[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 17]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25439]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150-AI23


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 Revision 
4, Confirmation of Effective Date

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule: Confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the 
effective date of January 8, 2008, for the direct final rule that was 
published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2007 (72 FR 60543). 
This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations to revise the HI-
STORM 100 cask system listing to include Amendment No. 4 to Certificate 
of Compliance (CoC) No. 1014.

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of January 8, 2008, is 
confirmed for this direct final rule.

ADDRESSES: Documents related to this rulemaking, including any comments 
received, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room, located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jayne M. McCausland, Office of Federal 
and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-6219, 
e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 25, 2007 (72 FR 60543), the NRC 
published a direct final rule amending its regulations at 10 CFR 72.214 
to revise the HI-STORM 100 cask system listing within the ``List of 
Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment No. 4 to CoC 
No. 1014. This amendment modifies the CoC by adding site-specific 
options to permit use of a modified HI-STORM 100 cask system at the 
Indian Point Unit 1 (IP1) Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. 
These options include the shortening of the HI-STORM 100S Version B, 
Multi-Purpose Canister (MPC)-32 and MPC-32F, and the HI-TRAC 100D 
Canister to accommodate site-specific restrictions. Additional changes 
address the Technical Specification (TS) definition of transport 
operations and associated language in the safety analysis report; the 
soluble boron requirements for Array/Class 14x14E IP1 fuel; the helium 
gas backfill requirements for Array/Class 14x14E IP1 fuel; the addition 
of a fifth damaged fuel container design under the TS definition for 
damaged fuel container; addition of separate burnup, cooling time, and 
decay heat limits for Array/Class 14x14 IP1 fuel for loading in an MPC-
32 and MPC-32F; addition of antimony-beryllium secondary sources as 
approved contents; the loading of all IP1 fuel assemblies in damaged 
fuel containers; the preclusion of loading of IP1 fuel debris in the 
MPC-32 or MPC-32F; the reduction of the maximum enrichment for Array/
Class 14x14E IP1 fuel from 5.0 to 4.5 weight percent uranium-235; 
changes to licensing drawings to differentiate the IP1 MPC-32 and MPC-
32F from the previously approved MPC-32 and MPC-32F; and other 
editorial changes, including replacing all references to U.S. Tool and 
Die with Holtec Manufacturing Division. In the direct final rule, NRC 
stated that if no significant adverse comments were received, the 
direct final rule would become final on January 8, 2008. The NRC did 
not receive any comments on the direct final rule. Therefore, this rule 
will become effective as scheduled.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of December, 2007.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael T. Lesar,
Chief, Rulemaking, Directives and Editing Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
 [FR Doc. E7-25439 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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