[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 22, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 59395-59400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20666]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

[NRC-2020-0166]
RIN 3150-AK50


List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, 
Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 
1031, Amendment No. 9

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, Inc. 
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System listing within the ``List of approved 
spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 9 to Certificate of 
Compliance No. 1031. Amendment No. 9 revises the certificate of 
compliance to add a new concrete storage overpack; four new heat load 
zone patterns and their associated decay heats that are specific to 
Babcock and Wilcox 15x15 fuel assemblies; a new Babcock & Wilcox 15x15 
hybrid fuel assembly type (BW15H5); and a new maximum enrichment for 
the BW15H2 hybrid fuel assembly, including a new minimum soluble boron 
concentration during loading and unloading operations and neutron 
absorber areal density. In addition, Amendment No. 9 makes non-
technical changes to reorganize Appendix B of the technical 
specifications. These changes are discussed in more detail in the 
``Discussion of Changes'' section of this direct final rule.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective December 7, 2020, unless 
significant adverse comments are received by October 22, 2020. 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direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0166. 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.
     Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and 
Adjudications Staff.
    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 White, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6577; email: 
[email protected] or Angella Love Blair, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-3453; 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 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-2020-0166 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0166.
     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.
     Attention: The Public Document Room (PDR), where you may 
examine and order copies of public documents, is currently closed. You 
may submit your request to the PDR via email at [email protected] or 
call 1-800-397-4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2020-0166 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 
https://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, 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. 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. 9 to 
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 and does not include other aspects 
of the NAC International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] 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 non-
controversial. The NRC has determined that, with the requested changes, 
adequate protection of public health and safety will continue to be 
ensured. The amendment to the rule will become effective on December 7, 
2020. However, if the NRC receives any significant adverse comment on 
this direct final rule by October 22, 2020, 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

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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; or
    (3) The comment causes the NRC to make a change (other than 
editorial) to the rule, certificate of compliance, or technical 
specifications.

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 219(a) [sic: 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 
November 21, 2008 (73 FR 70587), that approved the NAC International, 
Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System design and added it to the list 
of NRC-approved cask designs in Sec.  72.214 as Certificate of 
Compliance No. 1031.

IV. Discussion of Changes

    On October 9, 2019, as supplemented on April 9, 2020, and June 29, 
2020, NAC International, Inc. submitted a request to amend Certificate 
of Compliance No. 1031 for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System. 
Amendment No. 9 revises the certificate of compliance as follows:
    1. Adds a new concrete storage overpack, Concrete Cask Number 6 
(CC6).
    2. Adds four new heat load zone patterns (X, Y, Z, and Z-Prime) and 
their associated decay heats that are specific to Babcock and Wilcox 
(B&W) 15x15 fuel assemblies. These new heat load zone patterns are only 
authorized for use with the CC6 and MAGNASTOR[supreg] transfer cask 
number 2 (MTC2), which is a shortened, stainless steel version of the 
original MTC in the technical specifications.
    3. Adds a new hybrid B&W 15x15 fuel assembly type (BW15H5).
    4. Adds a new maximum enrichment for the BW15H2 hybrid fuel 
assembly of 5.0 weight percent of uranium-235, a new required minimum 
soluble boron concentration of 2650 parts per million of boron-10 
during loading and unloading operations, and neutron absorber panels 
that have a required minimum areal density 0.036 grams of boron-10 per 
cubic centimeter.
    In addition, Amendment No. 9 makes non-technical changes to 
reorganize Appendix B of the technical specifications to limit 
duplication of material and increase ease of use.
    As documented in the preliminary safety evaluation report, the NRC 
performed a safety evaluation of the proposed certificate of compliance 
amendment request. The NRC determined that this amendment does not 
reflect a significant change in design or fabrication of the cask. 
Specifically, the NRC determined that the design of the cask would 
continue to prevent loss of containment, shielding, and criticality 
control in the event of each evaluated accident condition. This 
amendment does not reflect a significant change in design or 
fabrication of the cask. In addition, any resulting occupational 
exposure or offsite dose rates from the implementation of Amendment No. 
9 would remain well within the limits specified by 10 CFR part 20, 
``Standards for Protection Against Radiation.'' Thus, the NRC found 
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.
    The NRC determined that the amended NAC International, Inc. 
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System cask 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 reasonably assured. When this direct final 
rule becomes effective, persons who hold a general license under Sec.  
72.210 may, consistent with the license conditions under Sec.  72.212, 
load spent nuclear fuel into NAC International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] 
Storage System casks that meet the criteria of Amendment No. 9 to 
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031.

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, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] 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 ``Agreement State Program Policy Statement'' approved by 
the Commission on October 2, 2017, and published in the Federal 
Register on October 18, 2017 (82 FR 48535), this rule is classified as 
Compatibility Category NRC--Areas of Exclusive NRC Regulatory 
Authority. 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. Therefore, compatibility is not required for program 
elements in this category. Although an Agreement State may not adopt 
program elements reserved to the NRC, and the Category ``NRC'' does not

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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 Impact

    Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 
and the NRC's regulations in 10 CFR part 51, ``Environmental Protection 
Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions,'' 
the NRC has determined that this direct final rule, if adopted, would 
not be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of 
the human environment and, therefore, an environmental impact statement 
is not required. The NRC has made a finding of no significant impact on 
the basis of this environmental assessment.

A. The Action

    The action is to amend Sec.  72.214 to revise the NAC 
International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System listing within the 
``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 
9 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1031.

B. The Need for the Action

    This direct final rule amends the certificate of compliance for the 
NAC International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System design within 
the list of approved spent fuel storage casks to allow power reactor 
licensees to store spent fuel at reactor sites in casks with the 
approved modifications under a general license. Specifically, Amendment 
No. 9 revises the certificate of compliance to add (1) a new concrete 
storage overpack; (2) four new heat load zone patterns and their 
associated decay heats that are specific to B&W 15x15 fuel assemblies; 
(3) a new B&W 15x15 hybrid fuel assembly type (BW15H5); and (4) a new 
maximum enrichment for the BW15H2 hybrid fuel assembly, including a new 
minimum soluble boron concentration during loading and unloading 
operations and neutron absorber areal density. In addition, Amendment 
No. 9 makes non-technical changes to reorganize Appendix B of the 
technical specifications.

C. Environmental Impacts of the Action

    On July 18, 1990 (55 FR 29181), 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. The potential 
environmental impact of using NRC-approved storage casks was analyzed 
in the environmental assessment for the 1990 final rule. The 
environmental assessment for Amendment No. 9 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, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] 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, can 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.
    The design of the cask would prevent loss of confinement, 
shielding, and criticality control in the event of each evaluated 
accident condition. 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 
significant change in design or fabrication of the cask. Because there 
are no significant design or process changes, any resulting 
occupational exposure or offsite dose rates from the implementation of 
Amendment No. 9 would remain well within the 10 CFR part 20 limits. 
Therefore, the proposed certificate of compliance 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 exposures, 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. 
9 and not issue the direct final rule. Consequently, any 10 CFR part 72 
general licensee that seeks to load spent nuclear fuel into the NAC 
International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System in accordance with 
the changes described in proposed Amendment No. 9 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. The environmental impacts would be the same as the proposed 
action.

E. Alternative Use of Resources

    Approval of Amendment No. 9 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 
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.

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, Inc. 
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, 
Amendment No. 9'' 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

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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 nuclear power plant licensees and 
NAC International, Inc. 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 (Sec.  
2.810).

XI. Regulatory Analysis

    On July 18, 1990 (55 FR 29181), 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. Any nuclear power 
reactor licensee can use NRC-approved cask designs to store spent 
nuclear fuel if (1) it notifies the NRC in advance, (2) the spent fuel 
is stored under the conditions specified in the cask's certificate of 
compliance, and (3) the conditions of the general license are met. A 
list of NRC-approved cask designs is contained in Sec.  72.214. On 
November 21, 2008 (73 FR 70587), the NRC issued an amendment to 10 CFR 
part 72 that approved the NAC International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] 
Storage System design by adding it to the list of NRC-approved cask 
designs in Sec.  72.214.
    On October 9, 2019, as supplemented on April 9, 2020, and June 29, 
2020, NAC International, Inc. submitted a request to amend the 
MAGNASTOR[supreg] 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. 9 and to require any 10 CFR part 72 general licensee seeking to 
load spent nuclear fuel into the NAC International, Inc. 
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System under the changes described in 
Amendment No. 9 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 (Sec.  72.62) does not 
apply to this direct final rule. Therefore, a backfit analysis is not 
required. This direct final rule revises Certificate of Compliance No. 
1031 for the NAC International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System, 
as currently listed in Sec.  72.214. The revision consists of the 
changes in Amendment No. 9 previously described, as set forth in the 
revised certificate of compliance and technical specifications.
    Amendment No. 9 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC 
International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System was initiated by 
NAC International, Inc. and was not submitted in response to new NRC 
requirements, or an NRC request for amendment. Amendment No. 9 applies 
only to new casks fabricated and used under Amendment No. 9. These 
changes do not affect existing users of the NAC International, Inc. 
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System, and previous amendments continue to 
be effective for existing users. While current users of this storage 
system may comply with the new requirements in Amendment No. 9, this 
would be a voluntary decision on the part of current users.
    For these reasons, Amendment No. 9 to Certificate of Compliance No. 
1031 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 10 CFR 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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                                                   ADAMS Accession No./
                    Document                         web link/ Federal
                                                     Register citation
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Redacted SAR for MAGNASTOR[supreg] Amendment 9,   ML19302F268 (package).
 dated October 29, 2019.
Submission of Responses to the U.S. Nuclear       ML20108F319 (package).
 Regulatory Commission Request for Additional
 Information for Amendment No. 9 to Certificate
 of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC
 International MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System,
 dated April 9, 2020.
Submission of a Supplement to NAC's Request for   ML20192A118.
 Amendment No. 9 to Certificate of Compliance
 No. 1031 for the NAC International
 MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System, dated June 29,
 2020.
Memo--User Need for Rulemaking for the NAC        ML20174A551.
 International MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System
 Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment
 No. 9, dated July 28, 2020.
Draft Proposed Certificate of Compliance No.      ML20174A552.
 1031, Amendment 9.
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,      ML20174A553.
 Amendment 9--Appendix A, Technical
 Specifications.
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1031,      ML20174A554.
 Amendment 9--Appendix B, Technical
 Specifications.
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment 9-- ML20174A555.
 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 amending 10 CFR part 72 
to read as follows:

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 No. 1031 is revised to 
read as follows:


Sec.  72.214   List of approved spent fuel storage casks.

* * * * *
    Certificate Number: 1031.
    Initial Certificate Effective Date: February 4, 2009, superseded by 
Initial Certificate, Revision 1, on February 1, 2016.
    Initial Certificate, Revision 1, Effective Date: February 1, 2016.
    Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: August 30, 2010, superseded by 
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, on February 1, 2016.
    Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, Effective Date: February 1, 2016.
    Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: January 30, 2012, superseded by 
Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, on February 1, 2016.
    Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, Effective Date: February 1, 2016.
    Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: July 25, 2013, superseded by 
Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, on February 1, 2016.
    Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, Effective Date: February 1, 2016.
    Amendment Number 4 Effective Date: April 14, 2015.
    Amendment Number 5 Effective Date: June 29, 2015.
    Amendment Number 6 Effective Date: December 21, 2016.
    Amendment Number 7 Effective Date: August 21, 2017, as corrected 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML19045A346).
    Amendment Number 8, Effective Date: March 24, 2020.
    Amendment Number 9, Effective Date: December 7, 2020.
    SAR Submitted by: NAC International, Inc.
    SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] 
System.
    Docket Number: 72-1031.
    Certificate Expiration Date: February 4, 2029.
    Model Number: MAGNASTOR[supreg].
* * * * *

    Dated this September 4, 2020.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret M. Doane,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-20666 Filed 9-21-20; 8:45 am]
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