[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11680]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2017-0008]
RIN 3150-AJ89
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System; Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,
Amendment No. 7
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 NAC International (NAC
or the applicant), MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System listing within the
``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No.
7 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1031. Amendment No. 7 provides
a new Passive MAGNASTOR[supreg] Transfer Cask (PMTC) and associated
Technical Specification (TS) changes in Appendices A and B, and updates
Section 4.3.1(i) in Appendix A of the TSs to include revised seismic
requirements. Clarifying (non-technical) changes were also made to
Appendices A and B.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective August 21, 2017, unless
significant adverse comments are received by July 6, 2017. If this
direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely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 Rule 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-2017-0008. 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: 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:
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-2017-0008 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-2017-0008.
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-2017-0008 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
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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 changes contained in Amendment No. 7 to
CoC No. 1031 and does not include other aspects of the NAC
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask 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 August 21, 2017. However, if the NRC receives significant
adverse comments on this direct final rule by July 6, 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 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 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 on
November 21, 2008 (73 FR 70587), that approved the NAC
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System design and added it to the list of NRC-
approved cask designs in 10 CFR 72.214 as CoC No. 1031.
IV. Discussion of Changes
By letter dated August 7, 2015, as supplemented on April 15, 2016,
August 15, 2016, and September 7, 2016, NAC submitted a request to the
NRC to amend CoC No. 1031. As documented in the Preliminary Safety
Evaluation Report (PSER) for the NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System, CoC
No. 1031, and described in this direct final rule, the NRC staff
performed a detailed safety evaluation of the proposed CoC Amendment
No. 7 request. The NRC staff determined that Amendment No. 7 does not
change the cask design requirements and it does not change the design
or fabrication of the cask. The NRC staff found that the TS changes do
not impact the casks ability to continue to safely store spent fuel in
accordance with 10 CFR part 72 requirements.
This direct final rule revises the NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask
System listing in 10 CFR 72.214 by adding Amendment No. 7 to CoC No.
1031. The amendment consists of the changes described in this section,
as set forth in the revised CoC and TSs. The revised TSs are identified
in the PSER.
Amendment No. 7 provides a new PMTC and associated TS changes in
Appendices A and B. Clarifying (non-technical) changes were also made
to Appendices A and B. The PMTC is a special lifting device that is
used to hold the Transportable Storage Container (TSC) during onsite
loading operations, transfer operations, and unloading operations. It
is designed for use in high ambient temperatures and has a large gap
between the loaded TSC and the cask inner shell to allow passive
convective airflow to provide cooling equivalent to that provided by
the concrete cask. The PMTC has two lifting trunnions, two sliding
doors supported by rails that are welded to the bottom of the cask to
allow TSC transfer, and a retaining ring bolted to the top of the cask
to prevent an inadvertent lift of the TSC out of the PMTC.
The NRC staff reviewed the structural design features and design
criteria, together with an evaluation of the applicant's analysis, to
determine the structural adequacy of the PMTC. The NRC staff evaluated
aspects of the dry storage system design and analysis related to
structural performance under normal and off-normal operations, accident
conditions, and natural phenomena events. Based on its review, as
documented in the PSER, the NRC staff has reasonable assurance that the
structural design of the PMTC is in compliance with 10 CFR part 72.
The NRC staff also performed a thermal review to ensure that the
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System components and fuel material temperatures
will remain within the allowable values for normal conditions, and off-
normal and accident events. The review of Amendment No. 7 focused on
the thermal analysis of a new transfer cask design. This evaluation
included confirmation that the temperatures of the fuel cladding will
be within acceptable limits throughout the transfer and storage periods
to protect the cladding against degradation, which could lead to gross
rupture. The NRC staff concluded that the thermal design of the
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System, including the PMTC, is in compliance
with 10 CFR part 72.
The NRC staff also reviewed the applicant's shielding analysis and
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rate calculations, and determined that the approaches and methodologies
used in these calculations, and the results, are acceptable for the
PMTC design.
The structure, thermal, and shielding findings were reached on the
basis of a review that considered the regulation itself, appropriate
regulatory guides, applicable codes and standards, accepted engineering
practices, and the statements and representations in the application.
Additionally, Amendment No. 7 updates Section 4.3.1(i) in Appendix
A of the TSs to include revised seismic requirements for the
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System. The revised TS Section 4.3.1(i) states
that ``The maximum design basis earthquake acceleration of 0.37g in the
horizontal direction (without cask sliding) and 0.25g in the vertical
direction at the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)
pad top surface do not result in cask tip-over.'' The NRC staff
determined that the revised TS continues to allow the use of the
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System at a location where the site earthquake
parameters are up to and greater than 0.37g in the horizontal direction
and 0.25g in the vertical direction at the ISFSI pad top surface.
Furthermore, the revised TS continues to require the user to
demonstrate that no tip-over will result from an earthquake. The NRC
staff concluded that the revision is acceptable and clarifies the
provision under which the MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System may be
reasonably implemented by general licensees given the specific
earthquake acceleration parameters.
The amended NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask 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 the NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System casks that meet the criteria
of Amendment No. 7 to CoC No. 1031 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 NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask 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, 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 revise the NAC
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System listing within the ``List of approved
spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 7 to CoC No. 1031.
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 direct final 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 NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg]
Cask 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, Amendment No. 7 provides a
new PMTC and associated TS changes in Appendices A and B, and updates
Section 4.3.1(i) in Appendix A of the TSs to include revised seismic
requirements. Clarifying (non-technical) changes were also made to
Appendices A and B.
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. 7 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 NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask 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 ISFSI, 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 NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System 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, any resulting occupational
exposure or offsite dose rates from the implementation of
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Amendment No. 7 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 NRC
staff documented its safety findings in the PSER.
D. Alternative to the Action
The alternative to this action is to deny approval of Amendment No.
7 and end the direct final rule. Consequently, any 10 CFR part 72
general licensee that seeks to load spent nuclear fuel into the NAC
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System in accordance with the changes described
in proposed Amendment No. 7 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
action.
E. Alternative Use of Resources
Approval of Amendment No. 7 to CoC No. 1031 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: NAC
International, MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System, Certificate of Compliance
No. 1031, Amendment No. 7,'' 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 direct 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 NAC. 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 November 21, 2008 (73 FR
70587), the NRC issued an amendment to 10 CFR part 72 that approved the
NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System design by adding it to the list of
NRC-approved cask designs in 10 CFR 72.214.
By letter dated August 7, 2015, as supplemented on April 15, 2016,
August 15, 2016, and September 7, 2016, NAC submitted an application to
amend the NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System. This request is described
in Section IV, ``Discussion of Changes,'' of this document.
The alternative to this action is to withhold approval of Amendment
No. 7 and to require any 10 CFR part 72 general licensee seeking to
load spent nuclear fuel into the NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System
under the changes described in Amendment No. 7 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 this direct final rule is consistent with previous NRC
actions. Further, as documented in the PSER and the environmental
assessment, this 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 this 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 and therefore, a backfit analysis
is not required. This direct final rule revises CoC No. 1031 for the
NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System, as currently listed in 10 CFR
72.214, ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks.'' Amendment No. 7
provides a new PMTC and associated TS changes in Appendices A and B,
and updates Section 4.3.1(i) in Appendix A of the TSs to include
revised seismic requirements. Clarifying (non-technical) changes were
also made to Appendices A and B.
Amendment No. 7 to CoC No. 1031 for the NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask
System was initiated by NAC and was not submitted in response to new
NRC requirements, or an NRC request for amendment. Amendment No. 7
applies only to new casks fabricated and used under Amendment No. 7.
These changes do not affect existing users of the NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg]
Cask System, and Amendment Nos. 1-3, Revisions 1, as well as Revision 1
of the Initial Certificate, and Amendments Nos. 4-6 continue to be
effective for existing users. While current CoC users may comply with
the new requirements in Amendment No. 7, this would be a voluntary
decision on the part of current users. For these reasons, Amendment No.
7 to CoC No. 1031 does not constitute backfitting under 10 CFR 72.62,
10 CFR 50.109(a)(1), or otherwise represent an inconsistency with the
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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 NRC staff.
XIII. Congressional Review Act
The OMB 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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Request to Amend U.S. NRC Certificate of Compliance No. ML15225A468.
1031 for NAC International MAGNASTOR Cask System, Letter
Dated August 7, 2015.
NAC International, Submittal of Responses to NRC's Request ML16112A029 (Package).
for Additional Information to Amend the U.S. NRC CoC No.
1031 Related to the MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System,
Amendment No. 7 Request, Letter Dated April 15, 2016.
Responses to NRC Request for Additional Information No. 2 ML16230A543 (Package).
Related to the MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System, Amendment
No. 7 Request, CoC No. 1031, Letter Dated August 15, 2016.
NAC International Supplement to Submission of Responses to ML16253A005.
NRC Request for Additional Information No. 2 Related to
the MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System, Amendment No. 7
Request, CoC No. 1031, Letter Dated September 7, 2016.
NAC International MAGNASTOR Storage System, Proposed CoC, ML16295A243.
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 7.
NAC International MAGNASTOR Storage System, Proposed Tech ML16295A248.
Specs, Appendix A, Amendment No. 7.
NAC International MAGNASTOR Storage System, Proposed Tech ML16295A252.
Specs, Appendix B, Amendment No. 7.
NAC International MAGNASTOR Storage System, Proposed ML16295A258.
Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report, Amendment No. 7.
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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 1031 is revised to read
as follows:
Sec. 72.214 List of approved spent fuel storage casks.
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Certificate Number: 1031.
Initial Certificate Effective Date: February 4, 2009, superseded by
Initial Certificate, Revision 1, on February 1, 2016.
Initial Certificate, Revision 1, Effective Date: February 1, 2016.
Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: August 30, 2010, superseded by
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, on February 1, 2016.
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, Effective Date: February 1, 2016.
Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: January 30, 2012, superseded by
Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, on February 1, 2016.
Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, Effective Date: February 1, 2016.
Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: July 25, 2013, superseded by
Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, on February 1, 2016.
Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, Effective Date: February 1, 2016.
Amendment Number 4 Effective Date: April 14, 2015.
Amendment Number 5 Effective Date: June 29, 2015.
Amendment Number 6 Effective Date: December 21, 2016.
Amendment Number 7 Effective Date: August 21, 2017.
SAR Submitted by: NAC International, Inc.
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the MAGNASTOR[supreg]
System.
Docket Number: 72-1031.
Certificate Expiration Date: February 4, 2029.
Model Number: MAGNASTOR[supreg].
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day of May, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Victor M. McCree,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-11680 Filed 6-5-17; 8:45 am]
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