[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10017]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2019-0070]
RIN 3150-AK33
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No.
1015, Amendment No. 7
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its
spent fuel storage regulations by revising the NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System listing within the ``List of
approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 7 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015. Amendment No. 7 revises the
surveillance requirements for technical specifications A3.1.6.1 and
A3.1.6.2 to ensure that adequate monitoring of the concrete cask heat
removal system is performed. Amendment No. 7 also revises the basis for
technical specification A3.1.6 to clarify that the surveillance
requirements for technical specification A3.1.6 require a minimum of
two outlet air temperature measurements to provide an average outlet
temperature.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective July 29, 2019, unless
significant adverse comments are received by June 14, 2019. If this
direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely
notice of the withdrawal will be published in the Federal Register.
Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments
received on or before this date. Comments received on this direct final
rule will also be considered to be comments on a companion proposed
rule published in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the
Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2019-0070. 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.
Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard H. White, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6577; email:
[email protected] or Victoria V. Huckabay, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-5183; email:
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
II. Rulemaking Procedure
III. Background
IV. Discussion of Changes
V. Voluntary Consensus Standards
VI. Agreement State Compatibility
VII. Plain Writing
VIII. Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Environmental Impact
IX. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
X. Regulatory Flexibility Certification
XI. Regulatory Analysis
XII. Backfitting and Issue Finality
XIII. Congressional Review Act
XIV. Availability of Documents
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2019-0070 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-2019-0070.
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]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' 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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2019-0070 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission.
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Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information before making the comment
submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Rulemaking Procedure
This rule is limited to the changes contained in Amendment No. 7 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 and does not include other aspects
of the NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System design. The NRC is
using the direct final rule procedure to issue this amendment because
it represents a limited and routine change to an existing certificate
of compliance that is expected to be noncontroversial. Adequate
protection of public health and safety continues to be ensured. The
amendment to the rule will become effective on July 29, 2019. However,
if the NRC receives significant adverse comments on this direct final
rule by June 14, 2019, then the NRC will publish a document that
withdraws this action and will subsequently address the comments
received in a final rule as a response to the companion proposed rule
published in the Proposed Rules section of this issue of the Federal
Register. Absent significant modifications to the proposed revisions
requiring republication, the NRC will not initiate a second comment
period on this action.
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. A comment is adverse and significant if:
(1) The comment opposes the rule and provides a reason sufficient
to require a substantive response in a notice-and-comment process. For
example, a substantive response is required when:
(a) The comment causes the NRC to reevaluate (or reconsider) its
position or conduct additional analysis;
(b) The comment raises an issue serious enough to warrant a
substantive response to clarify or complete the record; or
(c) The comment raises a relevant issue that was not previously
addressed or considered by the NRC.
(2) The comment proposes a change or an addition to the rule, and
it is apparent that the rule would be ineffective or unacceptable
without incorporation of the change or addition.
(3) The comment causes the NRC to make a change (other than
editorial) to the rule, certificate of compliance, or technical
specifications.
For detailed instructions on filing comments, please see the
companion proposed rule published in the Proposed Rules section of this
issue of the Federal Register.
III. Background
Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended,
requires that ``[t]he Secretary [of the Department of Energy] shall
establish a demonstration program, in cooperation with the private
sector, for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at civilian nuclear
power reactor sites, with the objective of establishing one or more
technologies that the [Nuclear Regulatory] Commission may, by rule,
approve for use at the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors
without, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for additional
site-specific approvals by the Commission.'' Section 133 of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act states, in part, that ``[t]he Commission shall, by
rule, establish procedures for the licensing of any technology approved
by the Commission under section [218(a)] for use at the site of any
civilian nuclear power reactor.''
To implement this mandate, the Commission approved dry storage of
spent nuclear fuel in NRC-approved casks under a general license by
publishing a final rule which added a new subpart K in part 72 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) entitled ``General
License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites'' (55 FR
29181; July 18, 1990). This rule also established a new subpart L in 10
CFR part 72 entitled ``Approval of Spent Fuel Storage Casks,'' which
contains procedures and criteria for obtaining NRC approval of spent
fuel storage cask designs. The NRC subsequently issued a final rule on
October 19, 2000, that approved the NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage
System design and added it to the list of NRC-approved cask designs in
Sec. 72.214 as Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 (65 FR 62581).
IV. Discussion of Changes
On September 18, 2018, NAC International submitted a request to the
NRC to amend Certificate of Compliance No. 1015. Amendment No. 7
revises the surveillance requirements for technical specifications
A3.1.6.1 and A3.1.6.2 to ensure that adequate monitoring of the
concrete cask heat removal system is performed. Amendment No. 7 also
revises the basis for technical specification A3.1.6 to clarify that
the surveillance requirements for technical specification A3.1.6
require a minimum of two outlet air temperature measurements to provide
an average outlet temperature.
As documented in the preliminary safety evaluation report, the NRC
performed a safety review of the proposed certificate of compliance
amendment request. There are no significant changes to cask design
requirements in the proposed certificate of compliance amendment.
Considering the specific design requirements for each accident
condition, the design of the cask would prevent loss of containment,
shielding, and criticality control in the event of an accident. This
amendment does not reflect a significant change in the design or
fabrication of the cask. In addition, any resulting occupational
exposure or offsite dose rates from the implementation of Amendment No.
7 would remain well within the 10 CFR part 20 limits. There will be no
significant change in the types or amounts of any effluent released, no
significant increase in the individual or cumulative radiation
exposure, and no significant increase in the potential for, or
consequences from, radiological accidents.
This direct final rule revises the NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System listing in Sec. 72.214 by adding
Amendment No. 7 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1015. The amendment
consists of the changes previously described, as set forth in the
revised certificate of compliance and technical specifications. The
revised technical specifications are identified in the preliminary
safety analysis report.
The amended NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage
System design, when used under the conditions specified in the
certificate of compliance, the technical specifications, and the NRC's
regulations, will meet the requirements of 10 CFR part 72; therefore,
adequate protection of public health and safety will continue to be
ensured. When this direct final rule becomes effective, persons who
hold a general license under Sec. 72.210 may load spent nuclear fuel
into NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System casks that meet the
criteria of Amendment No. 7 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 under
Sec. 72.214.
V. Voluntary Consensus Standards
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-113) requires that Federal agencies use technical standards that
are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies unless
the use of such a standard is inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. In this direct final rule, the NRC revises the
NAC International
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NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System design listed in Sec. 72.214,
``List of approved spent fuel storage casks.'' This action does not
constitute the establishment of a standard that contains generally
applicable requirements.
VI. Agreement State Compatibility
Under the ``Policy Statement on Adequacy and Compatibility of
Agreement State Programs'' approved by the Commission on June 30, 1997,
and published in the Federal Register on September 3, 1997 (62 FR
46517), this rule is classified as Compatibility Category ``NRC.''
Compatibility is not required for Category ``NRC'' regulations. The NRC
program elements in this category are those that relate directly to
areas of regulation reserved to the NRC by the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, or the provisions of 10 CFR chapter I. Although an
Agreement State may not adopt program elements reserved to the NRC, and
the Category ``NRC'' does not confer regulatory authority on the State,
the State may wish to inform its licensees of certain requirements by
means consistent with the particular State's administrative procedure
laws.
VII. Plain Writing
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, and well-organized
manner. The NRC has written this document to be consistent with the
Plain Writing Act as well as the Presidential Memorandum, ``Plain
Language in Government Writing,'' published June 10, 1998 (63 FR
31885).
VIII. Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant
Environmental Impact
A. The Action
The action is to amend Sec. 72.214 to revise the NAC International
NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System listing within the ``List of
approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 7 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015. Amendment No. 7 revises the
surveillance requirements for technical specifications A3.1.6.1 and
A3.1.6.2 to ensure that adequate monitoring of the concrete cask heat
removal system is performed. Amendment No. 7 also revises the basis for
technical specification A3.1.6 to clarify that the surveillance
requirements for technical specification A3.1.6 require a minimum of
two outlet air temperature measurements to provide an average outlet
temperature.
B. The Need for the Action
This direct final rule amends the entry for the NAC International
NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System design within the list of
approved spent fuel storage casks that power reactor licensees can use
to store spent fuel at reactor sites under a general license. The
changes proposed in Amendment No. 7 are needed to specify the minimum
number of outlet air temperature measurement required to ensure
adequate heat removal and consistency with other NAC International
storage systems, and to minimize the potential for human error when
more than one NAC International system is used at an independent spent
fuel storage installation. Specifically, Amendment No. 7 revises the
surveillance requirements for technical specifications A3.1.6.1 and
A3.1.6.2 to ensure that adequate monitoring of the concrete cask heat
removal system is performed. Amendment No. 7 also revises the basis for
technical specification A3.1.6 to clarify that the surveillance
requirements for technical specification A3.1.6 require a minimum of
two outlet air temperature measurements to provide an average outlet
temperature.
C. Environmental Impacts of the Action
On July 18,1990, the NRC issued an amendment to 10 CFR part 72 to
provide for the storage of spent fuel under a general license in cask
designs approved by the NRC (55 FR 29181). The potential environmental
impact of using NRC-approved storage casks was initially analyzed in
the environmental assessment for the 1990 final rule. The environmental
assessment for this Amendment No. 7 tiers off of the environmental
assessment for the July 18, 1990, final rule. Tiering on past
environmental assessments is a standard process under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended.
The NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System is
designed to mitigate the effects of design basis accidents that could
occur during storage. Design basis accidents account for human-induced
events and the most severe natural phenomena reported for the site and
surrounding area. Postulated accidents analyzed for an independent
spent fuel storage installation, the type of facility at which a holder
of a power reactor operating license would store spent fuel in casks in
accordance with 10 CFR part 72, include tornado winds and tornado-
generated missiles, a design basis earthquake, a design basis flood, an
accidental cask drop, lightning effects, fire, explosions, and other
incidents.
Considering the specific design requirements for each accident
condition, the design of the cask would prevent loss of confinement,
shielding, and criticality control in the event of an accident. If
there is no loss of confinement, shielding, or criticality control, the
environmental impacts resulting from an accident would be
insignificant. This amendment does not reflect a change in design or
fabrication of the cask.
Therefore, any resulting occupational exposure or offsite dose
rates from the implementation of Amendment No. 7 would remain well
within the 10 CFR part 20 limits. Thus, the proposed changes will not
result in any radiological or non-radiological environmental impacts
that significantly differ from the environmental impacts evaluated in
the environmental assessment supporting the July 18, 1990, final rule.
There will be no significant change in the types or significant
revisions in the amounts of any effluent released, no significant
increase in the individual or cumulative radiation exposure, and no
significant increase in the potential for, or consequences from,
radiological accidents. The NRC documented its safety findings in the
preliminary safety evaluation report.
D. Alternative to the Action
The alternative to this action is to deny approval of Amendment No.
7 and end the direct final rule. Consequently, any 10 CFR part 72
general licensee that seeks to load spent nuclear fuel into the NAC
International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System in accordance
with the changes described in proposed Amendment No. 7 would have to
request an exemption from the requirements of Sec. Sec. 72.212 and
72.214. Under this alternative, interested licensees would have to
prepare, and the NRC would have to review, a separate exemption
request, thereby increasing the administrative burden upon the NRC and
the costs to each licensee. Therefore, the environmental impacts would
be the same as, or more likely greater than, the proposed action.
E. Alternative Use of Resources
Approval of Amendment No. 7 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1015
would result in no irreversible commitment of resources.
F. Agencies and Persons Contacted
No agencies or persons outside the NRC were contacted in connection
with the preparation of this environmental assessment.
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G. Finding of No Significant Impact
The environmental impacts of the action have been reviewed under
the requirements in the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, and the NRC's regulations in subpart A of 10 CFR part 51,
``Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and
Related Regulatory Functions.'' Based on the foregoing environmental
assessment, the NRC concludes that this direct final rule entitled
``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No.
1015, Amendment No. 7,'' will not have a significant effect on the
human environment. Therefore, the NRC has determined that an
environmental impact statement is not necessary for this direct final
rule.
IX. Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This direct final rule does not contain any new or amended
collections of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing collections of information were
approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-
0132.
Public Protection Notification
The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a request for information or an information collection
requirement unless the requesting document displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget control number.
X. Regulatory Flexibility Certification
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), the
NRC certifies that this direct final rule will not, if issued, have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This direct final rule affects only part 50 and part 52 licensees
authorized to possess or operate nuclear power plant reactors under
that part, independent spent fuel storage installation general
licensees using the NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage
System, and NAC International. These entities do not fall within the
scope of the definition of small entities set forth in the Regulatory
Flexibility Act or the size standards established by the NRC (10 CFR
2.810).
XI. Regulatory Analysis
On July 18, 1990, the NRC issued an amendment to 10 CFR part 72 to
provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel under a general license
in cask designs approved by the NRC (55 FR 29181). Any nuclear power
reactor licensee can use NRC-approved cask designs to store spent
nuclear fuel if it notifies the NRC in advance, the spent fuel is
stored under the conditions specified in the cask's certificate of
compliance, and the conditions of the general license are met. A list
of NRC-approved cask designs is contained in Sec. 72.214. On October
19, 2000, the NRC issued an amendment to 10 CFR part 72 that approved
the NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System design by adding it to the
list of NRC-approved cask designs in Sec. 72.214 (65 FR 62581).
On September 18, 2018, NAC International submitted a request to the
NRC to amend Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 by adding Amendment No.
7. NAC International submitted this application to amend the NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System as described in Section IV,
``Discussion of Changes,'' of this document.
The alternative to this action is to withhold approval of Amendment
No. 7 and to require any 10 CFR part 72 general licensee seeking to
load spent nuclear fuel into the NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg]
Universal Storage System under the changes described in Amendment No. 7
to request an exemption from the requirements of Sec. Sec. 72.212 and
72.214. Under this alternative, each interested 10 CFR part 72 licensee
would have to prepare, and the NRC would have to review, a separate
exemption request, thereby increasing the administrative burden upon
the NRC and the costs to each licensee.
Approval of this direct final rule is consistent with previous NRC
actions. Further, as documented in the preliminary safety evaluation
report and environmental assessment, this direct final rule will have
no adverse effect on public health and safety or the environment. This
direct final rule has no significant identifiable impact or benefit on
other Government agencies. Based on this regulatory analysis, the NRC
concludes that the requirements of this direct final rule are
commensurate with the NRC's responsibilities for public health and
safety and the common defense and security. No other available
alternative is believed to be as satisfactory, and therefore, this
action is recommended.
XII. Backfitting and Issue Finality
The NRC has determined that the backfit rule (10 CFR 72.62) does
not apply to this direct final rule. Therefore, a backfit analysis is
not required. This direct final rule revises the listing in Sec.
72.214, ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks,'' for Certificate
of Compliance No. 1015 for the NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg]
Universal Storage System. The revision changes the surveillance
requirements for technical specifications A3.1.6.1 and A3.1.6.2 to
ensure that adequate monitoring of the concrete cask heat removal
system is performed, and also revises the basis for technical
specification A3.1.6 to clarify that the surveillance requirements for
technical specification A3.1.6 require a minimum of two outlet air
temperature measurements to provide an average outlet temperature.
Amendment No. 7 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 for the NAC
International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System was initiated by
NAC International and was not submitted in response to new NRC
requirements, or an NRC request for amendment. Amendment No. 7 applies
only to new casks fabricated and used under Amendment No. 7. These
changes do not affect existing users of the NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System, and the current Amendment No. 6
continues to be effective for existing users. While current users of
this storage system may comply with the new requirements in Amendment
No. 7, this would be a voluntary decision on the part of current users.
For these reasons, Amendment No. 7 to Certificate of Compliance No.
1015 does not constitute backfitting under Sec. 72.62 or Sec.
50.109(a)(1), or otherwise represent an inconsistency with the issue
finality provisions applicable to combined licenses in part 52.
Accordingly, the NRC has not prepared a backfit analysis for this
rulemaking.
XIII. Congressional Review Act
This direct final rule is not a rule as defined in the
Congressional Review Act.
XIV. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as
indicated.
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Document ADAMS accession No.
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Letter from NAC International dated ML18264A014
September 18, 2018, Submitting Request
for Amendment to Certificate of
Compliance No. 1015.
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Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. ML19057A267
1015 Amendment No. 7, Certificate of
Compliance for Spent Fuel Storage Casks.
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. ML19057A265
1015 Amendment No. 7, Technical
Specifications, Appendix A.
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. ML19057A266
1015 Amendment No. 7, Technical
Specifications, Appendix B.
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 ML19057A268
Amendment No. 7, Preliminary Safety
Evaluation Report.
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List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72
Administrative practice and procedure, Hazardous waste, Indians,
Intergovernmental relations, Nuclear energy, Penalties, Radiation
protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Security
measures, Spent fuel, Whistleblowing.
For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization
Act of 1974, as amended; the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as
amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553; the NRC is adopting the following
amendments to 10 CFR part 72:
PART 72--LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, AND REACTOR-
RELATED GREATER THAN CLASS C WASTE
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1. The authority citation for part 72 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63,
65, 69, 81, 161, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 223, 234, 274 (42
U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2210e,
2232, 2233, 2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy
Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C.
5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 117(a),
132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 141, 145(g), 148, 218(a) (42 U.S.C.
10137(a), 10152, 10153, 10154, 10155, 10157, 10161, 10165(g), 10168,
10198(a)); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
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2. In Sec. 72.214, Certificate of Compliance 1015 is revised to read
as follows:
Sec. 72.214 List of approved spent fuel storage casks.
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Certificate Number: 1015.
Initial Certificate Effective Date: November 20, 2000.
Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: February 20, 2001.
Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: December 31, 2001.
Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: March 31, 2004.
Amendment Number 4 Effective Date: October 11, 2005.
Amendment Number 5 Effective Date: January 12, 2009.
Amendment Number 6 Effective Date: January 7, 2019.
Amendment Number 7 Effective Date: July 29, 2019.
SAR Submitted by: NAC International, Inc.
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the NAC-UMS Universal
Storage System.
Docket Number: 72-1015.
Certificate Expiration Date: November 20, 2020.
Model Number: NAC-UMS.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day of May, 2019.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Kim S. West,
Acting, Executive Director for Operations.
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