[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57301-57302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25975]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-11; NRC-2017-0110]


Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Rancho Seco Independent 
Spent Fuel Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an 
application by Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD or the 
licensee) for amendment of Materials License No. SNM-2510, which 
authorizes the storage of spent nuclear fuel and greater than Class C 
waste at the Rancho Seco Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, 
located in Herald, California. The licensee requested authorization to 
allow the continued storage of byproduct nuclear material to check the 
functionality of radiation detection instruments.

DATES: December 4, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0110 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available

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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-2017-0110. 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.
     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: William Allen, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6877, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated January 17, 2017 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML15259A590), as supplemented August 27, 2017 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML17236A170), SMUD submitted a license amendment request 
(LAR) to the NRC in accordance with section 72.56 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), to allow the storage of byproduct 
nuclear material in the form of a check source which is used to check 
the functionality of radiation detection instruments. Currently, the 
source is licensed under 10 CFR part 30 which is incorporated under the 
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station (RSNGS) 10 CFR part 50 license. 
Prior to terminating the 10 CFR part 50 license, SMUD requested the NRC 
amend the 10 CFR part 72 ISFSI license to incorporate the 10 CFR part 
30 source. The NRC staff (staff) docketed the application, and in 
accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(1), a Notice of Proposed Action and a 
Notice of Opportunity for Hearing was published in the Federal Register 
on May 5, 2017 (82 FR 21270). No requests for a hearing or leave to 
intervene were submitted.
    The NRC staff has completed its review of the January 17, 2017 LAR, 
and has determined that it complies with the standards and requirements 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), as well as the 
NRC's rules and regulations. As required by the Act and the NRC's rules 
and regulations in 10 CFR chapter 1, the NRC staff made the appropriate 
findings which are contained in a safety evaluation report (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML17290A010). The NRC has thus granted the LAR and has 
accordingly issued Amendment No. 4 to Materials License No. SNM-2510.
    The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report (SER) (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML17290A010) to document its review and evaluation of the amendment 
request. As further explained in the SER, the NRC has also determined 
that the license amendment is administrative in nature, and therefore 
satisfies the 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11) criteria for a categorical exclusion 
from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment. Under 10 
CFR 51.22(c)(11), this action is eligible for categorical exclusion, 
because it is an amendment to a materials licenses which is 
administrative, organizational, or procedural in nature, or which 
results in a change in process operations or equipment, provided that 
(i) there is no significant change in the types or significant increase 
in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite, (ii) 
there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative 
occupational radiation exposure, (iii) there is no significant 
construction impact, and (iv) there is no significant increase in the 
potential for or consequences from radiological accidents. 
Consequently, an environmental assessment and finding of no significant 
impact are not required. This amendment was effective upon issuance.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day of November 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Acting Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2017-25975 Filed 12-1-17; 8:45 am]
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