[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18065]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-16]


Virginia Electric and Power Company, Old Dominion Electric 
Cooperative; Notice of Issuance of Materials License SNM-2507 North 
Anna Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has 
issued a Materials License under the provisions of Title 10 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations, Part 72 (10 CFR Part 72), to Virginia Electric 
and Power Company (Virginia Power) and Old Dominion Electric 
Cooperative (ODEC), authorizing receipt and storage of spent fuel in an 
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) located on site at 
its North Anna Power Station in Louisa County, Virginia.
    The function of the ISFSI is to provide interim storage for up to 
839.04 metric tons of uranium contained in approximately 1824 fuel 
assemblies from the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, in storage 
casks. Thirty two assemblies are to be loaded into each cask within the 
North Anna Power Station spent fuel enclosure at the plant and 
subsequently transferred to the onsite ISFSI. The cask that is 
authorized for use is the TN-32 designed by Transnuclear, Inc. The 
license for an ISFSI under 10 CFR Part 72 is issued for 20 years, but 
the licensee may seek to renew the license, if necessary, prior to its 
expiration.
    The Commission's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 
(NMSS) has completed its environmental, safeguards, and safety reviews 
in support of issuance of this license.
    Following receipt of the application filed May 9, 1995, a ``Notice 
of Consideration of Issuance of Materials License for the Storage of 
Spent Fuel and Opportunity for Hearing'' was published in the Federal 
Register on July 6, 1995 (60 FR 35237). The ``Environmental Assessment 
(EA) Related to the Construction and Operation of the North Anna 
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (dated March 28, 1997) and 
Finding of No Significant Impact,'' was issued and noticed in the 
Federal Register (62 FR 16202) in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51. The 
scope of the EA included the construction and operation of an ISFSI on 
the North Anna Power Station site including impacts derived from use of 
the TN-32 cask.
    The staff has completed its safety review of the North Anna ISFSI 
site application and safety analysis report. The NRC staff's ``Safety 
Evaluation Report for the North Anna Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation'' was issued on June 30, 1998. Materials License SNM-2507, 
the staff's Environmental Assessment, Safety Evaluation Report, and 
other documents related to this action are available for public 
inspection and for copying for a fee at the NRC Public Document Room, 
the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at 
the local public document room at the Special Collections Department, 
Second Floor, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, 
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2498.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of June 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William F. Kane,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-18065 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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