[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 56 (Friday, March 24, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14987-14992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05902]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

[NRC-2016-0254]
RIN 3150-AJ88


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas LLC, 
NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, Certificate of 
Compliance No. 1042

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 adding the TN Americas LLC (TN 
Americas), NUHOMS[supreg] Extended Optimized Storage (EOS) Dry Spent 
Fuel Storage System, to the ``List of approved spent fuel storage 
casks'' as Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1042. The NUHOMS[supreg] 
EOS System provides horizontal storage of high burnup spent pressurized 
water reactor (PWR) and boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel assemblies in 
dry shielded canisters (DSCs).

DATES: The direct final rule is effective June 7, 2017, unless 
significant adverse comments are received by April 24, 2017. 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direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely 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-2016-0254. 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: Edward Lohr, Office of Nuclear 
Material

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Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0253; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
II. Rulemaking Procedure
III. Background
IV. Discussion of Changes
V. Voluntary Consensus Standards
VI. Agreement State Compatibility
VII. Plain Writing
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-2016-0254 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-2016-0254.
     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-2016-0254 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. Rulemaking Procedure

    This rule is limited to the addition of CoC No. 1042 to the ``List 
of approved spent fuel storage casks.'' The NRC is using the ``direct 
final rule procedure'' because the TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry 
Spent Fuel Storage System is similar to other previously approved spent 
fuel storage cask systems and, therefore, is expected to be 
noncontroversial. Adequate protection of public health and safety 
continues to be ensured. The addition will become effective on June 7, 
2017. However, if the NRC receives significant adverse comments on this 
direct final rule by April 24, 2017, 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 Rules section of this issue of 
the Federal Register. Absent significant modifications to the proposed 
amendment and 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 Rules 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.

IV. Discussion of Changes

    On December 19, 2014, AREVA Inc. (AREVA) submitted an application 
to the NRC to approve the NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage 
System, CoC No. 1042. After discussions with the NRC and an internal 
evaluation of the submitted information, AREVA withdrew the application 
on April 24, 2015. AREVA resubmitted the application for the 
NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, CoC No. 1042 to the 
NRC on June 16, 2015.

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AREVA supplemented its request on the following dates: July 30, 2015, 
December 18, 2015, April 7, 2016, June 13, 2016, and July 28, 2016. On 
November 18, 2016, AREVA notified the NRC that it had changed its name 
to TN Americas.
    The TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System provides horizontal 
storage of high burnup spent PWR and BWR fuel assemblies in DSCs that 
are placed in an EOS horizontal storage module (HSM) utilizing an EOS 
transfer cask (TC). The new PWR and BWR DSCs are the EOS-37PTH DSC and 
the EOS-89BTH DSC, respectively. The NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System is an 
improved version of the NUHOMS[supreg] HD System described in CoC No. 
1030.
    As documented in the Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report (PSER) 
for TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, CoC 
No. 1042, the NRC staff performed a detailed safety evaluation of the 
proposed CoC request submitted by TN Americas. The staff evaluated the 
specific design requirements for each accident condition and concluded 
that the design of the cask will prevent loss of containment, 
shielding, and criticality control. Therefore, the environmental 
impacts of these actions would be insignificant. In addition, any 
resulting occupational exposure or offsite dose rates from the use of 
the TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, CoC 
No. 1042 is well within the 10 CFR part 20 limits. Therefore, use of 
this new cask system will not result in radiological or non-
radiological environmental impacts that differ significantly 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 consequences from radiological accidents.
    This direct final rule amends 10 CFR 72.214 by adding the TN 
Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, CoC No. 
1042. The term ``Amendment 0'' used in the supporting documents for 
this direct final rulemaking and the term ``Initial Certificate'' used 
in 10 CFR 72.214 describe the same document. Initial Certificate is the 
correct term and will be used henceforth when discussion involves this 
document.
    The TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, 
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 TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage 
Systems that meet the criteria of CoC No. 1042 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 add 
the TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System design 
to the listings 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, it may wish 
to inform its licensees of certain requirements via a mechanism that is 
consistent with the particular State's administrative procedure laws, 
but does not confer regulatory authority on the State.

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 add the TN Americas 
NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System to the listing within 
the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' as CoC No. 1042. 
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 adds CoC No. 1042 for the TN Americas 
NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel 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. 
Specifically, the TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System provides 
horizontal storage of high burnup PWR and BWR spent fuel assemblies in 
DSCs that are placed in an EOS HSM utilizing an EOS TC.

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 CoC addition 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 TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System is designed to mitigate 
the effects of design basis accidents that could occur during 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

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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 TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System 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. In addition, any 
resulting occupational exposure or offsite dose rates from the use of 
the TN Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, CoC 
No. 1042 would be well within the 10 CFR part 20 limits. Therefore, the 
proposed addition of CoC No. 1042 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 the PSER.

D. Alternative to the Action

    The alternative to this action is to withhold approval of this new 
design and issue a site-specific license to each utility that proposes 
to use the casks. This alternative would cost both the NRC and 
utilities more time and money for each site-specific license. 
Conducting site-specific reviews would ignore the procedures and 
criteria currently in place for the addition of new cask designs that 
can be used under a general license, and would be in conflict with NWPA 
direction to the Commission to approve technologies for the use of 
spent fuel storage at the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors 
without, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for additional 
site reviews. This alternative also would tend to exclude new vendors 
from the business market without cause and would arbitrarily limit the 
choice of cask designs available to power reactor licensees. This final 
rule will eliminate the above problems and is consistent with previous 
Commission actions. Further, the rule will have no adverse effect on 
public health and safety. Therefore, the environmental impacts would be 
the same or less than the action.

E. Alternative Use of Resources

    Approval of the addition of CoC No. 1042 to 10 CFR 72.214 would 
result in no irreversible commitments 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: TN Americas LLC, 
NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, Certificate of 
Compliance No. 1042,'' 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 of 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 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 TN Americas. 
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.
    By letter dated June 16, 2015, as supplemented on July 30, 2015, 
December 18, 2015, April 7, 2016, June 13, 2016, and July 28, 2016, TN 
Americas resubmitted an application to the NRC to add the 
NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, CoC No. 1042 to 10 
CFR 72.214. This request is described in Section IV, ``Discussion of 
Changes,'' of this document.
    The alternative to this action is to withhold approval of this new 
design and issue a site-specific license to each utility that proposes 
to use the casks. Conducting site-specific reviews would ignore the 
procedures and criteria currently in place for the addition of new cask 
designs that can be used under a general license, and would be in 
conflict with NWPA direction to the Commission to approve technologies 
for the use of spent fuel storage at the sites of civilian nuclear 
power reactors without, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for 
additional site reviews. This alternative would cost both the NRC and 
utilities more time and money for each site-specific license. This 
alternative also would tend to exclude new vendors from the business 
market without cause and would arbitrarily limit the choice of cask 
designs available to power reactor licensees. This final rule will 
avoid the above problems and is consistent with previous Commission 
actions. Further, the rule will have no adverse effect on public health 
and safety.
    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.

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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 and therefore, a backfit analysis 
is not required. This direct final rule adds CoC No. 1042 for the 
NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System to the ``List of 
approved spent fuel storage casks.''
    The addition of CoC No. 1042 for the NUHOMS[supreg] EOS Dry Spent 
Fuel Storage System was initiated by TN Americas and was not submitted 
in response to new NRC requirements, or an NRC request for amendment. 
The addition of CoC No. 1042 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 OMB has not found this to be a 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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AREVA Application for Approval of the Spent  ML15005A477 (Package).
 Fuel Cask Design for the NUHOMS[supreg]
 EOS System, Docket 72-1042, letter dated
 December, 19, 2014 (original application).
Withdrawal of December 19, 2014 AREVA        ML15114A444.
 Application for Approval of the Spent Fuel
 Cask Design for the NUHOMS[supreg] EOS
 System, Docket 72-1042, letter dated April
 24, 2015.
Re-submittal of AREVA Application for        ML15173A379 (Package).
 Approval of the Spent Fuel Cask Design for
 the NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System, CoC No.
 1042, letter dated June 16, 2015 *.
Safety Evaluation Report for AREVA           ML070160089.
 NUHOMS[supreg] HD Horizontal Modular
 Storage System, CoC No. 1030.
AREVA Submittal of Additional Information    ML15223A204.
 Related to Application for Approval of the
 Spent Fuel Cask Design for the
 NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System, CoC No. 1042,
 letter dated July 30, 2015 *.
NRC Request for Additional Information       ML15287A255 (Package).
 Related to AREVA Application for Approval
 of the Spent Fuel Cask Design for the
 NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System, CoC No. 1042,
 letter dated October 16, 2015 *.
AREVA Response to NRC Request for            ML15364A490 (Package).
 Additional Information Related to
 Application for Approval of the Spent Fuel
 Cask Design for the NUHOMS[supreg] EOS
 System, CoC No. 1042, letter dated
 December 18, 2015 *.
NRC Request for Additional Information       ML16063A454 (Package).
 Related to AREVA Application for Approval
 of the Spent Fuel Cask Design for the
 NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System, CoC No. 1042,
 letter dated March 3, 2016 *.
AREVA Response to NRC Request for            ML16111A670 (Package).
 Additional Information Related to
 Application for Approval of the Spent Fuel
 Cask Design for the NUHOMS[supreg] EOS
 System, CoC No. 1042, letter dated April
 7, 2016 *.
AREVA Submittal of Additional Information    ML16169A044 (Package).
 Related to Application for Approval of the
 Spent Fuel Cask Design for the
 NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System, CoC No. 1042,
 letter dated June 13, 2016 *.
AREVA Submittal of Additional Information    ML16215A026 (Package).
 Related to Application for Approval of the
 Spent Fuel Cask Design for the
 NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System, CoC No. 1042,
 letter dated July 28, 2016 *.
Name Change from AREVA to TN Americas,       ML16327A011.
 letter dated November 18, 2016 *.
Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report for TN  ML16242A023.
 Americas NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System, CoC
 No. 1042 *.
Technical Specifications for TN Americas     ML16242A022.
 NUHOMS[supreg] EOS System, CoC No. 1042 *.
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* The term ``Amendment 0'' used in the supporting documents for this
  direct final rulemaking and the term ``Initial Certificate'' used in
  10 CFR 72.214 describes the same document. Initial Certificate is the
  correct term and will be used henceforth when discussion involves this
  document.

    The NRC may post materials related to this document, including 
public comments, on the Federal Rulemaking Web site at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2016-0254. The Federal 
Rulemaking Web site allows you to receive alerts when changes or 
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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 
amendment 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 1042 is added to read as 
follows:


Sec.  72.214  List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

* * * * *
    Certificate Number: 1042.
    Initial Certificate Effective Date: June 7, 2017.
    SAR Submitted by: TN Americas LLC.
    SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the NUHOMS[supreg] EOS 
Dry Spent Fuel Storage System.
    Docket Number: 72-1042.
    Certificate Expiration Date: March 24, 2037.
    Model Number: EOS-37PTH, EOS-89BTH.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of March 2017.


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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor M. McCree,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-05902 Filed 3-23-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7590-01-P