[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18680-18681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05409]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-10; NRC-2023-0155]
Northern States Power Company; Prairie Island Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation; License Amendment Application
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an
application by Northern States Power Company (NSPM) for amendment of
Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-2506 which authorizes NSPM to
receive, possess, store, and transfer spent nuclear fuel and associated
radioactive materials. The amendment request sought to revise the
technical specifications (TS) for the Prairie Island Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation (PI ISFSI) to allow use of a Code alternative
as an option to the requirements of the 2004 Edition through 2006
Addenda of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler
and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code, Section III, Division 1, Subsection
NB, Paragraph NB-5130, by revising the TS to add the Code alternative
to TS section 4.4, table 4.4-1, TN-40HT ASME Code Exceptions.
DATES: The license amendment was issued March 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0155 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-2023-0155. 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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John-Chau Nguyen, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0262; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC received, by letter dated July 14,
2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23195A187), a license amendment application
from NSPM, to amend Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-2506,
which authorizes the storage of spent fuel at the PI ISFSI located in
Welch, Minnesota. Specifically, the amendment sought to revise the TS
to allow use of a Code alternative as an option to the requirements of
the 2004 Edition through 2006 Addenda of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code,
Section III, Division 1, Subsection NB, Paragraph NB-5130, by revising
the TS to add the Code alternative to TS section 4.4, table 4.4-1, TN-
40HT ASME Code Exceptions.
An NRC administrative completeness review, documented in a letter
to NSPM dated August 24, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23234A135), found
the application acceptable to begin a technical review. In accordance
with section 72.16 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR), a notice of docketing was published in the Federal Register on
September 8, 2023 (88 FR 62108). The notice of docketing included an
opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave to
intervene. No requests for a hearing or petitions for leave to
intervene were submitted.
The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report (SER) (ADAMS Accession
No. ML24008A131) to document its review and evaluation of the amendment
request. In addition, the NRC evaluated an assertion by NSPM that the
amendment request satisfied the categorical exclusion criteria
specified in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11). Under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11), a
categorical exclusion is allowed for amendments to materials licenses
which are administrative, organizational, or procedural in nature, or
which result in a change to process operations or equipment, provided
that (i) there is no significant change in the types or significant
increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite,
(ii) there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative
occupational radiation exposure, (iii) there is no significant
construction impact, and (iv) there is no significant increase in the
potential for or consequences from radiological accidents. As explained
in the SER, the NRC determined that the license amendment satisfied the
10 CFR 51.22(c)(11) categorical exclusion criteria. Consequently, an
environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact are not
required.
Upon completing its review, the NRC staff determined that the
request complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), as well as the NRC's rules
and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate
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findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and
regulations in 10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in the license
amendment. The NRC approved and issued Amendment No. 12 to Special
Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-2506 (ML24008A130), held by NSPM for
the receipt, possession, transfer, and storage of spent fuel and
associated radioactive materials at the PI ISFSI. Pursuant to 10 CFR
72.46(d), the NRC is providing notice of the action taken. Amendment
No. 12 was effective as of the date of issuance, March 5, 2024.
Dated: March 11, 2024.
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. 2024-05409 Filed 3-13-24; 8:45 am]
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