[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 44053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20010]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 182 / Thursday, September 21, 2017 /
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2016-0138]
RIN 3150-AJ78
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: EnergySolutions\TM\
Corporation, VSC-24 Ventilated Storage Cask System, Renewal of Initial
Certificate and Amendment Nos. 1-6
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 September 20, 2017, for the direct final rule that
was published in the Federal Register on July 7, 2017. This direct
final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising
the EnergySolutions\TM\ Corporation's VSC-24 Ventilated Storage Cask
System listing within the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks''
to renew, for an additional 40 years, the initial certificate and
Amendment Nos. 1-6 of Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1007.
DATES: Effective date: The effective date of September 20, 2017, for
the direct final rule published July 7, 2017 (82 FR 31433), is
confirmed.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0138 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-2016-0138. 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].
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: Robert D. MacDougall, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5175; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 7, 2017 (82 FR 31433), the NRC
published a direct final rule amending its regulations in part 72 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations to renew, for an additional
40 years, the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1-6 of CoC No.
1007. The renewal requires cask users to establish, implement, and
maintain written procedures for aging management program (AMP)
elements, including a lead cask inspection program, for VSC-24 Storage
Cask structures, systems, and components (SSCs) important to safety.
Users must also conduct periodic ``tollgate'' assessments of new
information on SSC aging effects and mechanisms to determine whether
any element of an AMP addressing these effects and mechanisms requires
revision to encompass the current state of knowledge. In addition, the
renewal of the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1-6 makes several
other changes, described the Federal Register notice for the direct
final rule.
In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no significant
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would become
effective on September 20, 2017. The NRC did not receive any comments
on the direct final rule. Therefore, this direct final rule will become
effective as scheduled. The final CoC, Technical Specifications, and
Safety Evaluation Report can be viewed in ADAMS under Package Accession
No. ML17242A189.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of September, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Helen Chang,
Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-20010 Filed 9-20-17; 8:45 am]
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