[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 231 (Friday, December 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74177-74178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26230]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-01; NRC-2021-0122]


GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC; Morris Operation 
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Subsequent license renewal; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
subsequent renewed license to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC 
(GEH) for Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2500 for the 
possession, transfer, and storage of radioactive material at the Morris 
Operation Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) (GEH-MO). 
GEH-MO is located in Grundy County, Illinois, near Morris, Illinois. 
The subsequent renewed license authorizes operation of GEH-MO in 
accordance with the provisions of the subsequent renewed license and 
its technical

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specifications. The subsequent renewed license expires on May 31, 2042.

DATES: The license referenced in this document is available as of 
November 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0122 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-2021-0122. Address 
questions about Docket 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. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina L. 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 June 30, 2020, as supplemented on 
February 26, 2021, March 19, 2021, March 24, 2021, January 27, 2022, 
and May 12, 2022, the NRC has issued a subsequent renewed license to 
the licensee for GEH-MO, located in in Grundy County, Illinois, near 
Morris, Illinois. The subsequent renewed license SNM-2500 authorizes 
and requires operation of GEH-MO in accordance with the provisions of 
the subsequent renewed license and its technical specifications. The 
subsequent renewed license will expire on May 31, 2042.
    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 subsequent renewed license. The 
agency afforded an opportunity for a hearing in the Notice of 
Opportunity for a Hearing published in the Federal Register on June 30, 
2021 (86 FR 34790). 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 
subsequent 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 subsequent renewal of this 
license, which were published in the Federal Register on November 17, 
2022 (87 FR 69053). The NRC staff's consideration of the impacts of 
continued storage of 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 subsequent renewal of this ISFSI license will not have a 
significant impact on the quality of the human environment.

II. 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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            Document description                 ADAMS Accession No.
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Licensee's Renewal Application, dated June   ML20182A699 (Package).
 30, 2020.
Response to Request for Supplemental         ML21057A119 (Package).
 Information, dated February 26, 2021.
Response to Request for Clarification,       ML21085A859.
 dated March 19, 2021.
Submittal of Updated Consolidated Safety     ML21083A200 (Package).
 Analysis Report, dated March 24, 2021.
Response to Request for Additional           ML22027A516.
 Information, dated January 27, 2022.
Response to Request for Clarification,       ML22132A072.
 dated May 12, 2022.
Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-   ML22242A017 and
 2500.                                       ML22242A018.
SNM-2500 Technical Specifications..........  ML22242A034
NRC Safety Evaluation Report...............  ML22234A257.
NRC Environmental Assessment...............  ML22270A269.
NUREG-2157, ``Generic Environmental Impact   ML14196A105.
 Statement for Continued Storage of Spent
 Fuel'' Vol. 1.
NUREG-2157, ``Generic Environmental Impact   ML14196A107.
 Statement for Continued Storage of Spent
 Fuel'' Vol. 2.
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    Dated: November 28, 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.
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