[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70121-70122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31090]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AH27


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized 
NUHOMS[reg]-24P, -52B, -61BT, and -24PHB Revision (Amendment 
6): Correction and Confirmation of Effective Date

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule: correction and confirmation of effective 
date.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting the 
direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on October 
7, 2003 (68 FR 57785). This direct final rule amended the NRC's 
regulations to revise the Standardized NUHOMS[reg] cask 
system listing to include Amendment No. 6 to Certificate of Compliance 
(CoC) No. 1004. The correction removes the specified effective date for 
Amendment No. 5 to this cask system. The NRC is also confirming the 
effective date of December 22, 2003, for this direct final rule.

DATES: The effective date of December 22, 2003, is confirmed for this 
direct final rule.

ADDRESSES: Documents related to this rulemaking, including comments 
received, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. These 
same documents may also be viewed and downloaded electronically via the 
rulemaking Web site (http://ruleforum.llnl.gov). For information about 
the interactive rulemaking Web site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher (301) 
415-5905; e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Stambaugh, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-5449, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 7, 2003 (68 FR 57785), the NRC 
published a direct final rule amending its regulations in 10 CFR part 
72 to revise the Standardized NUHOMS[reg] cask system 
listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to 
include Amendment No. 6 to CoC No. 1004. This amendment will permit a 
part 72 licensee to store high burnup Babcock & Wilcox 15x15 spent fuel 
assemblies with an average burnup of up to 55,000 megawatt-days/metric 
ton of uranium, enrichment equal to 4.5 weight percent uranium-235, a 
maximum decay heat load of 1.3 kilowatt (kW) per assembly, and a 
maximum heat load of 24 kW per cask, under a general license. In the 
direct final rule, NRC stated that if no significant adverse comments 
were received, the direct final rule would become final on December 22, 
2003. The NRC did not receive any comments that warranted withdrawal of 
the direct final rule. Therefore, this rule will become effective as 
scheduled.
    The NRC is also correcting this direct final rule to remove the 
specified effective date for Amendment No. 5 in the Standardized 
NUHOMS[reg] cask system listing. On August 19, 2003 (68 FR 
49683), the NRC published a direct final rule that would have added 
Amendment No. 5 to the Standardized NUHOMS[reg] cask system 
listing with an effective date of November 3, 2003. The October 7, 
2003, direct final rule for Amendment No. 6 included the anticipated 
effective date for Amendment No. 5. On October 30, 2003 (68 FR 61734), 
the NRC withdrew the August 19, 2003, direct final rule because it 
received significant adverse comment in response to an identical 
proposed rule which was published concurrently with that direct final 
rule. Therefore, the amendment to 10 CFR 72.214 setting out the text 
for Certificate of Compliance 1004 presented in the October 7, 2003, 
direct final rule for Amendment No. 6 is corrected to remove the 
effective date for Amendment No. 5 and the reference to the cask model 
number that would have been added by Amendment No. 5.

PART 72--[CORRECTED]

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1. In Sec.  72.214, Certificate of Compliance 1004 is corrected 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 Number 1 Effective Date: April 27, 2000.
Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: September 5, 2000.
Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: September 12, 2001.
Amendment Number 4 Effective Date: February 12, 2002.
Amendment Number 5 Effective Date: [Reserved].
Amendment Number 6 Effective Date: December 22, 2003.
SAR Submitted by: Transnuclear, Inc.
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the Standardized 
NUHOMS[reg] Horizontal Modular Storage System for Irradiated 
Nuclear Fuel.
Docket Number: 72-1004.
Certificate Expiration Date: January 23, 2015.
Model Number: Standardized NUHOMS[reg] -24P, 
NUHOMS[reg] -52B, NUHOMS[reg] -61BT, and 
NUHOMS[reg] -24PHB.
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    Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of December, 2003.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael T. Lesar,
Chief, Rules and Directives Branch, Division of Administrative 
Services, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-31090 Filed 12-16-03; 8:45 am]
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