[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7600]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-20]


Department Of Energy, Idaho Operations Office Notice of Issuance 
of Materials License SNM-2508 for TMI-2 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 the Department of 
Energy, Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID), authorizing receipt and 
storage of spent fuel in an independent spent fuel storage installation 
(ISFSI) located at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
Laboratory (INEEL), within the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering 
Center (INTEC) site in Scoville, Idaho, as described in its application 
dated October 31, 1996, and Safety Analysis Report (SAR).
    The function of the ISFSI is to provide interim storage of 
radioactive material from the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor 
core damaged by the March 28, 1979, reactor accident, including the 
remains of 177 Babcock and Wilcox 15x15 fuel assemblies, 61 control rod 
assemblies, and miscellaneous irradiated core and core basket material. 
The material is contained within 265 fuel canisters, 12 knockout 
canisters, and 67 filter canisters which are used to confine the TMI-2 
core debris in the absence of intact fuel assembly cladding. The cask 
that is authorized for use is the NUHOMS-12T designed by Transnuclear 
West, 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 dated October 31, 1996, a 
``Notice of Consideration of Issuance of a Materials License for the 
Storage of Spent Fuel and Notice of Opportunity for a Hearing'' was 
published in the Federal Register on January 13, 1997 (62 FR 1782). The 
``Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Related to the 
Construction and Operation of the TMI-2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation,'' NUREG-1626, was issued and noticed in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 13077) on March 17, 1998, in accordance with 10 CFR 
Part 51. The scope of the FEIS included the construction and operation 
of an ISFSI on the INEEL site.
    The staff has completed its safety review of the TMI-2 ISFSI site 
application and SAR. Materials License SNM-2508 and the NRC staff's 
``Safety Evaluation Report for the TMI-2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation'' were issued on March 19, 1999. Materials License SNM-
2508, the staff's Environmental Impact Statement, 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 INEEL Technical Library, 1776 
Science Center Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83402.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of March 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
E. William Brach,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 99-7600 Filed 3-26-99; 8:45 am]
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