[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 23610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09872]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-25; NRC-2009-0076]
Department of Energy; Idaho Spent Fuel Facility Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; docketing.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has docketed a
license amendment application from the Department of Energy (DOE or the
licensee) for amendment of Materials License No. SNM-2512, for the
Idaho Spent Fuel Facility independent spent fuel storage installation
located on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory in Butte County,
Idaho. If granted, the amendment would revise the technical
specifications for the Idaho Spent Fuel Facility independent spent fuel
storage installation (ISFSI) to add the Essential Program Control
Program. The addition of the Essential Program Control Program would
conform the technical specifications to those of Three Mile Island,
Unit 2, and Fort St. Vrain, and allow the Idaho Spent Fuel Facility to
make changes to the Quality Assurance Program, the Radiological
Environmental Monitoring Program, and the Training Program.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0076 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0076. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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 document
(if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time
that a document is referenced.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose R. Cuadrado, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0606; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
By letter dated February 17, 2015, DOE submitted to the NRC an
application to amend the technical specifications for the Idaho Spent
Fuel Facility ISFSI, located on the Idaho National Engineering
Laboratory in Butte County, Idaho (ADAMS Accession No. ML15068A008).
Materials License No. SNM-2512 authorizes the licensee to receive,
store, and transfer spent nuclear fuel elements from the Peach Bottom
Unit 1 reactor and various TRIGA reactors; reflector modules and rods
from the Shippingport reactor; and associated radioactive materials and
components related to the fuel elements' receipt, transfer, and
storage. The proposed amendment would add the Essential Program Control
Program to the technical specifications of the Idaho Spent Fuel
Facility to conform to those of Three Mile Island, Unit 2, and Fort St.
Vrain, and allow the Idaho Spent Fuel Facility to make changes to the
Quality Assurance Program, the Radiological Environmental Monitoring
Program, and the Training Program.
In a letter to DOE dated March 9, 2015, NRC notified DOE that the
application was acceptable to begin a technical review (ADAMS Accession
No. ML15068A382). The NRC's Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and
Safeguards has docketed this application under Docket No. 72-25. If the
NRC approves the amendment, the approval will be documented in an
amendment to NRC Materials License No. SNM-2512. The Commission will
approve the license amendment if it determines that the request
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended, and the NRC's rules and regulations, and make
findings consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act and part
51 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). These
findings will be documented in a Safety Evaluation Report.
II. Opportunity To Request a Hearing
The Commission may issue either a notice of hearing or a notice of
proposed action and opportunity for hearing in accordance with 10 CFR
72.46(b)(1) or, if a determination is made that the amendment does not
present a genuine issue as to whether public health and safety will be
significantly affected, take immediate action on the amendment in
accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2), and provide notice of the action
taken and an opportunity for interested persons to request a hearing on
whether the action should be rescinded or modified.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of April 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michele Sampson,
Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Management,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2015-09872 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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