[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 73335-73339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25408]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2016-0155]
RIN 3150-AJ80
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International
HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System; Certificate of Compliance No.
1040, Amendment No. 2
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its
spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-
STORM Underground Maximum Capacity (UMAX) Canister Storage System
listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to
include Amendment No. 2 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1040.
Amendment No. 2 adds new fuel types to the HI-STORM UMAX Canister
Storage System and updates an existing fuel type description.
Additionally, Amendment No. 2 updates Table 3-4 of Appendix B of the
CoC to reflect correct terminology and makes editorial changes to
Appendix B of the CoC to clarify the description of the top surface
pad. Each of these changes is described in Section IV, ``Discussion of
Changes,'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
DATES: The direct final rule is effective January 9, 2017, unless
significant adverse comments are received by November 25, 2016. If the
direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely
notice of the withdrawal will be published in the Federal Register.
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. Comments received on this
direct final rule will also be considered to be comments on a companion
proposed rule published in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: 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-2016-0155. 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.
Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
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: Gregory R. Trussell, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6445, or email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
II. Procedural Background
III. Background
IV. Discussion of Changes
V. Voluntary Consensus Standards
VI. Agreement State Compatibility
VII. Plain Writing
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VIII. Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Environmental Impact
IX. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
X. Regulatory Flexibility Certification
XI. Regulatory Analysis
XII. Backfitting and Issue Finality
XIII. Congressional Review Act
XIV. Availability of Documents
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0155 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-2016-0155.
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]. For
the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials
referenced in this document are provided in the ``Availability of
Documents'' section.
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-2016-0155 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. Procedural Background
This rule is limited to the changes contained in Amendment No. 2 to
CoC No. 1040 and does not include other aspects of the Holtec
International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System design. The NRC is
using the ``direct final rule procedure'' to issue this amendment
because it represents a limited and routine change to an existing CoC
that is expected to be noncontroversial. Adequate protection of public
health and safety continues to be ensured. The amendment to the rule
will become effective on January 9, 2017. However, if the NRC receives
significant adverse comments on this direct final rule by November 25,
2016, then the NRC will publish a document that withdraws this action
and will subsequently address the comments received in a final rule as
a response to the companion proposed rule published in the Proposed
Rule section of this issue of the Federal Register. Absent significant
modifications to the proposed revisions requiring republication, the
NRC will not initiate a second comment period on this action.
A significant adverse comment is a comment where the commenter
explains why the rule would be inappropriate, including challenges to
the rule's underlying premise or approach, or would be ineffective or
unacceptable without a change. A comment is adverse and significant if:
(1) The comment opposes the rule and provides a reason sufficient
to require a substantive response in a notice-and-comment process. For
example, a substantive response is required when:
(a) The comment causes the NRC staff to reevaluate (or reconsider)
its position or conduct additional analysis;
(b) The comment raises an issue serious enough to warrant a
substantive response to clarify or complete the record; or
(c) The comment raises a relevant issue that was not previously
addressed or considered by the NRC staff.
(2) The comment proposes a change or an addition to the rule, and
it is apparent that the rule would be ineffective or unacceptable
without incorporation of the change or addition.
(3) The comment causes the NRC staff to make a change (other than
editorial) to the rule, CoC, or Technical Specifications (TSs).
For detailed instructions on filing comments, please see the
companion proposed rule published in the Proposed Rule section of this
issue of the Federal Register.
III. Background
Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982, as
amended, requires that ``the Secretary [of the Department of Energy]
shall establish a demonstration program, in cooperation with the
private sector, for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at civilian
nuclear power reactor sites, with the objective of establishing one or
more technologies that the [Nuclear Regulatory] Commission may, by
rule, approve for use at the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors
without, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for additional
site-specific approvals by the Commission.'' Section 133 of the NWPA
states, in part, that ``[the Commission] shall, by rule, establish
procedures for the licensing of any technology approved by the
Commission under Section 219(a) [sic: 218(a)] for use at the site of
any civilian nuclear power reactor.''
To implement this mandate, the Commission approved dry storage of
spent nuclear fuel in NRC-approved casks under a general license by
publishing a final rule which added a new subpart K in part 72 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) entitled, ``General
License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites'' (55 FR
29181; July 18, 1990). This rule also established a new subpart L in 10
CFR part 72 entitled, ``Approval of Spent Fuel Storage Casks,'' which
contains procedures and criteria for obtaining NRC approval of spent
fuel storage cask designs. The NRC subsequently issued a final rule (80
FR 12073; March 6, 2015), as corrected (80 FR 15679; March 25, 2015),
that approved the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage
System design and added it to the list of NRC-approved cask designs in
10 CFR 72.214 as CoC No. 1040.
IV. Discussion of Changes
By letter dated March 31, 2015, as supplemented June 19 and
November 30, 2015, Holtec International submitted a request to the NRC
to amend CoC No. 1040. Amendment No. 2 adds new fuel types to the HI-
STORM UMAX Canister Storage System and updates an existing fuel type
description. Additionally, Amendment No. 2 updates Table 3-4 of
Appendix B of the CoC to reflect correct terminology and makes
editorial changes to Appendix B of the CoC to clarify the description
of the top surface pad.
Specifically, Amendment No. 2 adds new 16X16 fuel types to approved
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contents, in CoC No. 1040, named 16X16B and 16X16C and updates 15X15I
fuel types to include those with guide tubes. Amendment No. 2 revises
Table 2.1-1 to allow up to 37 undamaged 16X16A fuel assemblies in
damaged fuel containers (DFCs) for the multipurpose canister--37
permitted for storage in the HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System. An
updated heat load pattern is also included for loading up to 37 intact
16X16A fuel assemblies in DFCs. Also, Appendix B, Table 3-4 was revised
to clarify the ``Top Surface Pad'' term.
As documented in the Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report (PSER),
the NRC staff performed a detailed safety evaluation of the proposed
CoC amendment request. There are no significant changes to cask
fabrication or design requirements in the proposed CoC amendment. There
will be no significant change in the types or significant revisions in
the amounts of any effluent released, no significant increase in the
individual or cumulative radiation exposure, and no significant
increase in the potential for or consequences from radiological
accidents. In addition, any resulting occupational exposure or offsite
dose rates from the implementation of Amendment No. 2 would remain
within the 10 CFR part 20 limits. Thus, as discussed in the PSER, staff
has determined that there is reasonable assurance that: (i) The
activities authorized by the amended certificate can be conducted
without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) these
activities will be conducted in compliance with the applicable
regulations of 10 CFR part 72.
This direct final rule revises the Holtec International HI-STORM
UMAX Canister Storage System listing in 10 CFR 72.214 by adding
Amendment No. 2 to CoC No. 1040. The amendment consists of the changes
previously described, as set forth in the revised CoC and TSs. The
revised TSs are identified in the PSER.
The amended Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage
System design, when used under the conditions specified in the CoC, the
TSs, and the NRC's regulations, will meet the requirements of 10 CFR
part 72; therefore, adequate protection of public health and safety
will continue to be ensured. When this direct final rule becomes
effective, persons who hold a general license under 10 CFR 72.210 may
load spent nuclear fuel into Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX
Canister Storage System casks that meet the criteria of Amendment No. 2
to CoC No. 1040 under 10 CFR 72.212.
V. Voluntary Consensus Standards
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-113) requires that Federal agencies use technical standards that
are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies unless
the use of such a standard is inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. In this direct final rule, the NRC will revise
the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System design
listed in 10 CFR 72.214, ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks.''
This action does not constitute the establishment of a standard that
contains generally applicable requirements.
VI. Agreement State Compatibility
Under the ``Policy Statement on Adequacy and Compatibility of
Agreement State Programs'' approved by the Commission on June 30, 1997,
and published in the Federal Register on September 3, 1997 (62 FR
46517), this rule is classified as Compatibility Category ``NRC.''
Compatibility is not required for Category ``NRC'' regulations. The NRC
program elements in this category are those that relate directly to
areas of regulation reserved to the NRC by the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, or the provisions of 10 CFR. Although an Agreement
State may not adopt program elements reserved to the NRC, and a
Category ``NRC'' does not confer regulatory authority on the State, the
State may wish to inform its licensees of certain requirements by means
consistent with the particular State's administrative procedure laws.
VII. Plain Writing
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, and well-organized
manner. The NRC has written this document to be consistent with the
Plain Writing Act as well as the Presidential Memorandum, ``Plain
Language in Government Writing,'' published June 10, 1998 (63 FR
31883).
VIII. Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Environmental Impact
A. The Action
The action is to amend 10 CFR 72.214 to revise the Holtec
International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System listing within the
``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No.
2 to CoC No. 1040. Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
as amended, and the NRC's regulations in subpart A of 10 CFR part 51,
``Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and
Related Regulatory Functions,'' the NRC has determined that this rule,
if adopted, would not be a major Federal action significantly affecting
the quality of the human environment and, therefore, an environmental
impact statement is not required. The NRC has made a finding of no
significant impact on the basis of this environmental assessment.
B. The Need for the Action
This direct final rule amends the CoC for the Holtec International
HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System design within the list of
approved spent fuel storage casks that power reactor licensees can use
to store spent fuel at reactor sites under a general license. Amendment
No. 2 adds new fuel types to the HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System
and updates an existing fuel type description. Additionally, Amendment
No. 2 updates Table 3-4 of Appendix B of the CoC to reflect correct
terminology and makes editorial changes to Appendix B of the CoC to
clarify the description of the top surface pad.
Specifically, Amendment No. 2 adds new 16X16 fuel types to approved
contents, in CoC No. 1040, named 16X16B and 16X16C and updates 15X15I
fuel types to include those with guide tubes. Amendment No. 2 revises
Table 2.1-1 to allow up to 37 undamaged 16X16A fuel assemblies in DFCs
for the multipurpose canister--37 permitted for storage in the HI-STORM
UMAX Canister Storage System. An updated heat load pattern is also
included for loading up to 37 intact 16X16A fuel assemblies in DFCs.
Also, Appendix B, Table 3-4 was revised to clarify the ``Top Surface
Pad'' term.
C. Environmental Impacts of the Action
On July 18, 1990 (55 FR 29181), the NRC issued an amendment to 10
CFR part 72 to provide for the storage of spent fuel under a general
license in cask designs approved by the NRC. The potential
environmental impact of using NRC-approved storage casks was initially
analyzed in the environmental assessment for the 1990 final rule. The
environmental assessment for this Amendment No. 2 tiers off of the
environmental assessment for the July 18, 1990, final rule. Tiering on
past environmental assessments is a standard process under the National
Environmental Policy Act.
The Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System is
designed to mitigate the effects of design basis accidents that could
occur during
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storage. Design basis accidents account for human-induced events and
the most severe natural phenomena reported for the site and surrounding
area. Postulated accidents analyzed for an Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation, the type of facility at which a holder of a power
reactor operating license would store spent fuel in casks in accordance
with 10 CFR part 72, include tornado winds and tornado-generated
missiles, a design basis earthquake, a design basis flood, an
accidental cask drop, lightning effects, fire, explosions, and other
incidents.
Considering the specific design requirements for each accident
condition, the design of the cask would prevent loss of confinement,
shielding, and criticality control. If there is no loss of confinement,
shielding, or criticality control, the environmental impacts would be
insignificant. This amendment does not reflect a significant change in
design or fabrication of the cask. There are no significant changes to
cask design requirements in the proposed CoC amendment. In addition,
because there are no significant design or process changes, any
resulting occupational exposure or offsite dose rates from the
implementation of Amendment No. 2 would remain well within the 10 CFR
part 20 limits. Therefore, the proposed CoC changes will not result in
any radiological or non-radiological environmental impacts that
significantly differ from the environmental impacts evaluated in the
environmental assessment supporting the July 18, 1990, final rule.
There will be no significant change in the types or significant
revisions in the amounts of any effluent released, no significant
increase in the individual or cumulative radiation exposure, and no
significant increase in the potential for or consequences from
radiological accidents. The staff documented its safety findings in a
PSER.
D. Alternative to the Action
The alternative to this action is to deny approval of Amendment No.
2 and discontinue the direct final rule process. Consequently, any 10
CFR part 72 general licensee that seeks to load spent nuclear fuel into
the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System in
accordance with the changes described in proposed Amendment No. 2 would
have to request an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 72.212 and
72.214. Under this alternative, an interested licensee would have to
prepare, and the NRC would have to review, a separate exemption
request, thereby increasing the administrative burden upon the NRC and
the costs to each licensee. Therefore, the environmental impacts would
be the same or less than the proposed action.
E. Alternative Use of Resources
Approval of Amendment No. 2 to CoC No. 1040 would result in no
irreversible commitment of resources.
F. Agencies and Persons Contacted
No agencies or persons outside the NRC were contacted in connection
with the preparation of this environmental assessment.
G. Finding of No Significant Impact
The environmental impacts of the action have been reviewed under
the requirements in 10 CFR part 51. Based on the foregoing
environmental assessment, the NRC concludes that this direct final rule
entitled, ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec
International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, Amendment No. 2''
will not have a significant effect on the human environment. Therefore,
the NRC has determined that an environmental impact statement is not
necessary for this direct final rule.
IX. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This final rule does not contain any new or amended collections of
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). Existing collections os information were approved by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), approval number 3150-0132.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information collection unless the document
requesting or requiring the collection displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
X. Regulatory Flexibility Certification
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), the
NRC certifies that this rule will not, if issued, have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This direct
final rule affects only nuclear power plant licensees and Holtec
International. These entities do not fall within the scope of the
definition of small entities set forth in the Regulatory Flexibility
Act or the size standards established by the NRC (10 CFR 2.810).
XI. Regulatory Analysis
On July 18, 1990 (55 FR 29181), the NRC issued an amendment to 10
CFR part 72 to provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel under a
general license in cask designs approved by the NRC. Any nuclear power
reactor licensee can use NRC-approved cask designs to store spent
nuclear fuel if it notifies the NRC in advance, the spent fuel is
stored under the conditions specified in the cask's CoC, and the
conditions of the general license are met. A list of NRC-approved cask
designs is contained in 10 CFR 72.214. On March 6, 2015 (80 FR 12073),
as corrected on March 25, 2015 (80 FR 15679), the NRC issued an
amendment to 10 CFR part 72 that approved the Holtec International HI-
STORM UMAX Canister Storage System design by adding it to the list of
NRC-approved cask designs in 10 CFR 72.214. By letter dated March 31,
2015, as supplemented June 19 and November 30, 2015, Holtec submitted
an application to amend the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister
Storage System as described in Section IV, ``Discussion of Changes,''
of this document.
The alternative to this action is to withhold approval of Amendment
No. 2 and to require any 10 CFR part 72 general licensee seeking to
load spent nuclear fuel into the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX
Canister Storage System under the changes described in Amendment No. 2
to request an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 72.212 and
72.214. Under this alternative, each interested 10 CFR part 72 licensee
would have to prepare, and the NRC would have to review, a separate
exemption request, thereby increasing the administrative burden upon
the NRC and the costs to each licensee.
Approval of the direct final rule is consistent with previous NRC
actions. Further, as documented in the PSER and the environmental
assessment, the direct final rule will have no adverse effect on public
health and safety or the environment. This direct final rule has no
significant identifiable impact or benefit on other Government
agencies. Based on this regulatory analysis, the NRC concludes that the
requirements of the direct final rule are commensurate with the NRC's
responsibilities for public health and safety and the common defense
and security. No other available alternative is believed to be as
satisfactory, and therefore, this action is recommended.
XII. Backfitting and Issue Finality
The NRC has determined that the backfit rule (10 CFR 72.62) does
not apply to this direct final rule. Therefore, a backfit analysis is
not required. This direct final rule revises CoC No. 1040
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for the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, as
currently listed in 10 CFR 72.214, ``List of approved spent fuel
storage casks.'' Amendment No. 2 adds new fuel types to the HI-STORM
UMAX Canister Storage System and updates an existing fuel type
description. Additionally Amendment No. 2 updates Table 3-4 of Appendix
B of the CoC to reflect correct terminology and makes editorial changes
to Appendix B of the CoC to clarify the description of the top surface
pad.
Amendment No. 2 to CoC No. 1040 for the Holtec International HI-
STORM UMAX Canister Storage System was initiated by Holtec and was not
submitted in response to new NRC requirements, or an NRC request for
amendment. Amendment No. 2 applies only to new casks fabricated and
used under Amendment No. 2. These changes do not affect existing users
of the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, and
the current Amendment No. 1 continues to be effective for existing
users. While current CoC users may comply with the new requirements in
Amendment No. 2, this would be a voluntary decision on the part of
current users. For these reasons, Amendment No. 2 to CoC No. 1040 does
not constitute backfitting under 10 CFR 72.62, 10 CFR 50.109(a)(1), or
otherwise represent an inconsistency with the issue finality provisions
applicable to combined licenses in 10 CFR part 52. Accordingly, no
backfit analysis or additional documentation addressing the issue
finality criteria in 10 CFR part 52 has been prepared by the staff.
XIII. Congressional Review Act
The Office of Management and Budget has not found this to be a
major rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act.
XIV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons as indicated.
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Document ADAMS accession No.
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Holtec License Amendment Request; ML15092A783
Letter Dated March 31, 2015.
Supplemental Letter Dated June ML15170A434
19, 2015.
Supplemental Letter Dated ML15334A496
November 30, 2015.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment ML16035A416
No. 2.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment ML16039A113
No. 2--Technical Specifications,
Appendix A.
Proposed CoC No. 1040, Amendment ML16039A115
No. 2--Technical Specifications,
Appendix B.
CoC No. 1040, Amendment No. 2-- ML16039A156
Preliminary Safety Evaluation
Report.
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List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72
Administrative practice and procedure, Criminal penalties,
Hazardous waste, Indians, Intergovernmental relations, Manpower
training programs, Nuclear energy, Nuclear materials, Occupational
safety and health, Penalties, Radiation protection, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Spent fuel,
Whistleblowing.
For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization
Act of 1974, as amended; the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as
amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553; the NRC is adopting the following
amendments to 10 CFR part 72:
PART 72--LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, AND REACTOR-
RELATED GREATER THAN CLASS C WASTE
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1. The authority citation for part 72 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63,
65, 69, 81, 161, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 223, 234, 274 (42
U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2210e,
2232, 2233, 2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy
Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C.
5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 117(a),
132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 141, 145(g), 148, 218(a) (42 U.S.C.
10137(a), 10152, 10153, 10154, 10155, 10157, 10161, 10165(g), 10168,
10198(a)); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
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2. In Sec. 72.214, Certificate of Compliance 1040 is revised to read
as follows:
Sec. 72.214 List of approved spent fuel storage casks.
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Certificate Number: 1040.
Initial Certificate Effective Date: April 6, 2015.
Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: September 8, 2015.
Amendment Number 2, Effective Date: January 9, 2017.
SAR Submitted by: Holtec International, Inc.
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the Holtec
International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System.
Docket Number: 72-1040.
Certificate Expiration Date: April 6, 2035.
Model Number: MPC-37, MPC-89.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of October, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael R. Johnson,
Acting Executive Director for Operations.
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