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MONTHYEARML21250A4022021-09-23023 September 2021 Notice of Direct Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective Date - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International NAC-UMS Universal Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1015, Amendment No. 8 ML19182A0242019-07-0505 July 2019 Federal Register Notice: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company: Exemption; Safety Evaluation and Environmental Assessment with Finding of No Significant Impact; Issuance ML19184A0642019-07-0505 July 2019 Draft: Federal Register Notice: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company: Exemption; Safety Evaluation and Environmental Assessment with Finding of No Significant Impact; Issuance ML19134A1192019-05-16016 May 2019 Federal Register Notice: Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact; Issuance ML18334A2612018-12-13013 December 2018 NAC CoC 1015, Amendment No. 6, Confirmation of Effective Date ML19044A4682018-10-22022 October 2018 3150-AK12 FRN Proposed NAC Amendment 6 102218 - Proposed Rule ML19044A4672018-10-22022 October 2018 3150-AK12 FRN NAC Amendment 6 102218 - Direct Final Rule ML18204A2282018-10-0909 October 2018 NAC CoC Amndt 6 Dfr FRN ML18204A2252018-10-0909 October 2018 NAC Certificate of Compliance - Amendment 6 Pr FRN ML19044A4582018-09-19019 September 2018 3150-AK12 NAC CoC Amendment No. 6 Direct Final Rule FRN- Drm Markup 091918 ML19044A4612018-09-19019 September 2018 3150-AK12 NAC CoC Amendment No. 6 Proposed Rule FRN - Drm Markup 091918 ML19044A4692018-08-16016 August 2018 3150-AK12 Mrpb BC Concur NAC Amendment 6 Package 081618 ML19044A4572018-08-14014 August 2018 3150-AK12 NAC CoC Amendment No. 6 Direct Final Rule FRN 081418 Rasb ML19044A4622018-08-14014 August 2018 3150-AK12 NAC CoC Amendment No. 6 Proposed Rule FRN 081418 Rasb ML19044A4632018-08-14014 August 2018 3150-AK12 Draft Notice of Final Rule Signed by EDO 081418 Rasb ML19044A4602018-06-29029 June 2018 3150-AK12 NAC CoC Amendment No. 6 Direct Final Rule FRN OGC-PM-SFLB Comments 062918 ML19044A4592018-06-25025 June 2018 3150-AK12 NAC CoC Amendment No. 6 Direct Final Rule FRN OGC-PM Comments 062518 ML19044A4552018-05-21021 May 2018 3150-AK12 NAC Amendment No. 6 Direct Final Rule FRN SFLB-PM-RASB Markup 052118 ML16032A1152016-02-0404 February 2016 Enclosufederal Register Notice: Notice of Issuance of Exemption from NAC International, Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 Fuel Specification and Loading Conditions at the Main Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation ML16033A0872016-02-0404 February 2016 EnclosuCopy-Notice of Issuance of Exemption (Letter to S. 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Lesar Notice of Release of Land from the Jurisdiction of Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company'S Facility Operating License No. DPR-36 ML0422300992004-08-10010 August 2004 Ltr to C. Pray the State of Maine) from S. Brown - Draft Environmental Assessment Related to Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company'S Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Docket No. 72-30 ML0402304082004-01-23023 January 2004 Letter to T.L. Williamson, from S.C. O'Connor - Federal Register Notice Publishing an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 72.212 and 72.214 ML0303400212003-01-31031 January 2003 Tl Williamson from Sc O'Connor Federal Register Notice Publishing an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 72.212 and 72.214 ML0214202882002-05-23023 May 2002 Order Modifying Licenses for Interim Safeguards and Security Compensatory Measures 2021-09-23
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MONTHYEARML24025A0392024-01-12012 January 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Property Insurance Coverage ML23342A1112024-01-0909 January 2024 Company - Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Plan ML23283A2382023-12-0707 December 2023 NAC International, Inc. - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Report 72-1031/2023-201 ML23283A2492023-10-10010 October 2023 Transmittal Letter and Affidavit, Submission of an Amendment Request for the NAC International Universal Storage System (Ums) Amendment No. 10 and Revisions to Amendments 5 to 9 ML23291A0952023-10-10010 October 2023 NAC International, Inc., Submittal of Data Files to Support the Nuclear Regulatory Commission'S (NRC) Review of NAC-UMS Amendment No. 1O (Submittal 23A) ML23117A0452023-04-25025 April 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report, Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report, and Changes to the Off-Site Dose Calculation Manual for 2022 ML23113A0052023-03-31031 March 2023 Request for Exemption from 10 CFR 50.82 10 CFR 50.75 for the Maine Yankee Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation NG-23-0001, 2023 Annual Decommissioning and Spent Fuel Management Funding Status Report2023-03-27027 March 2023 2023 Annual Decommissioning and Spent Fuel Management Funding Status Report ML23068A0132023-03-0606 March 2023 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Funding Status Report for Managing Irradiated Fuel and GTCC Waste ML22340A4622023-02-24024 February 2023 Closeout Letter to Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Regarding 2018 and 2021 Updated DFPs for Maine Yankee ISFSI IR 07200030/20234012023-01-26026 January 2023 Company - 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Funding Status Report for Managing Irradiated Fuel and GTCC Waste ML22062A7622022-03-0303 March 2022 NAC International, Inc., Submission of Responses to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission'S (NRC) Request for Additional Information for the Request to Renew the NAC-UMS Cask System Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 ML22011A1332022-01-31031 January 2022 Company - Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Plan ML22045A0662022-01-20020 January 2022 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Property Insurance Coverage ML22045A0652022-01-20020 January 2022 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Nuclear Liability Insurance Coverage ML21334A5092021-12-21021 December 2021 Request for Additional Information for the Technical Review of the Application for Renewal of the Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 (Cac/Epid Nos. 001028/L-2020-RNE-0031) ML21362A1592021-12-10010 December 2021 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, Three-Year Update to the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Decommissioning Funding Plan IR 05000309/20210012021-10-28028 October 2021 Company - 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January 23, 2004 Thomas L. Williamson, Director Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Affairs Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578
SUBJECT:
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE PUBLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR A REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR 72.212 AND 72.214
Dear Mr. Williamson:
In accordance with Maine Yankee Atomic Power Companys exemption request dated October 2, 2003, as supplemented on October 21, 2003, and pursuant to 10 CFR 51.35, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Spent Fuel Project Office, is forwarding an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for noticing in the Federal Register. The requested exemption would relieve Maine Yankee from the requirement to maintain a coefficient of friction between the NAC-UMS vertical concrete cask and the independent spent fuel storage installation pad surface of at least 0.5.
The NRC will notify you in a timely manner of our decision on this exemption request. Enclosed is a copy of the Federal Register Notice.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Stephen C. OConnor, Sr. Project Manager Spent Fuel Project Office Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 72-30, 72-1015 and 50-309
Enclosure:
Federal Register Notice cc: Mailing List
Thomas L. Williamson, Director January 23, 2004 Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Affairs Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578
SUBJECT:
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE PUBLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR A REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR 72.212 AND 72.214
Dear Mr. Williamson:
In accordance with Maine Yankee Atomic Power Companys exemption request dated October 2, 2003, as supplemented on October 21, 2003, and pursuant to 10 CFR 51.35, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Spent Fuel Project Office, is forwarding an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for noticing in the Federal Register. The requested exemption would relieve Maine Yankee from the requirement to maintain a coefficient of friction between the NAC-UMS vertical concrete cask and the independent spent fuel storage installation pad surface of at least 0.5.
The NRC will notify you in a timely manner of our decision on this exemption request. Enclosed is a copy of the Federal Register Notice.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Stephen C. OConnor, Sr. Project Manager Spent Fuel Project Office Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos.: 72-30, 72-1015 and 50-309
Enclosure:
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Mr. Charles B. Brinkman Mr. Jonathan M. Block Manager - Washington Nuclear Attorney at Law Operations P.O. Box 566 ABB Combustion Engineering Putney, VT 05346-0566 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. William Henries, Director Engineering Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Shaw Pittman 321 Old Ferry Road 2300 North Street, NW Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Washington, DC 20037 Mr. Patrick J. Dostie Mr. Charles Pray State of Maine Nuclear Safety State Nuclear Safety Advisor Inspector State Planning Office Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company State House Station #38 321 Old Ferry Road Augusta, ME 04333 Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum, President U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 475 Allendale Road 321 Old Ferry Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 First Selectman of Wiscasset Randall L. Speck, Esq.
Municipal Building Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, U.S. Route 1 LLP Wiscasset, ME 04578 McPherson Building 901 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 1100 Joseph Fay, Esquire Washington, DC 20005-2327 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922 Friends of the Coast P.O. Box 98 Edgecomb, ME 04556 Mr. James Garvey Operations Director Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company 321 Old Ferry Road Wiscasset, ME 04578-4922
7590-01-P U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET 72-30 MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC POWER COMPANY INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR A PROPOSED EXEMPTION The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is considering issuance of an exemption to Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company (MYAPC or licensee),
pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, from specific provisions of 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(2)(i),
72.212(b)(7), and 72.214. The licensee is using the NAC-UMS Storage System to store spent nuclear fuel from the decommissioning reactor at an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The requested exemption would allow MYAPC to deviate from requirements of the NAC-UMS Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 (CoC or Certificate),
Amendment 2, Appendix B, Section B 3.4.2.6. Specifically, the exemption would relieve MYAPC from the requirement to maintain a coefficient of friction between the vertical concrete cask and ISFSI pad surface of at least 0.5.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA)
Identification of Proposed Action: By letter dated October 2, 2003, as supplemented on October 21, 2003, MYAPC requested an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 72.212(a), 72.212(b)(2)(i), 72.212(b)(7), and 10 CFR 72.214 to deviate from the requirements in CoC No. 1015, Amendment 2, Appendix B, Section B 3.4.2.6. MYAPC is storing spent nuclear fuel under the general licensing provisions of 10 CFR Part 72 in the NAC-UMS Storage System at an ISFSI located at the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station in Wiscasset, Maine. The licensee is loading additional spent fuel into storage at the ISFSI.
The current requirements in CoC No. 1015, Amendment 2, Appendix B, state that physical testing shall be conducted to demonstrate that the coefficient of friction between the vertical concrete cask and ISFSI pad surface is at least 0.5.
By exempting MYAPC from specific provisions of 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(2)(i),
72.212(b)(7), and 10 CFR 72.214 for this request, MYAPC will not be required to maintain a coefficient of friction between the vertical concrete cask and ISFSI pad surface of at least 0.5.
The proposed action before the Commission is whether to grant this exemption under the provisions of 10 CFR 72.7. The NRC staff has reviewed the exemption request and determined that not maintaining a coefficient of friction between the vertical concrete cask and the ISFSI pad surface of at least 0.5, is consistent with the safety analyses previously reviewed for the NAC-UMS system, and would have no impact on the design basis and would not be inimical to public health and safety.
Need for the Proposed Action: During the 2002-2003 winter, MYAPC discovered a condition in which the surface area between the vertical concrete casks and the ISFSI pad had a significant covering of ice (approximately 80-95 percent of the surface). This winter icing condition may result in a reduced coefficient of friction that does not meet the requirements of CoC No. 1015, Amendment 2, Section B 3.4.2.6, for a coefficient of friction of at least 0.5 between the vertical concrete casks and the ISFSI pad surface. The icing condition was unanticipated and therefore not explicitly addressed in the cask licensing basis. The presence of ice causes a loss of contact between the vertical concrete casks and the ISFSI pad and leads to an indeterminate coefficient of friction. Since the icing condition renders previous test results insufficient to demonstrate a coefficient of friction greater than 0.5, MYAPC would not be in compliance with the CoC during these icing conditions.
Granting the requested exemption will allow MYAPC to regain compliance with CoC No.
1015, Amendment 2, in a timely manner. Section B 3.4.2.6 is a requirement specific to MYAPC and applicable to no other licensees.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action: The licensee requested the exemption from maintaining a coefficient of friction between the vertical concrete cask and the ISFSI pad surface of at least 0.5 as specified in CoC No. 1015, Amendment 2. The NRC staff performed a safety evaluation of the proposed exemption. Staff reviewed the analysis provided by MYAPC in the exemption request for winter icing conditions which may result in a reduced coefficient of friction between the vertical concrete cask and the ISFSI pad surface, and limited vertical concrete cask sliding during a design earthquake. Staff judged that the design earthquake will not cause large sliding of the NAC-UMS vertical concrete cask on the ISFSI pad surfaces. In the unlikely event of vertical concrete cask impacts, staff evaluated the magnitude
of the impact load between two colliding casks and determined the impact load would be far less severe than that encountered in a tip-over accident for which the NAC-UMS system has been demonstrated structurally adequate. The staff concludes that the NRC has reasonable assurance that the proposed exemption has no impact on off-site doses, and is acceptable.
Therefore, the environmental impact of not maintaining a coefficient of friction between the vertical concrete cask and the ISFSI pad surface of at least 0.5, is no greater than the environmental impact already assessed in the initial rulemaking for the NAC-UMS storage system (65 FR 62581, dated October 19, 2000).
The proposed action will not increase the probability or consequences of the analyzed accidents, no changes are being made to the types of effluents that may be released offsite, and there is no increase in occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, there are no significant radiological environmental impacts associated with the proposed action. Therefore, the staff has determined that there is no reduction in the ability of the NAC-UMS system to perform its safety function, nor significant environmental impacts, as a result of not maintaining a coefficient of friction between the vertical concrete cask and the ISFSI pad surface of at least 0.5.
Alternative to the Proposed Action: Since there is no significant environment impact associated with the proposed action, alternatives with equal or greater environmental impact are not evaluated. The alternative to the proposed action would be to deny approval of the exemption. Denial of the exemption request will have the same environmental impact.
Agencies and Persons Consulted: This exemption request was discussed with Mr. Charles Pray, State Nuclear Safety Advisor for the State of Maine, on January 6, 2004, and he stated that the State had no comments on the technical aspects of the exemption. The NRC staff has determined that a consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act is not required because the proposed action will not affect listed species or critical habitat. The NRC staff has also determined that the proposed action is not a type of activity having the potential to cause effects on historic properties. Therefore, no further consultation is required under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The environmental impacts of the proposed action have been reviewed in accordance with the requirements set forth in 10 CFR Part 51. Based upon the foregoing EA, the Commission finds that the proposed action of granting the exemption from specific provisions of 10 CFR 72.212(a), 72.212(b)(2)(i), 72.212 (b)(7), and 10 CFR 72.214, and not requiring MYAPC to maintain a coefficient of friction between the concrete cask and ISFSI pad surface of at least 0.5, will not significantly impact the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the Commission has determined that an environmental impact statement for the proposed exemption is not warranted.
The request for exemption was docketed under 10 CFR Part 72, Docket 72-30. For further details with respect to this action, see the exemption request dated October 2, 2003, as supplemented. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRCs public documents. These documents may be accessed through the NRCs Public Electronic Reading Room on the
Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of January, 2004.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Stephen C. OConnor, Sr. Project Manager Spent Fuel Project Office Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of January, 2004.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
/RA/
Stephen C. OConnor, Sr. Project Manager Spent Fuel Project Office Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards OFC SFPO SFPO SFPO E SFPO E SFPO NAME FJacobs
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