[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16946]
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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; confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the
effective date of August 21, 2017, for the direct final rule that was
published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2017. 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.
7 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1031 for the NAC
International, MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of August 21, 2017, for the
direct final rule published June 6, 2017 (82 FR 25931), is confirmed.
ADDRESSES: 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. 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 June 6, 2017 (82 FR 25931), 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. 7 to CoC No. 1031 for the
NAC International, MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System. Amendment No. 7
provides a new Passive MAGNASTOR[supreg] Transfer Cask and associated
Technical Specification (TS) changes in Appendices A and B (ADAMS
Accession Nos. ML16295A248 and ML16295A252), 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.
In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no significant
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would become
effective on August 21, 2017. 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.
One comment on the direct final rule was submitted to
Regulations.gov, however, the comment did not raise information related
to this CoC and therefore was not posted. Because no significant
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule will become
effective as scheduled.
During the comment period for the direct final rule, the NRC
identified missing change bars and formatting inconsistencies.
Additionally, the NRC identified errors and omissions of text in the
draft CoC and TSs associated with Amendment No. 7. In Appendix A, a
number was accidently changed from 7 to 0 hours, in the table ``PWR
[Pressurized Water Reactor] TSC [Transportable Storage Canister]
Transfer Using MTC [MAGNASTOR[supreg] Transfer Cask] Reduced Helium
Backfill Time.'' In Appendix B, footnote 3 omitted text; the footnote
should read ``0.4 years for RCC [Reactor Control Components] in the
PMTC [Passive MAGNASTOR[supreg] Transfer Cask] (reduced storage
location heat load). For all other cask types, 0.2 years for RCC with
10-year minimum cool time.'' Additionally, the description of the PMTC
was inadvertently omitted from the CoC. The NRC evaluated the figures
and information provided in NAC's applications and presented its
findings in Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs) (see Table 1, section 4.0
of the SER for Amendment 4 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15107A472) and
sections 5.7 and 5.13 of the current SER (ADAMS Accession No.
ML16295A258)), but the published draft CoC and TSs were in error. The
administrative errors have been corrected in the final CoC and TSs. The
final CoC, TSs, and SER for Amendment No. 7 for the MAGNASTOR[supreg]
storage system can be viewed in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17013A466.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of August 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Helen Chang,
Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-16946 Filed 8-10-17; 8:45 am]
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