[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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