ML18263A048
| ML18263A048 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07201029 |
| Issue date: | 09/19/2018 |
| From: | John Mckirgan Spent Fuel Licensing Branch |
| To: | Kimyata Morgan-Butler Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
| Lingam S | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18263A044 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2017-LLA-0390 | |
| Download: ML18263A048 (3) | |
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September 19, 2018 MEMORANDUM TO: Kimyata Morgan-Butler, Chief Materials Rulemaking and Project Management Branch Division of Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM: John McKirgan, Chief /RA/
Spent Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Spent Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
USER NEED FOR RULEMAKING FOR AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE ORANO TRANSNUCLEAR STANDARDIZED ADVANCED NUHOMS HORIZONTAL MODULAR STORAGE SYSTEM The following information is being provided to request rulemaking support for the following Division of Spent Fuel Management 10 CFR Part 72 licensing activity:
- 1. Changes to 10 CFR 72.214 rule text (changes appear in bold):
Certificate Number: 1029 Initial Certificate Effective Date: February 5, 2003 Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: May 16, 2005 Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: (Amendment Number 2 was withdrawn)
Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: February 23, 2015 Amendment Number 4 Effective Date: TBD SAR Submitted by: Orano Transnuclear Americas LLC SAR
Title:
Updated Final Safety Analysis Report for the Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System for Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Docket Number: 72-1029 Certificate Expiration Date: February 5, 2023 Model Number: Standardized Advanced NUHOMS-24PT1, 24PT4, and 32PTH2
- 2. Use the following text for the purpose and scope of the amendment:
On November 15, 2017, as supplemented on February 22, May 16, June 26, and July 18, 2018, Orano Transnuclear Americas LLC (TN) (formerly known as AREVA Transnuclear Americas LLC) submitted an application to amend the Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular CONTACT: Chris Allen, NMSS/DSFM (301) 415-6877 Siva P. Lingam, NMSS/DSFM (301) 415-1564
K. Morgan-Butler Storage System for Irradiated Nuclear Fuel. The amendment includes changes to: (1) remove any implied statements related to maintenance of a spent fuel pool after all spent fuel has loaded into the Advanced Horizontal Storage Module (AHSM or AHSM-HS) at the independent spent fuel storage installation, (2) credit the use of the installed temperature monitoring system specified in lieu of performing daily visual vent inspections, (3) provide peak dose rates on the front inlet bird screen and the door of the concrete storage module for the AHSM, and (4) provide a new temperature rise value for the AHSM with a loaded 24PT4 DSC [dry shielded canister]. Specific changes to the technical specifications (TS) are listed below:
- Directed that unloading operations procedures be maintained until all spent fuel has been transferred from the spent fuel pool to dry storage, and clarified fuel removal can occur in the pool if it is available.
- Added text, which clarified that reflooding may not apply to unloading operations.
- Added new temperature limits for the 24PT4 DSC, identified how AHSM temperature rise limits for 24PT1 and 24PT4 DSCs are obtained and minor editorial changes.
- Clarified the bird screen to which the TS applied, removed requirement to visually inspect AHSM air vents daily, took credit for the temperature monitoring system in 5.2.5(b) for the 24PT1 DSC, specified the criteria for performing AHSM air vent visual inspections and identified the blocked vent time limitations for both the 24PT1 and 24PT4 DSCs.
- Added AHSM or to clarify the storage modules to which the TS applied.
- Removed 32PTH2 to clarify the DSCs to which the TS applied.
- Added dose rate limits 3 and 4 and specified the locations at which these new dose rates should be measured.
- Revised the text which identifies the spent fuel assembly limits.
- 3. The proposed certificate of compliance (CoC) and TS, and preliminary safety evaluation report (SER) have been placed in ADAMS (see references below) and are available for your use in the rulemaking package. The Division of Spent Fuel Management will designate these documents as Official Agency Records after the Executive Director for Operations has approved the package (ADAMS Package No. ML18263A044).
The Office of the General Counsel has reviewed this memorandum with its referenced documents and has no legal objection to its contents.
Docket No. 72-1029 EPID No. L-2017-LLA-0390
Enclosures:
- 1. Proposed CoC No. 1029, Amendment No. 4 (ML18263A046)
- 2. Proposed TS (ML18263A045)
- 3. Preliminary SER (ML18263A047)
ML18263A048 Proposed CoC ADAMS Accession No. ML18263A046 Proposed TS Appendix A Accession No. ML18263A045 Preliminary SER Accession No. ML18263A047 G:\SFST\TN\Coc 1029\Amendment 4\Issue\Preliminary\Transmittal Memo.docx G:\SFST\TN\Coc 1029\Amendment 4\Issue\Preliminary\Preliminary CoC.docx G:\SFST\TN\Coc 1029\Amendment 4\Issue\Preliminary\Amd 4 TS.pdf G:\SFST\TN\Coc 1029\Amendment 4\Issue\Preliminary\Preliminary SER.docx
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