[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 66 (Thursday, April 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17721-17722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1595]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-3]
Notice of Issuance of Renewed Materials License SNM-2502;
Progress Energy Carolinas, Incorporated; H. B. Robinson Steam Electric
Plant, Unit 2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of license renewal.
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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) 415-8555; e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has
issued renewed Materials License SNM-2502 to Progress Energy Carolinas,
Incorporated (PEC) for the receipt, possession, transfer, and storage
of spent fuel at the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2
(HBRSEP), Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), located
in Darlington County, South Carolina. The renewed license authorizes
operation of the HBRSEP ISFSI in accordance with the provisions of the
renewed license and its Technical Specifications.
II. Background
By application dated February 27, 2004, PEC requested to renew the
operating license for the HBRSEP ISFSI. PEC requested the renewal of
the original ISFSI license for a renewal period of 20 years, and an
exemption for an additional 20 years.
III. Finding
The application for the renewed license complies with the standards
and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (the Act) , as
amended, and the Commission's regulations. The Commission has made
appropriate
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findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and
regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1, which are set forth in the license. In
addition, in accordance with 10 CFR 72.7, the Commission has determined
that the exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or
property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the
public interest. Public notice of the proposed action and opportunity
for hearing regarding the proposed issuance of the renewed license was
published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2004 (69 FR 20073).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Supporting documentation is available
for inspection at NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ADAMS.html. A copy of the license application,
dated February 27, 2004, and the staff's Environmental Assessment,
dated March 2005, can be found at this site using the Agency Document
And Management System (ADAMS) accession numbers ML040690774 and
ML050700137.
Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of March, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher M. Regan,
Senior Project Manager, Licensing Section, Spent Fuel Project Office,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E5-1595 Filed 4-6-05; 8:45 am]
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