[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-20010]



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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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