[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 33161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15146]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-1; NRC-2017-0103]


GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC; GE-Hitachi Morris 
Operation Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; issuance.

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SUMMARY: By letter dated February 15, 2017, as supplemented March 9, 
2017, and as supplemented June 6, 2017, GE-Hitachi (GEH) submitted to 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a license amendment request 
(LAR) No. 15, Materials License No. SNM-2500 (LAR 2500-15) for the GEH 
Facility at Morris, Illinois, in accordance with NRC's regulations. The 
amendment provides clarification for the storage of liquid and solid 
waste treatment products. The amendment requested no changes to the 
technical or regulatory provisions of the license. The application 
included adequate justification for the proposed changes. The NRC has 
approved and issued the amendment in its letter dated June 29th, 2017, 
along with its safety evaluation report.

DATES: July 19, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0103 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0103. 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 this 
document. The GE-Hitachi Morris Operation License Amendment Request No. 
15 is available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML17046A072, ML17072A381, 
and ML17157B369, respectively.
     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: Christian Jacobs, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6825: email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 21, 2004, the NRC renewed 
Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-2500 for the GEMO independent 
spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML043630433), located near Morris, Illinois. The renewed license 
authorizes GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC, to possess, store, 
and transfer spent nuclear fuel and associated radioactive materials at 
the GEMO ISFSI for a term of 20 years. The NRC also issued an 
environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact related 
to the issuance of the renewed ISFSI license on November 30, 2004 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML043360409), in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act, and in conformance with the applicable 
requirements of part 51 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
(10 CFR).
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.46 and 72.58, the NRC has docketed, approved 
and issued Amendment No. 15 to Special Nuclear Materials License No. 
SNM-2500, held by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC, for the 
possession, transfer and storage of spent fuel at the GEMO ISFSI. 
Amendment No. 15 is effective as of the date of issuance.
    Amendment No. 15 complies with the standards and requirements of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the 
Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate 
findings, as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and 
regulations in 10 CFR chapter 1, which are set forth in Amendment No. 
15. The issuance of Amendment No. 15 satisfied the criteria specified 
in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10)(v) for a categorical exclusion. Thus, the 
preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact 
statement was not required.
    A Notice of Opportunity to Request a Hearing and to Petition for 
Leave to Intervene in connection with this action was published in the 
Federal Register on April 24, 2017 (82 FR 18937). No request for a 
hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following this 
notice.

     Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day of July 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John McKirgan,
Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2017-15146 Filed 7-18-17; 8:45 am]
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