[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 148 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42681-42686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16702]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2021-0052]
RIN 3150-AK63
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No.
1015, Amendment No. 8
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. 8 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015. Amendment No. 8 revises the
certificate of compliance to: Add the storage of damaged boiling-water
reactor spent fuel, including higher enrichment and higher burnup spent
fuel; change the allowable fuel burnup range; expand the boiling-water
reactor class 5 fuel inventory that could be stored in the cask; and
revise definitions in the technical specifications.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective October 19, 2021, unless
significant adverse comments are received by September 7, 2021. 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direct final rule is withdrawn as a result of such comments, timely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: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID NRC-2021-0052,
at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted
using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individuals listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for
alternate instructions.
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 James Firth, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6628, 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
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I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0052 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-2021-0052. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder, telephone: 301-415-3407,
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 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 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-2021-0052 in your comment submission.
The NRC requests that you submit comments through the Federal
rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material
cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document for alternate instructions.
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, 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. 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. 8 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 and does not include other aspects
of the NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System cask
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
reasonably assured. The amendment to the rule will become effective on
October 19, 2021. However, if the NRC receives any significant adverse
comment on this direct final rule by September 7, 2021, 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.
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 that 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 casks approved for use under the terms,
conditions, and specifications of their certificate of compliance or an
amended certificate of compliance pursuant to this general license are
listed in Sec. 72.214. The NRC subsequently issued a final rule on
October 19, 2000 (65 FR 62581), that approved the NAC International
NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System cask system design and added
it to the list of NRC-approved cask designs in Sec. 72.214 as
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015.
IV. Discussion of Changes
On December 18, 2018, as supplemented on April 24, 2020, and
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August 7, 2020, NAC International submitted an application to amend the
NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System and the
associated technical specifications for its use. The NAC International
NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System consists of the following
components: A transportable storage canister (TSC), which contains the
spent fuel; a vertical concrete cask, which contains the TSC during
storage; and a transfer cask, which contains the TSC during loading,
unloading, and transfer operations. Amendment 8 would allow the storage
of up to four damaged spent nuclear fuel assemblies from boiling-water
reactors per cask and would allow a basket to hold the damaged boiling-
water reactor spent nuclear fuel. Amendment No. 8 revises the
certificate of compliance to (1) add the storage of damaged boiling-
water reactor spent fuel, including higher enrichment and higher burnup
spent fuel; (2) change the allowable fuel burnup range; (3) expand the
boiling-water reactor class 5 fuel inventory that could be stored in
the cask; and (4) change definitions in the technical specifications
that are associated with the contents of the spent nuclear fuel stored
in the cask (e.g., high burnup fuel and initial peak planar-average
enrichment).
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 maintain confinement, 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. 8 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 staff determined that the amended NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal 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 the NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg]
Universal Storage System that meet the criteria of Amendment No. 8 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015.
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 NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System 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
confer regulatory authority on the State, the State may wish to inform
its licensees of certain requirements by means consistent with the
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
NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System listing within the ``List of
approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 8 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015.
B. The Need for the Action
This direct final rule amends the certificate of compliance for the
NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System 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. 8 would allow the storage of up to four damaged spent nuclear fuel
assemblies from boiling-water reactors per cask and would allow a
basket to hold the damaged boiling-water reactor spent nuclear fuel.
Amendment 8 would change the allowable fuel burnup range. Amendment 8
expands the boiling-water reactor class 5 fuel inventory that could be
stored in the cask. Amendment 8 would also include changes to
definitions in the technical specifications that are associated with
the contents of the spent nuclear fuel stored in the cask (i.e., high
burnup fuel and initial peak planar-average enrichment).
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 this Amendment No. 8 tiers off of the
environmental assessment for the July
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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, 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 provide confinement, shielding, and
criticality control in the event of each evaluated accident condition.
If confinement, shielding, and criticality control are maintained, 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. 8 would
remain well within the 10 CFR part 20 limits. Therefore, 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
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.
8 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-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System in accordance with the changes
described in proposed Amendment No. 8 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. 8 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.
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.
Based on the foregoing environmental assessment, the NRC concludes that
this direct final rule, ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks:
NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System, Certificate
of Compliance No. 1015, Amendment No. 8,'' 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
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) (RFA)
requires agencies to consider the impact of their rules on small
entities, including small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and
small governmental jurisdictions. Agencies must perform a review to
determine whether a rule will have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. If the agency determines that it
will, the agency must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis as
described in sections 603 and 604 of the RFA. However, if an agency
determines that a rule is not expected to have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities, section 605(b) of the
RFA provides that a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required if
the head of the agency certifies that the rule will not, if
promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number
of small entities. The certification must include a statement providing
the factual basis for this determination and the reasoning should be
clear. The Executive Director for Operations has been delegated the
authority to ensure this rule complies with the Regulatory Flexibility
Act.
The NRC has established size standards at 10 CFR 2.810. This direct
final rule affects only those authorized to possess or operate nuclear
power reactors and NAC International. NAC International is owned by
Hitz Holdings U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Zosen
Corporation, which is not a small entity. Under 10 CFR 2.810(e), a
licensee who is a subsidiary of a large entity does not qualify as a
small entity. This direct final rule would allow persons authorized to
possess or operate a nuclear power reactor, who hold a general license
under Sec. 72.210, consistent with the license conditions under Sec.
72.212, to load spent nuclear fuel into the NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System that meet the criteria of
Amendment No. 8 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1015. The use of this
general license to store spent nuclear fuel using Amendment No. 8 to
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 would reduce the need for and burden
from requesting additional site-specific approvals and exemptions.
Also, based on the NRC size standards at 10 CFR 2.810, none of the
existing nuclear power plants storing spent nuclear fuel are small
entities. Pursuant to its delegated authority, the Executive Director
for Operations certifies under section 605 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act ``that the rule will not, if promulgated, have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.''
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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) 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 (65 FR 62581), the NRC issued an amendment to 10 CFR
part 72 that approved the NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal
Storage System by adding it to the list of NRC-approved cask designs in
Sec. 72.214.
On December 18, 2018, as supplemented on April 24, 2020, and August
7, 2020, NAC International submitted an application to amend the NAC
International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System as described in
Section IV, ``Discussion of Changes,'' of this document. When this
direct final rule becomes effective, persons authorized to possess or
operate a nuclear power reactor and who hold a general license under
Sec. 72.210 would be allowed to load spent nuclear fuel into the NAC
International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System that meet the
criteria of Amendment No. 8 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1015,
consistent with the license conditions under Sec. 72.212.
The alternative to this action is to withhold approval of Amendment
No. 8 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. 8
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; 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.
1015 for the NAC International NAC-UMS[supreg] Universal Storage
System, as currently listed in Sec. 72.214. The revision consists of
the changes in Amendment No. 8 previously described, as set forth in
the revised certificate of compliance and technical specifications.
Amendment No. 8 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. 8 applies
only to new casks fabricated and used under Amendment No. 8. These
changes do not affect existing users of the NAC International NAC-
UMS[supreg] Universal Storage System, and the current Amendment No. 7
continues to be effective for existing users. While current users of
this storage system may comply with the new requirements in Amendment
No. 8, this would be a voluntary decision on the part of current users.
For these reasons, Amendment No. 8 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 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, as indicated.
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Document ADAMS accession No.
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Submission of a Request to Amend the U.S. ML20006D749
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certificate of
Compliance No. 1015 for the NAC-UMS Cask
System, December 18, 2019.
Application for Amendment No. 8 to the Model ML20076A546
No. NAC-UMS Storage Cask--Acceptance Letter,
March 17, 2020.
NAC International, Submittal of Supplement to ML20122A201
Amend the NRC Certificate of Compliance No.
1015 for the NAC-UMS Cask System, April 24,
2020.
Application for Amendment No. 8 to the Model ML20170A800
No. NAC-UMS Storage Cask--Request for
Additional Information, June 25, 2020.
Submission of Responses to the U.S. Nuclear ML20227A066
Regulatory Commission Request for Additional
Information for Certificate of Compliance No.
1015 for the NAC-UMS Cask System, August 7,
2020.
Memorandum to J. Cai re: User Need for ML20358A255
Rulemaking for Amendment No. 8 Request,
February 23, 2021.
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 ML20358A257
Amendment No. 8, Technical Specifications,
Appendix A.
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1015, ML20358A258
Amendment No. 8, Technical Specifications
Appendix B.
Draft Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 ML20358A256
Amendment No. 8.
Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 Amendment ML20358A259
No. 8, Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report.
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The NRC may post materials related to this document, including
public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2021-0052.
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
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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, revise Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 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.
Amendment Number 8 Effective Date: October 19, 2021.
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: July 26, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret M. Doane,
Executive Director for Operations.
[FR Doc. 2021-16702 Filed 8-4-21; 8:45 am]
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