[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 236 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 76899-76900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31098]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AG57


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-UMS 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 NAC International (NAC) Universal Storage 
System (NAC-UMS) listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel 
storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 1 to the Certificate of 
Compliance (CoC). This amendment will allow holders of power reactor 
operating licenses as general licensees to store PWR design basis fuel 
assemblies in accordance with revised technical specifications and 
Maine Yankee site-specific spent fuel in the NAC-UMS. The changes 
proposed for Amendment No. 1 to the NAC-UMS CoC include: changes to 
authorized contents to allow Maine Yankee site-specific spent fuels 
within the PWR basket, including damaged or consolidated fuel in a 
Maine Yankee fuel can and burnups up to 50,000 MWd/MTU; changes to 
allow longer times for PWR spent fuel cask loading operations based on 
reduced heat loads; authorization to store, without canning, intact PWR 
assemblies with missing grid spacers (up to an unsupported length of 60 
inches); editorial clarifications to the technical specifications (TS); 
and deletion of a certificate reference to the NS-4-FR trade name of 
the solid neutron shielding material in the VCC shield plug.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before 
January 8, 2001.

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 
by the NRC, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These documents may also be viewed and 
downloaded electronically via the rulemaking website.
    Documents created or received at the NRC after November 1, 1999 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 Agencywide Documents 
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image 
files of NRC's public documents. An electronic copy of the proposed CoC 
and preliminary safety evaluation report (SER) can be found in ADAMS 
under Accession No. ML003754655. For more information, contact the 
NRC's Public Document Room Reference Staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737 or by e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith McDaniel, telephone (301) 415-
5252, 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

    The NRC is also publishing this proposed rule as a direct final 
rule because it represents a limited and routine change to an existing 
CoC that is expected to be noncontroversial; adequate protection of 
public health and safety continues to be ensured. The direct final rule 
will become effective on February 20, 2001. However, if the NRC 
receives significant adverse comments on the direct final rule by 
January 8, 2001, then the NRC will publish a document to withdraw 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.

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) 1015 is revised 
to read as follows:


Sec. 72.214  List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

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    Certificate Number: 1015.
    Initial Certificate Effective Date: [November 20, 2000].
    Amendment No. 1 Effective Date: February 20, 2001.
    SAR Submitted by: NAC International, Inc.
    SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the NAC-UMS Universal 
Storage System.
    Docket Number: 72-1015.

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    Certificate Expiration Date: November 20, 2020.
    Model Number: NAC-UMS.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of November, 2000.

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