[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66079-66080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27810]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2018-0212]
RIN 3150-AK16
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas LLC,
Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1004,
Renewed Amendment No. 15
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 January 22, 2019, for the direct final rule that was
published in the Federal Register on November 7, 2018. This direct
final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising
the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Renewed
Amendment No. 15 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1004 for the TN
Americas LLC Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] Horizontal Modular Storage
System (NUHOMS[supreg] System). Because this amendment is subsequent to
the renewal of the TN Americas LLC Standardized NUHOMS[supreg]
Certificate of Compliance No. 1004 system and, therefore, subject to
the Aging Management Program requirements of the renewed certificate,
it is referred to as ``Renewed Amendment No. 15.''
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of January 22, 2019, for the
direct final rule published November 7, 2018 (83 FR 55601), is
confirmed.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0212 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0212. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individuals 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 ``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 proposed amendment to the
certificate, the proposed changes to the technical specifications, and
preliminary safety evaluation report are available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML18228A529. The final amendment to the certificate,
final changes to the technical specifications, and final safety
evaluation report can also be viewed in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML18347B333.
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
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Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6825; email:
[email protected] or Edward M. Lohr, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-0253; email:
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 7, 2018 (83 FR 55601), the NRC
published a direct final rule amending its regulations in part 72 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations by revising the ``List of
approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Renewed Amendment No. 15
to Certificate of Compliance No. 1004 for the TN Americas LLC
Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] Horizontal Modular Storage System. Renewed
Amendment No. 15 revised the technical specifications of the
certificate of compliance to: Unify and standardize fuel qualification
tables; revise existing and add new heat load zoning configurations;
increase the allowable maximum assembly average burnup; allow loading
of damaged fuel assemblies under certain conditions; expand the
definition of the poison rod assemblies to include rod cluster control
assembly materials; allow other zirconium alloy cladding materials; add
model OS197 as an authorized transfer cask; add the description for the
solar shield in the updated final safety analysis report; and add
flexibility to general licensees in verifying compliance regarding the
storage pad location and the soil-structure interaction. Additionally,
the rulemaking made clarifications to rule text related to the
certificate of compliance by removing redundant language.
In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no significant
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would become
effective on January 22, 2019. 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.
The NRC received two comments and has determined that they are not
significant adverse comments. One comment agreed with the proposed
changes to the regulations. The second comment concerned transportation
of nuclear waste fuel to another country. As this rulemaking only
addressed the changes to the technical specifications for dry shielded
canisters used to store nuclear waste on-site, the NRC determined this
comment to be out of scope. Because no significant adverse comments
were received, the direct final rule will become effective as
scheduled.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of December, 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey,
Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2018-27810 Filed 12-21-18; 8:45 am]
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