[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13459-13460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5398]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AG70


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: VSC-24 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 Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates (PSNA) 
VSC-24 listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' 
to include Amendment No. 3 to the Certificate of Compliance (CoC). This 
amendment will allow holders of power reactor operating licenses as 
general licensees to store Combustion Engineering 16x16 spent fuel 
assemblies in accordance with revised technical specifications in the 
VSC-24 cask system. The proposed Amendment No. 3 to the VSC-24 CoC 
changes Technical Specifications 1.2.1 and 1.2.6 to modify the fuel 
specifications for Combustion Engineering 16x16 spent fuel stored in 
the VSC-24 cask system, modifies the text in TS 1.2.7 for accuracy, 
modifies the text in Certificate Section 2.b. to remove ambiguity, 
modifies Certificate Section 3 to be consistent with TS 1.1.4, modifies 
Certificate Section 4 for consistency with TS 1.1.3, and modifies 
Certificate Section 5 to remove ambiguity.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before 
April 5, 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. ML003733556. 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: Stan Turel, telephone (301) 415-6234, 
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 May 21, 2001. However, if the NRC receives 
significant adverse comments on the direct final rule by April 5, 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,

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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 1007 is revised to 
read as follows:


Sec. 72.214  List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

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Certificate Number: 1007
Initial Certificate Effective Date: May 7, 1993
Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: May 30, 2000
Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: September 5, 2000
Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: May 21, 2001
SAR Submitted by: Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the Ventilated Storage Cask 
System
Docket Number: 72-1007
Certificate Expiration Date: May 7, 2013
Model Number: VSC-24
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of February, 2001.

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