[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 166 (Friday, August 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42270-42272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16670]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-09; NRC-2025-0075]
Department of Energy; Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation; License Amendment
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an
application by the Department of Energy (DOE) for an amendment to
Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2504, for the Fort St.
Vrain (FSV) independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) located
in Platteville, Colorado. The requested amendment revises certain
license conditions and technical specifications (TS) by adjusting
references to relevant organizational components of DOE, correcting
prior clerical drafting errors, and changing the description of a DOE
official who is responsible for the operation and nuclear safety of the
FSV ISFSI and for ensuring its compliance with certain conditions and
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requirements of the license and applicable regulations.
DATES: The license amendment is issued and effective on August 27,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0075 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this action. 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 NRC-2025-0075. Address questions
about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-
415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical questions,
contact the individual(s) 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 ADAMS Public 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]. 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: 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: Daneira Mel[eacute]ndez-Col[oacute]n,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
7295, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
By letter dated November 14, 2024, DOE submitted to the NRC an
application to amend the license conditions and TS for the FSV ISFSI,
located in Platteville, Colorado. Materials License No. SNM-2504
authorizes the licensee to receive, possess, store, and transfer spent
nuclear fuel from the decommissioned FSV Nuclear Generating Station.
The proposed amendment revises TS 5.1.1 and 5.2.1.1 so that they
explicitly designate the Manager for the Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) as
the DOE official who is responsible for the operation and nuclear
safety of the FSV ISFSI and for ensuring its compliance with NRC
license conditions and regulatory requirements. TS 5.1.1 currently
designates the Deputy Manager for the ICP as the DOE official who is
responsible for the operation of the FSV ISFSI and for ensuring its
compliance with NRC license conditions and regulatory requirements. The
proposed amendment also revises TS 5.6.1 so that it identifies the
Manager for the ICP, rather than the Deputy Manager, as one of the two
DOE officials who are responsible for submitting certain reports that
are required in connection with the license. Additionally, the proposed
amendment corrects clerical drafting errors in TS 3.3.1 and 5.5.2.6 so
that those technical specifications accurately reflect changes that
were previously approved and included in License Amendment No. 10 but
were inadvertently omitted from License Amendment No. 11. The proposed
amendment also corrects an erroneous regulatory citation in TS 5.5.1.d,
corrects a typographical error in TS 5.5.2.5, and adjusts references to
relevant organizational components of DOE in License Condition 14 and
in TS 5.1.5, 5.4.2, and 5.5.2.7.
In a letter dated March 21, 2025, the NRC notified DOE that the
application was acceptable to begin a technical review. The NRC's
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards docketed the
application under Docket No. 72-09. In accordance with section 72.16(e)
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC
published a notice of docketing in the Federal Register on May 5, 2025
(90 FR 19011).
The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report (SER) to document its
review and evaluation of the amendment request. As further explained in
the SER, the NRC has determined that the license amendment is
administrative in nature and satisfies the criterion of 10 CFR
51.22(c)(10) for categorical exclusion from the requirement to prepare
an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement. This
action qualifies for categorical exclusion under 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10)
because it is an amendment to a materials license issued under 10 CFR
chapter I which merely changes the position titles of relevant
officials of the licensee and makes certain editorial, corrective, and
minor revisions, as described previously. Consequently, neither an
environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is
required.
Upon completing its review, the NRC staff determined the
application complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's regulations.
The NRC has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the
NRC's regulations in 10 CFR part 72, which are set forth in the license
amendment. The license amendment, Amendment No. 12 to License No. SNM-
2504, is issued and effective on August 27, 2025.
In accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2), the NRC has determined that
Amendment No. 12 does not present a genuine issue as to whether the
health and safety of the public will be significantly affected.
Therefore, the publication of a notice of proposed action and an
opportunity for hearing or a notice of hearing is not warranted. Notice
is hereby given of the right of interested persons to request a hearing
on whether the action should be rescinded or modified.
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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ADAMS accession No. or
Document description Federal Register citation
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DOE Letter--License Amendment Request to ML24324A062 (Package).
Update the Licensee Designation of
Authority Title for the Fort St. Vrain
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation, Docket 72-0009, Materials
License No. SNM-2504 (CLN250095), dated
November 14, 2024.
NRC Letter--Issuance of Amendment No. 10 to ML15258A217 (Package).
Renewed Materials License No. SNM-2504 for
the Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation (TAC No. L24994),
dated March 17, 2016.
NRC Letter--Amendment No. 11 to Materials ML17151A387 (Package).
License No. SNM-2504 for the Fort St.
Vrain Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation, dated June 6, 2017.
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NRC Letter--Application for License ML25073A130.
Amendment Request--Amendment No. 12 to
Materials License No. SNM-2504 for the
Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation--Accepted for Review
(CAC/EPID Nos. 001028/L-2024-LLA-0161),
dated March 21, 2025.
Federal Register notice, ``Department of 90 FR 19011.
Energy; Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation; License
Amendment Request,'' published May 5, 2025.
Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM- ML25191A190.
2504, dated August 27, 2025.
SNM-2504 Technical Specifications, dated ML25191A192.
August 27, 2025.
Fort St. Vrain Independent Spent Fuel ML25191A191.
Storage Installation, NRC Safety
Evaluation Report, dated August 27, 2025.
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Dated: August 27, 2025.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Haimanot Yilma,
Acting Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of
Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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