[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 64834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26047]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2012-0250]


Computational Fluid Dynamics Best Practice Guidelines for Dry 
Cask Applications

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) 
is requesting public comments on draft NUREG-2152, ``Computational 
Fluid Dynamics Best Practice Guidelines for Dry Cask Applications.'' 
The draft NUREG-2152 report provides best practice guidelines for 
undertaking simulations used to evaluate the thermal response of dry 
casks. Dry cask applications include transfer, transport, and storage. 
First, the different sources of errors and uncertainties known to occur 
in numerical simulation results are listed and defined. The sources of 
error that can be controlled and quantified by the user are then 
discussed in detail, and best practice guidelines for their reduction 
and quantification are given. These best practice guidelines are based 
on available guidelines as much as possible.

DATES: Comments may be submitted by December 24, 2012. Comments 
received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do 
so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for 
comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may access information and comment submissions related 
to this document, which the NRC possesses and are publically available, 
by searching on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2012-
0250. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0250. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Chief, Rules, 
Announcements, and Directives Branch (RADB), Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
     Fax comments to: RADB at 301-492-3446.
    For additional direction on accessing information and submitting 
comments, see ``Accessing Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jorge Solis, Senior Thermal Engineer, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20005-0001; telephone: 301-492-
3282; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Accessing Information and Submitting Comments

A. Accessing Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0250 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
access information related to this document by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0250.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC 
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number 
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is 
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced. The draft NUREG-2152 is located in ADAMS under Accession 
Number ML12286A301.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2012-0250 in the subject line of your 
comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make 
your comment submission available to the public in this docket.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will posts all comment submissions at 
http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions 
into ADAMS, and the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

II. Further Information

    The purpose of this notice is to provide the public with an 
opportunity to review and solicit comments on the draft NUREG-2152, 
``Computational Fluid Dynamics Best Practice Guidelines for Dry Cask 
Applications.'' These comments will be considered in the final version 
or subsequent revisions.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16 day of October, 2012.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Chief, Thermal and Containment Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage 
and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards.
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