[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 
addition, the Federal rulemaking website allows members of the public 
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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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