impacts of all material aspects 
of the casks have been fully assessed; (iii) there is experimental 
verification of temperature calculations and heat transfer assessments 
and other design assumptions; (iv) the safety of the material coatings 
on components and structures has been justified; and (v) the SAR, SER, 
and COC are amended to include the necessary operating control and 
limits to direct safe use of the VSC-24.
    The Petition has been referred to the Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards. As provided by 10 CFR 2.206, appropriate action 
will be taken within a reasonable time. A copy of the Petition is 
available for inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room at 
2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 10th day of December 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carl J. Paperiello,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-717 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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