[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 31260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14601]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-20]


Department of Energy; Three Mile Island, Unit 2, Independent 
Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Notice of Docketing of Materials 
License SNM-2508 Amendment; Application

    By letter dated April 2, 2001, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
submitted an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or 
the Commission), in accordance with 10 CFR Part 72, requesting the 
amendment of the Three Mile Island, Unit 2 (TMI-2) independent spent 
fuel storage installation (ISFSI) license (SNM-2508) for the ISFSI 
located at Idaho Falls, Idaho. DOE is seeking Commission approval to 
amend the materials license and the ISFSI Technical Specifications to 
revise the Radiation Protection Technical Specification, 3.2.1 and 
3.2.2, to control the total Horizontal Storage Module (HSM) dose rate, 
rather than just the HSM gamma dose rate. The amendment would ensure 
the Technical Specifications provide adequate controls for the neutron 
dose from the HSM, since neutron sources are a part of the approved 
storage cask contents. Modification of the Technical Specification is 
in response to a Notice of Violation (NRC Inspection Report 72-20/00-
03, Docket 72-20) dated February 12, 2001. The requested changes do not 
appear to affect the design, operation, or maintenance of the ISFSI.
    This application was docketed under 10 CFR Part 72; the ISFSI 
Docket No. is 72-20 and will remain the same for this action. The 
amendment of an ISFSI license is subject to the Commission's approval.
    The Commission may issue either a notice of hearing or a notice of 
proposed action and opportunity for hearing in accordance with 10 CFR 
72.46(b)(1) or, if a determination is made that the amendment does not 
present a genuine issue as to whether public health and safety will be 
significantly affected, take immediate action on the amendment in 
accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2) and provide notice of action taken 
and an opportunity for interested persons to request a hearing on 
whether the action should be rescinded or modified.
    For further details with respect to this application, see the 
application dated April 2, 2001. The NRC maintains an Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents. These documents may be accessed 
through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at 
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. If you do not have access to 
ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-
800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by email to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of May 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
E. William Brach,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 01-14601 Filed 6-8-01; 8:45 am]
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