[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59619-59620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22313]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-1]


General Electric Company, Morris Operation; Notice of Docketing 
of the Materials License SNM-2500 Amendment Application for the Morris 
Operation Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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ACTION: License amendment.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Regan, Senior Project 
Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555. Telephone: (301) 415-1179; fax number: (301) 415-1179; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated July 30, 2004, as 
supplemented August 13, 2004, General Electric Company submitted an 
application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the 
Commission), in accordance with 10 CFR part 72, requesting the 
amendment of the General Electric--Morris Operation (GEMO) independent 
spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) Materials License SNM-2500 and 
the associated Technical Specifications (TS) for the GEMO ISFSI located 
in Grundy County, Illinois. The amendment application requests changes 
to the GEMO Consolidated Safety Analysis Report to reflect the current 
condition of the fuel stored and only that equipment necessary for its 
safe storage. The major changes proposed include revisions to 
information regarding the spent fuel inventory, deletion of the 
requirement for ventilation exhaust vacuum, deletion of the requirement 
to have certain instrumentation operative for equipment that is no 
longer in service, a change in the methods to verify pool water 
quality, revision to the description of the company organization, and 
removal of ``receipt'' from the license which effectively will not 
permit the GEMO facility to accept shipment of any additional spent 
fuel. Commensurate changes to the Technical Specifications to reflect 
these revisions are also proposed. This application supersedes in its 
entirety, General Electric's amendment 10 application dated April 30, 
1998, and amendment 11 application dated August 13, 2001. Amendment 
requests 10 and 11 were withdrawn by GEMO by letter dated March 1, 
2004. This application was docketed under 10 CFR part 72; the GEMO 
ISFSI Docket No. 72-1. The amendment of an ISFSI license is subject to 
the Commission's approval. The Director, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, or his designee, will determine if the amendment 
presents a genuine issue as to whether public health and safety will be 
significantly affected and may issue either a notice of a hearing or a 
notice of proposed action and opportunity for a hearing in accordance 
with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(1) or take immediate action on the amendment in 
accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2).
    In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of NRC's ``Rules of Practice,'' 
final NRC records and documents regarding this proposed action, 
including the application for license amendment dated July 30, 2004, as 
supplemented August 13, 2004, and supporting documentation, are 
publically available in the records component of NRC's Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). These documents may be 
inspected at NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under Accession Nos. ML042180412 and 
ML042250233. These documents may also be viewed electronically on the 
public computers located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), 
O1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 
20852. The PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee. 
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR 
Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by 
e-mail to [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28 day of September 2004.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher M. Regan,
Senior Project Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 04-22313 Filed 10-4-04; 8:45 am]
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