[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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