[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24983-24984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10247]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-10; NRC-2013-0002]


Northern States Power Company; Prairie Island Independent Spent 
Fuel Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an 
application by Northern States Power Company (NSPM) for amendment of 
Materials License No. SNM-2506 which authorizes NSPM to receive, 
possess, store, and transfer spent nuclear fuel and associated 
radioactive materials. The amendment sought to revise the cask cavity 
pressurization Technical Specifications for the spent fuel storage 
casks utilized at the Prairie Island (PI) Independent Spent Fuel 
Storage Installation (ISFSI).

DATES: Notice of amendment to Materials License No. SNM-2506 given on 
May 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0002 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-2013-0002. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals 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 
Prairie Island License Amendment Request No. 9 package is available 
electronically under ADAMS Accession No. ML14143A202.
     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: Chris Allen, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6877; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By application dated May 23, 2014, as 
supplemented November 19, 2014, NSPM submitted to the NRC, in 
accordance with part 72 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), a request to amend Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-
2506 for its PI ISFSI site located in Welch, Minnesota. License No. 
SNM-2506 authorizes NSPM to receive, possess, store, and transfer spent 
nuclear fuel and associated radioactive materials resulting from the 
operation of the PI Power Plant in an ISFSI at the power plant site for 
a term of 20 years. Specifically, the amendment proposed to revise the 
cask cavity pressurization technical specifications for the spent fuel 
storage casks utilized at the PI ISFSI.
    The NRC issued a letter dated July 30, 2014, notifying NSPM that 
the application was acceptable for review. In accordance with 10 CFR 
72.16, a notice of docketing was published in the Federal Register on 
September 3, 2014 (79 FR 52375). The notice of docketing included an 
opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave to 
intervene. No requests for a hearing or petitions for leave to 
intervene were submitted.
    The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report (SER) (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML15092A166) to document its review and evaluation of the amendment 
request. In addition, the NRC evaluated an assertion by PI that the 
amendment request satisfied the categorical exclusion criteria 
specified in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11). Under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11), a 
categorical exclusion is allowed for amendments to materials licenses 
which are administrative, organizational, or procedural in nature, or 
which result in a change to process operations or equipment, provided 
that (i) there is no significant change in the types or significant 
increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite, 
(ii) there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative 
occupational radiation exposure, (iii) there is no significant 
construction impact, and (iv) there is no significant increase in the 
potential for or consequences from radiological accidents. As explained 
in the SER, the NRC determined that the license

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amendment satisfied the 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11) categorical exclusion 
criteria. Consequently, an environmental assessment and finding of no 
significant impact are not required.
    Upon completing its review, the NRC staff determined the request 
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954, as amended (the Act), as well as the NRC's rules and 
regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required 
by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR chapter 
I, which are set forth in the license amendment. The NRC approved and 
issued Amendment No. 9 to Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-
2506, held by NSPM for the receipt, possession, transfer, and storage 
of spent fuel and associated radioactive materials at the PI ISFSI. 
Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.46(d), the NRC is providing notice of the action 
taken. Amendment No. 9 was effective as of the date of issuance, April 
10, 2015.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th 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.
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