[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 7 (Thursday, January 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 1899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-269]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Notice of Availability of Interim Staff Guidance Documents for 
Spent Fuel Storage Casks

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Gordon, Structural Mechanics 
and Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation 
Division, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001. Telephone: 
(301) 492-3331; fax number: (301) 492-3342; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is preparing and issuing 
Revision 1 to the Interim Staff Guidance (ISG)-18 document for ``The 
Design and Testing of Lid Welds on Austenitic Stainless Steel Canisters 
as Confinement Boundary for Spent Fuel Storage.'' This ISG document 
provides clarifying guidance to the NRC staff when reviewing licensee 
integrated safety analyses, license applications or amendment requests, 
or other related licensing activities for dry cask storage systems 
under 10 CFR Part 72. The NRC is soliciting public comments on the 
Draft of ISG-18, Revision 1, which will be considered in the final 
version or subsequent revisions.

II. Summary

    The purpose of this notice is to provide the public with an 
opportunity to review and comment on the Draft of ISG-18, Revision 1, 
``The Design and Testing of Lid Welds on Austenitic Stainless Steel 
Canisters as Confinement Boundary for Spent Fuel Storage.''

III. Further Information

    Documents related to this action are available electronically at 
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide 
Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for 
the documents related to this notice are provided in the following 
table. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by e-mail to [email protected].

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    Interim staff guidance documents            ADAMS Accession No.
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Draft of Interim Staff Guidance-18,       ML072410351
 Revision 1.
Draft of Interim Staff Guidance-18,       ML072410352
 Revision 1 Enclosed Sketches A&B.
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    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O-1 F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 
contractor will copy documents for a fee. Comments and questions on 
ISG-18, Revision 1, should be directed to Matthew Gordon, Structural 
Mechanics and Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and 
Transportation, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001 by February 
25, 2008. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to 
comments received after this date. Comments can also be submitted by 
telephone, fax, or e-mail to the following: Telephone: (301) 492-3331; 
fax number: (301) 492-3331; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 3rd day of January, 2008.
    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher M. Regan,
Chief, Structural Mechanics and Materials Branch, Division of Spent 
Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and 
Safeguards.
 [FR Doc. E8-269 Filed 1-9-08; 8:45 am]
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