[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8025-8026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03245]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-20; NRC-2025-0841]
U.S. Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office; Three Mile
Island Unit 2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; License
Amendment Application
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of docketing.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received and
docketed a license amendment application from the U.S. Department of
Energy Idaho Operations Office (DOE or the licensee) for amendment of
Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2508, for the Three
Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2), reactor core in the TMI-2 independent spent
fuel storage installation (ISFSI). The TMI-2 ISFSI is located at the
Idaho National Laboratory within the perimeter of the Idaho Nuclear
Technology and Engineering Center site in Scoville, Butte County,
Idaho. The requested amendment would revise certain license conditions
and technical specifications (TS) by changing the description of the
DOE official who is responsible for the operation and nuclear safety of
the TMI-2 ISFSI and for ensuring its compliance with NRC requirements,
changing reference to a regulation and removing outdated language,
adjusting references to relevant organizational components of DOE, and
otherwise making clerical changes. The NRC will process the application
in accordance with NRC regulations, as further explained in the
supplementary information section of this notice.
DATES: February 19, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0841 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-2025-0841. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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 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: Kristina 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. Introduction
By letter dated November 21, 2024, DOE submitted to the NRC an
application to amend the license and TS, for the TMI-2 ISFSI, located
in Scoville, Butte County, Idaho. Special Nuclear Materials License No.
SNM-2508 authorizes the licensee to receive, possess, store, and
transfer canisters containing core debris and damaged spent nuclear
fuel from the TMI-2 reactor, in addition to other authorized uses. The
proposed amendment would revise the license and TS 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 TMI-2 ISFSI and for ensuring its compliance with NRC
license conditions and regulatory requirements. Additionally, the
proposed amendment would include an editorial change to TS 5.5.1.b
regarding section 72.48 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR) and remove outdated language. The changes requested further
include title changes to refer to DOE ICP instead of DOE Idaho
Operations Office (DOE-ID), and clerical changes throughout the
document such as changes to spacing.
In an email to DOE dated January 8, 2026, the NRC notified DOE that
the application was acceptable to begin a detailed review. The NRC's
Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards has docketed this
application under Docket No. 72-20, and the NRC is issuing this notice
of docketing as authorized and required by 10 CFR 72.16(e). The NRC
will approve the license amendment if it finds that the application
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended, and the NRC's regulations, and the NRC will make
findings consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act and 10
CFR part 51. These findings will be documented in a safety evaluation
report. The NRC may issue either a notice of hearing or a notice of
proposed action and opportunity for hearing in accordance with 10 CFR
72.46(b)(1) or, if a determination is made that the amendment does not
present a genuine issue as to whether the health and safety of the
public will be significantly affected, take immediate action on the
amendment in accordance with 10 CFR 72.46(b)(2) and then promptly
provide notice of the action taken and an opportunity for interested
persons to request a hearing on whether the action should be rescinded
or modified.
II. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in this notice are available to interested
persons through ADAMS.
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Document description ADAMS accession No.
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DOE Letter--License Amendment Request to Update the ML24326A350 (Package).
Licensee Designation of Authority Title for the Three Mile
Island, Unit 2, Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation, Docket 72-20, Materials License No. SNM-2508
(CLN240550), dated November 21, 2024.
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NRC Email--Acceptance of Department of Energy, Idaho ML26008A286.
Cleanup Project License Amendment Request to Update the
Licensee Designation of Authority Title for the Three Mile
Island Unit 2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation,
dated January 8, 2026.
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Dated: February 13, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Yoira Diaz-Sanabria,
Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of Spent
Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2026-03245 Filed 2-18-26; 8:45 am]
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