[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 51 (Monday, March 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14981-14982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05323]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-11; NRC-2018-0147]


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

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
renewed license to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District for 
Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2510 for the receipt, 
possession, transfer, and storage of radioactive material from the 
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station in the Rancho Seco independent 
spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI). The Rancho Seco ISFSI is 
located on the Rancho Seco site, in Sacramento County, California. The 
renewed license authorizes operation of the Rancho Seco ISFSI in 
accordance with the provisions of the renewed license and its technical 
specifications. The renewed license expires on June 30, 2060.

DATES: The license referenced in this document is available as of March 
9, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0147 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0147. Address 
questions about NRC docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-9127; 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 https://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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Banovac, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7116, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion

    Based upon the application dated March 19, 2018, as supplemented 
June 25, 2018, August 6, 2018, September 26, 2018, April 22, 2019, June 
26, 2019, July 12, 2019, and January 23, 2020, the NRC has issued a 
renewed license to the licensee for the Rancho Seco ISFSI, located in 
Sacramento County, California. The renewed license SNM-2510 authorizes 
and requires operation of the Rancho Seco ISFSI in accordance with the 
provisions of the renewed license and its technical specifications. The 
renewed license will expire on June 30, 2060.
    The licensee's application for a renewed license complies with the 
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 
(the Act), and the NRC's rules and regulations. The NRC has made 
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the NRC's regulations 
in chapter 1 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 
and sets forth those findings in the renewed license. The agency 
afforded an opportunity for a hearing in the Notice of Opportunity for 
a Hearing published in the Federal Register on August 22, 2018 (83 FR 
42527). The NRC received no request for a hearing or petition for leave 
to intervene following the notice.
    The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal 
of the ISFSI license and concluded, based on that evaluation, the ISFSI 
will continue to meet the regulations in 10 CFR part 72. The NRC staff 
also prepared an environmental assessment and finding of no significant 
impact for the renewal of this license, which were published in the 
Federal Register on March 6, 2020 (85 FR 13191, Docket ID NRC-2019-
0148). The NRC staff's consideration of the impacts of continued 
storage of

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spent nuclear fuel (as documented in NUREG-2157, ``Generic 
Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent Fuel'') 
was included in the environmental assessment. The NRC staff concluded 
that renewal of this ISFSI license will not have a significant impact 
on the quality of the human environment.

II. Availability of Documents

    The following table includes the ADAMS Accession Numbers for the 
documents referenced in this notice. For additional information on 
accessing ADAMS, see the ADDRESSES section of this document.

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                 Document                       ADAMS accession No.
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Licensee's Renewal Application, dated      ML18101A026
 March 19, 2018.
Response to Request for Supplemental       ML18179A255
 Information, dated June 25, 2018.
Replacement Files (for March 19, 2018,     ML18221A283
 submittal), dated August 6, 2018.
Replacement Revision 1 Files (for June     ML18221A293
 25, 2018 submittal), dated August 6,
 2018.
Response to Request for Information,       ML18285A414
 dated September 26, 2018.
Response to Request for Additional         ML19121A269
 Information, dated April 22, 2019.
Replacement Files for the Response to      ML19184A179
 Request for Additional Information,
 dated June 26, 2019.
Response to Request for Clarification of   ML19204A239
 Response to Request for Additional
 Information, dated July 12, 2019.
Request for Minor Editorial and            ML20038A131
 Clarification Revisions, dated January
 23, 2020.
Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM- ML20065N281,
 2508.                                     ML20065N282
SNM-2508 Technical Specifications........  ML20065N285
NRC Safety Evaluation Report.............  ML20065N280
NRC Environmental Assessment.............  ML19241A378
NUREG-2157, ``Generic Environmental        ML14196A105
 Impact Statement for Continued Storage
 of Spent Fuel'' Vol. 1.
NUREG-2157, ``Generic Environmental        ML14196A107
 Impact Statement for Continued Storage
 of Spent Fuel'' Vol. 2.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of March, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John B. McKirgan,
Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel 
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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