[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34313-34315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12039]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 72-1031; 72-38; 72-44; 72-45; and 72-77; NRC-2022-0113]
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; Arizona Public Service
Company; Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemptions; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued four
exemptions in response to requests from Arizona Public Service Company;
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC; and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
The exemptions will allow the licensees to deviate from the
requirements for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage cask system in
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 7 and Amendment No.
9, by utilizing storage cask lids that were not fabricated in
accordance with the requirements of two codes issued by the American
Concrete Institute. The NRC is issuing a single notice to announce the
issuance of these exemptions because these are nearly identical.
DATES: The two exemptions to Arizona Public Service Company;
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC were issued on May 13, 2022, and
two exemptions were issued to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC on May 16,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0113 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-2022-0113. Address
questions about Dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; 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, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard White, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6577, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC issued four exemptions in response to requests dated March
31, 2022, and April 7, 2022, from Constellation Energy Generation, LLC
and Arizona Public Service Company; and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC,
respectively. The exemptions allow exemption from the requirements of
title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) sections
72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(3), 72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.214, and the portion of
10 CFR 72.212(b)(11) which requires compliance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the certificate of compliance for each spent
fuel cask used by an independent spent fuel storage installation
general licensee.
The exemptions requested authorization to load, and store spent
fuel in MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage casks with lids that were not
fabricated in accordance with Technical Specification A4.2 as specified
in Amendment Nos. 7 and 9 of the NAC International Certificate of
Compliance No. 1031 for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system. Amendment
No. 7 is used at the Catawba, McGuire and Palo Verde independent spent
fuel storage installations. Amendment No. 9 is used at the Three Mile
Island, Unit I independent spent fuel storage installation.
Technical Specification, Appendix A, A4.2 requires the concrete
cask to be designed and fabricated in accordance with the American
Concrete Institute Specifications ACI-349, ``Code Requirements for
Nuclear Safety Related Concrete Structures,'' and ACI-318, ``Building
Code Requirements for Structural Concrete,'' which according to the
technical specifications govern the concrete cask design and
construction, respectively.
NAC submitted an amendment request to eliminate the need for
compliance with the referenced technical specification for the concrete
in the cask lids in the Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the
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MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system, however the exemptions were necessary
to meet loading campaigns scheduled before resolution of the NAC's
amendment request. The applications provided information documenting
that concrete in the cask lids is not relied upon for the strength
safety function provided by the ACI codes in Technical Specification,
Appendix A, A4.2, and the concrete in the cask lids was fabricated
using standards that ensure the concrete will continue to meet the
required shielding safety function. Based on the NRC staff's evaluation
of the exemption requests, and the statements and representations
provided by the applicants in the exemption requests, the staff
concluded that the proposed actions to exempt the cask lids from the
current Technical Specification in A4.2 at each of the ISFSI sites is
authorized by law and will not endanger life, property, or the common
defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest and,
therefore meets the exemption requirements in 10 CFR 72.7.
II. Availability of Documents
The following table provides the facility name, docket number,
document description, and ADAMS accession numbers related to each
exemption issued. For further details with respect to these exemptions,
see the requests for exemption for each facility in ADAMS. For
additional directions on accessing information in ADAMS see the
ADDRESSES section of this document.
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Document description ADAMS Accession No.
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Palo Verde Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
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Docket No. 72-44
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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, and 3 and ML22090A098.
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Docket Nos.
STN 50-528/529/530 and 72-44 Renewed Operating License
Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, NPF-74 Request for Exemption from NAC-
MAGNASTOR Certificate of Compliance 72-1031--Cask Lid
Design Requirements, dated March 31, 2022.
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Units 1, 2, and 3 and ML22118B162.
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Docket Nos.
STN 50-528/529/530 and 72-44 Renewed Operating License
Nos. NPF-41, NPF-51, NPF-74 Request for Exemption from NAC-
MAGNASTOR Certificate of Compliance 72-1031--Cask Lid
Design Requirements--Supplement, dated April 28, 2022.
Issuance of exemption for Palo Verde ISFSI................. ML22111A282 (Package).
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Three Mile Island, Unit 1 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
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Docket No. 72-77.
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Request for an Exemption to the Requirements of Certificate ML22090A182.
of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC MAGNASTOR[supreg]
Storage System, dated March 31, 2022.
Supplemental Information to Exemption to the Requirements ML22116A236.
of Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System, dated April 26, 2022.
Issuance of exemption for TMI-1 ISFSI...................... ML22110A110 (Package).
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Catawba Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
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Docket No. 72-45.
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Request for an Exemption to the Requirements of Certificate ML22097A057.
of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC MAGNASTOR Storage
System, dated April 7, 2022.
Supplement to the Request for an Exemption to the ML22118B165.
Requirements of Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the
NAC MAGNASTOR Storage System, dated April 28, 2022.
Issuance of exemption for Catawba ISFSI.................... ML22111A356 (Package).
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McGuire Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
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Docket No. 72-38.
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Request for an Exemption to the Requirements of Certificate ML22097A057.
of Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC MAGNASTOR Storage
System, dated April 7, 2022.
Supplement to the Request for an Exemption to the ML22118B165.
Requirements of Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the
NAC MAGNASTOR Storage System, dated April 28, 2022.
Issuance of exemption for McGuire ISFSI.................... ML22111A310 (Package).
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NAC International Amendment Request
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Submission of an Amendment Request for the NAC ML22024A374.
International MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System Amendment No.
12, dated January 24, 2022.
Supplement to NAC's Amendment Request for the NAC ML22077A769.
International MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System Amendment No.
12, dated March 18, 2022.
RAI Response to NAC's Amendment Request for the NAC ML22108A197.
International MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System Amendment No.
12, dated April 18, 2022.
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included public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website. In
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Dated: May 31, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Yoira K. Diaz-Sanabria,
Chief,Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2022-12039 Filed 6-3-22; 8:45 am]
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