[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15153-15154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06392]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

[NRC-2015-0156]
RIN 3150-AJ63


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International 
HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Amendment No. 9, Revision 1

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the 
effective date of March 21, 2016, for the direct final rule that was 
published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2016. This direct final 
rule amended spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec 
International HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the ``List of 
approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 9, 
Revision 1, to Certificate of Compliance No. 1014. Amendment No. 9, 
Revision 1, changes cooling time limits for thimble plug devices, 
removes certain testing requirements for the fabrication of Metamic HT 
neutron-absorbing structural material, and reduces certain minimum 
guaranteed values used in bounding calculations for this material. 
Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, also changes fuel definitions to classify

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certain boiling water reactor fuel within specified guidelines as 
undamaged fuel.

DATES: Effective date: The effective date of March 21, 2016, for the 
direct final rule published January 6, 2016 (81 FR 371), is confirmed.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0156 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-2015-0156. 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].
     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: Robert D. MacDougall, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5175; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 6, 2016 (81 FR 371), the NRC 
published a direct final rule amending its regulations in part 72 of 
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations to include Amendment No. 9, 
Revision 1, of Certificate of Compliance No. 1014 for the HI-STORM 100 
Cask System. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, changes cooling time limits 
for thimble plug devices, removes certain testing requirements for the 
fabrication of Metamic HT neutron-absorbing structural material, and 
reduces certain minimum guaranteed values used in bounding calculations 
for this material. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, also changes fuel 
definitions to classify certain boiling water reactor fuel within 
specified guidelines as undamaged fuel. In the direct final rule, the 
NRC stated that if no significant adverse comments were received, the 
direct final rule would become effective on March 21, 2016. The NRC did 
not receive any comments on the direct final rule. Therefore, this 
direct final rule will become effective as scheduled.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of March, 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Leslie Terry,
Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-06392 Filed 3-21-16; 8:45 am]
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