[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38780-38782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16540]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0106]


Standard Review Plan for Renewal of Specific Licenses and 
Certificates of Compliance for Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public

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comment draft NUREG-1927, Revision 1, ``Standard Review Plan for 
Renewal of Specific Licenses and Certificates of Compliance for Dry 
Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel.'' The draft NUREG provides guidance to 
the NRC staff for the safety review of renewal applications for 
specific licenses of independent spent fuel storage installations 
(ISFSIs) and certificates of compliance (CoCs) of spent fuel storage 
casks. The NRC is soliciting public comments on this draft NUREG and 
will consider received comments as it finalizes the guidance.

DATES: Submit comments by August 21, 2015. 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 before this 
date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0106. 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.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Banovac, telephone: 301-415-
7116; email: [email protected]; or Ricardo Torres, telephone: 
301-415-7508; email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0106 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0106.
     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]. 
Draft NUREG-1927, Revision 1, ``Standard Review Plan for Renewal of 
Specific Licenses and Certificates of Compliance for Dry Storage of 
Spent Nuclear Fuel'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No. 
ML15180A011.
     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-2015-0106 in your comment submission.
    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 post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. 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 into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    NUREG-1927, Revision 0, ``Standard Review Plan for Renewal of Spent 
Fuel Dry Cask Storage System Licenses and Certificates of Compliance'' 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML111020115) was published in March 2011 to 
provide guidance to the staff for the safety review of renewal 
applications for specific licenses of ISFSIs and CoCs of spent fuel 
storage casks. Since that time, staff's experience with spent fuel 
storage renewal reviews has indicated a need for augmented and 
clarified guidance. In 2014, the staff engaged with stakeholders in 
public meetings to obtain input on potential changes to the guidance. 
The staff developed the revised guidance in draft NUREG-1927, Revision 
1, which addresses staff's recent review experience and valuable input 
received from stakeholders.
    Proposed changes and clarifications have been made throughout draft 
NUREG-1927, Revision 1.
    The staff expanded guidance in the following areas:
     Application content;
     Scoping evaluation;
     Aging management review;
     Time-limited aging analyses; and
     Elements of an aging management program (AMP).
    The staff developed new guidance in the following areas:
     Timely renewal;
     Amendment applications submitted during renewal reviews 
and after the renewal is issued;
     Use of conditions for ensuring AMPs remain adequate during 
the period of extended operation;
     Commencement of AMPs for CoC renewals;
     Implementation of AMPs; and
     Learning AMPs that consider and respond to operating 
experience.
    The staff expanded guidance on scoping and aging management of fuel 
internals, which consolidated the discussion on retrievability in 
Revision 0. The staff deleted appendices that added minimal value to 
the review process and developed new appendices on the following 
topics:
     Example AMPs;
     Lead system inspections;
     Use of a demonstration program as a surveillance tool for 
high burnup fuel performance;
     Considerations for CoC renewals; and
     Storage terms (and calculation of length of time that a 
dry cask storage system can remain loaded).
    The staff will review and consider public comments received on 
draft NUREG-1927, Revision 1, as it finalizes the guidance. Although 
comments are invited on any areas of the draft guidance, the staff is 
specifically seeking input on the following areas: AMP discussion in 
Section 3.6; example AMPs in Appendix B; lead system inspections in 
Appendix C; and the aging management review consideration of the 
duration of time between the fabrication of a component and its 
deployment in the ISFSI, in Chapter 3. In addition, the staff invites 
comments on options for an operating experience

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sharing program to be used to obtain, aggregate, and enter site-
specific and industry-wide operating experience, as discussed in 
Section 3.6.1.10.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of June 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Anthony H. Hsia,
Deputy Director, Division of Spent Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2015-16540 Filed 7-6-15; 8:45 am]
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