[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 88097]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-29275]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2016-0137]
RIN 3150-AJ77
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System; Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,
Amendment No. 6
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 December 21, 2016, for the direct final rule that was
published in the Federal Register on October 7, 2016. The direct final
rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the
``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No.
6 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1031 for the NAC
International, MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of December 21, 2016, for the
direct final rule published October 7, 2016 (81 FR 69659), is
confirmed.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0137 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-2016-0137. 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 (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith McDaniel, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5252; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 7, 2016 (81 FR 69659), the NRC
published a direct final rule amending Sec. 72.214 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations by revising the ``List of approved spent
fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 6 to CoC No. 1031 for the
NAC International, MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System. Amendment No. 6
revises NAC MAGNASTOR technical specifications (TSs) to align with the
NAC Multi-Purpose Canister (MPC) and NAC Universal MPC System TSs. The
CoC No. 1031 TSs require that a program be established and maintained
for loading, unloading, and preparing fuel for storage without any
indication of duration for the program. Amendment No. 6 limits
maintenance of this program until all spent fuel is removed from the
spent fuel pool and transport operations are completed. Related
training and radiation protection program requirements are modified
accordingly. Additionally, Amendment No. 6 incorporates the change to
Limiting Condition for Operation 3.1.1 previously approved by the NRC
in CoC No. 1031, Amendment No. 4.
In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no significant
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would become
effective on December 21, 2016. As described more fully in the direct
final rule, 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.
The NRC received one comment on the direct final rule (ADAMS
Accession No. ML16300A435). The comment stated ``While the casks
themselves are obviously important, nobody wants depleted uranium from
leaking, the real problem is the long term effects of not finding
proper storage for our spent nuclear fuel. Nuclear power is the power
of the future, and yet we have no definitive solution as to where to
store this stuff in bulk.'' The NRC determined that this general
comment about spent fuel storage is not within the scope of the direct
final rule, which is limited to the specific changes contained in
Amendment No. 6 to CoC No. 1031. The NRC also determined that this was
not a significant adverse comment and did not make any changes to the
direct final rule as a result of the public comment. Therefore, because
no significant adverse comments were received, the direct final rule
will become effective as scheduled. The final CoC, TSs, and Safety
Evaluation Report can be viewed in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML16319A064.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1rst day of December, 2016.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy Bladey,
Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
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