[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 121 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38794-38795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15543]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AG34


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized 
NUHOMS-24 and NUHOMS-52B 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 Transnuclear West (TN West), Inc., 
Standardized NUHOMS-24P and -52B cask system 
(NUHOMS storage system) listing within the ``List of approved 
spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 2 to Certificate of 
Compliance (CoC), No. 1004. Amendment No. 2 will make two main changes: 
it will update the Technical Specifications' fuel qualification tables 
to reflect additional fuel parameters; and it will allow storage of 
burnable poison rod assemblies (BPRAs) in model 24P of the 
NUHOMS storage system, along with the spent fuel. Amendment 
No. 2 will also revise and renumber several of the conditions in the 
CoC to reflect the NRC's new standard format for CoCs. However, no 
technical changes to the CoC's conditions will be made by this 
amendment. This amendment will allow holders of power reactor operating 
licenses to store spent fuel in the TN West NUHOMS storage 
system, as amended, under a general license.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before July 
24, 2000.

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, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street NW. (Lower Level), Washington, DC. These same documents may also 
be viewed and downloaded electronically via the rulemaking website.
    Documents created or received at the NRC after April 1, 2000 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 Agency wide Document 
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents. For more information, contact the 
NRC's Public Document Room reference Staff at (202) 634-3273 or toll 
free at 1-800-397-4209, or by e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie P. Bush-Goddard, Ph.D., 
telephone (301) 415-6257, 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

    Because the NRC considers this action noncontroversial and routine, 
we are publishing this proposed rule concurrently as a direct final 
rule. The direct final rule will become effective on September 5, 2000. 
However, if the NRC receives significant adverse comments on the direct 
final rule by July 24, 2000, then the NRC will publish a withdrawal of 
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.

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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) 1004 is revised 
to read as follows:


Sec. 72.214  List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

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Certificate Number: 1004.
Initial Certificate Effective Date: January 23, 1995.
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date: April 27, 2000.
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date: September 5, 2000.
SAR Submitted by: Transnuclear West, Inc.
SAR Title: Transnuclear West, Inc., ``Final Safety Analysis Report for 
the Standardized NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System for 
Irradiated Nuclear Fuel''.
Docket Number: 72-1004.
Certificate Expiration Date: January 23, 2015.
Model Number: Standardized NUHOMS-24P and NUHOMS-
52B.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of May, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
 William D. Travers,
Executive Director for Operations.
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